re: #531 Charles
M. Scott Peck, a Christian psychiatrist, claimed that 99% of alleged cases of demonic possession were actually psychiatric illnesses, but that there was a troubling 1% that he thought were real. His book describes this phenomenon:
amazon.com
And your beliefs on these points, while reasonable, are ones upon which people of faith are likely to differ WITHOUT demanding that their contrary beliefs be taught in science class! ;-)