The Exorcist

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by mothermold
who the hell is Pizuzu?

The demon that possessed Regan.

[urgeok]

???!!!

and all this time i thought it was the ghost of Stan Laurel !!

[mothermold]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
The demon that possessed Regan.

thanks,i did'nt realize it had a name.

[urgeok]

i think it's really Pazuzu

[sabersword]

Regardless of the effects, The movie hit me on a deeper level than fright. I dont know about you guys, but the exorcist is the ultament loss of control film. To be invaded by an unseen force dedacated to your distruction and in your self, you can do nothing. Being Cathlolic, and beliving in the paranormal, this strikes close to home for me. Do demons exist? You better belive that they do!!!!

[Haunted]

It's Puzuzu, I think. He was a demon of pestilence and...get this... helping women in childbirth. He protected the newborn from some other demon that would suck it's blood. The ancient people's of the Tigris Euphrates area made offerings to him to not only protect their children, but also implore his mercy from pestilence and famine.

That being said, I'm an occultist. From my stand point, this movie was chilling. Mikey, I'm Wiccan, and this movie gave me the creeps. The book, however kept me up o'nights.

[liebesspiel]

I think this is the scariest movie ever. Not the greatest, but the scariest.

[mikeywalsh]

I didn't realise my comments about God would upset so many folk (although mostly Americans). The way I see it if a person believed in vampires or fairies then you would be dismissed as either being a fantasist or having major mental/emotional issues. I think the same idea should apply to those who believe in God. There is no evidence for God, it seems purely wish fulfillment and as the saying goes an extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof and all the religious types have to offer is 'faith'.
It is the reason however I find 'serious' films such as 'The Exorcist' or the Omen to require the same suspension of disbelief as films like 'Night of the Living Dead' or Elm Street etc. I don't mean to ofend any believers in God but I do find it hard to have respect for people who believe in something so obviously false.

[AUSTIN316426808]

In your first post you specifically said..

''which as all intelligent, right-thinking folk know there is no God"

Then in your latest post you specifically said..

"I don't mean to ofend any believers in God but I do find it hard to have respect for people who believe in something so obviously false."


So basically you don't mean to offend anybody who believes in a God it's just that you find it hard to respect them because they're unintelligent and wrong-thinking for believing in something that's obviously fake.

Do you even realize how contradicting and ignorant that sounds?


If you don't believe in spiritual things there's no problem with that at all but it's completely uncallled for and wrong to dismiss anyone who does as being a unrespectable,unintelligent person.

As far as what you said about dismissing someone who believes in vampires as mental..well you're wrong because I don't disrespect anybody's beliefs. If there's a discussion of religion or if it comes up during a certain subject such as it did here then I'll say I believe in this and that and/or I don't believe in that or this ect. During that conversation even if I hear something that I think is completely absurd I'm not going to disrespect anyone by telling them how dumb it is or try to convince them why it's wrong, because it's just unnecessary.

[mikeywalsh]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
In your first post you specifically said..

''which as all intelligent, right-thinking folk know there is no God"

Then in your latest post you specifically said..

"I don't mean to ofend any believers in God but I do find it hard to have respect for people who believe in something so obviously false."


So basically you don't mean to offend anybody who believes in a God it's just that you find it hard to respect them because they're unintelligent and wrong-thinking for believing in something that's obviously fake.

Do you even realize how contradicting and ignorant that sounds?


If you don't believe in spiritual things there's no problem with that at all but it's completely uncallled for and wrong to dismiss anyone who does as being a unrespectable,unintelligent person.

As far as what you said about dismissing someone who believes in vampires as mental..well you're wrong because I don't disrespect anybody's beliefs. If there's a discussion of religion or if it comes up during a certain subject such as it did here then I'll say I believe in this and that and/or I don't believe in that or this ect. During that conversation even if I hear something that I think is completely absurd I'm not going to disrespect anyone by telling them how dumb it is or try to convince them why it's wrong, because it's just unnecessary.