Zone1 The Bible makes a distinction between mental illness and demon possession

[forkintheroad7]

I was reading this book earlier and the author wrote about how Mary Magdelene may not have had 7 demons cast out of her but may have been suffering from a mental illness.

People are always trying to change the clear words of Scripture.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And [Jesus's] fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and He cured them.

Matthew 4:24

 

[forkintheroad7]

The same book said that.. wait.. Implied that Judas may not have been damned

But Jesus said

"It would have been better had he not been born"

sounds pretty bad... but I always wondered about Judas because he did feel remorse and maybe he felt like.. I helped kill Jesus.. I should kill myself...

Father, forgive them, they know not what they do..."

But still, Jesus said (the above)

 

[BreezeWood]

Father, forgive them, they know not what they do..."

never spoken by jesus ... they knew from the beginning what would be their fate as who and why they were being confronted by him.

who mischaracterizes mary m does so with grave risk to their spiritual future they are heavenly exemplars, free spirits who feared nether moses nor judaism.

 

[Zebra]

I was reading this book earlier and the author wrote about how Mary Magdelene may not have had 7 demons cast out of her but may have been suffering from a mental illness.

People are always trying to change the clear words of Scripture.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And [Jesus's] fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had palsy, and He cured them.

Matthew 4:24

possession .... do you think it possible?