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SupportLeather1851 t1_jdwfsbz wrote

Reply to comment by Cmyers1980 in Police chief says exorcism and prayer used to fight crime and cartels in Colombia: "The existence of the devil is certain" by ChocolateTsar

While that’s true (I want to preface this by saying I’m not religious), don’t you still feel like it’s hard to wrap your head around how people are able to commit awful acts? Like for example child beaters. I work in a school, and I work with kids for a living, because I care about them. I can’t imagine lifting a hand against one. Like it’s just baffling to me that people CAN do these things. I don’t think calling someone possessed by the devil is the answer, and it’s rooted in deep psychological science, but even hearing the reason it happens doesn’t make it any more believable. Even after studying psychology to work here, it still baffles me, no matter your environment you were raised in or what you experienced.

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Allaun t1_jdwp0lg wrote

It's simple really. You BELIEVE you are in the right. The same way you believe the sun rises and the sky is blue. It's a FACT. A law of your existence, Everyone else just doesn't get it. They are wrong and refuse to listen to you. You try to explain to them but they don't listen. YOU are the one under attack, not the person you are hurting.

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4-Aneurysm t1_jdy7ljv wrote

Some humans are broken. Don't need supernatural help to do the wrong thing.

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SupportLeather1851 t1_jdy7pji wrote

People seem to have taken what I said the wrong way. I said it’s hard to wrap my head around, not that it’s the devil… I literally prefaced that I DONT believe in all that

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Mod_Accountability t1_jdzzwal wrote

Still not a reason to blame it on a non-existent supernatural being.

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SupportLeather1851 t1_je001a1 wrote

Well it’s a good reason I specifically said I don’t believe in the supernatural. But apparently reading comprehension is hard.

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Mod_Accountability t1_je0diuk wrote

You personally being irreligious isn't stopping you from providing religious-based cover for these actions.

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SupportLeather1851 t1_je0rmnp wrote

Where did I say it’s the devil? All I said was it’s crazy to me how far gone some people can be.

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