Father Gabriele Amorth: The Vatican’s Chief Exorcist

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Комментарии • 3,6 тыс.

  • @elsaerickson2457
    @elsaerickson2457 3 года назад +407

    The fact that this 90-something year old Priest is public enemy no. 1 to the Devil is honestly kind of comforting somehow. The image of him taking a slow drag of his cigarette after saying “I’m not afraid of the Devil, he’s afraid of me” with a stony expression just goes to show you how badass both the Greatest Generation and Italians are.

    • @proto-geek248
      @proto-geek248 Год назад +3

      He smokes?

    • @marcusisrealious1255
      @marcusisrealious1255 Год назад +2

      💯💯 REAL TALK BRO … Old Heads are just built different

    • @chrisazzy
      @chrisazzy Год назад +1

      Proud to be your 200th like 💯

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 11 месяцев назад

      Lies again? Inspector General NASA

    • @Insightful_Inquiries
      @Insightful_Inquiries 10 месяцев назад

      It’s the Catholic Church that’s really about it, not just that generation…
      +---------+---------+
      🌹 “Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain Peace in the world…”
      -Our Lady’s Words at Fatima
      May 13th, 1917 🌹
      +---------+---------+

  • @adavis5926
    @adavis5926 4 года назад +2837

    Wow, I really freaked when in the middle of the vid, Simon became possessed by a demon from the Dollar Shave Club.

    • @michelletaggett9098
      @michelletaggett9098 4 года назад +10

      A Davis 😂

    • @jgranger3532
      @jgranger3532 4 года назад +29

      Dollar Shave's shave gel can exorcise ingrown hairs.

    • @steventrosiek2623
      @steventrosiek2623 4 года назад +2

      Hahaha

    • @R3TR0R4V3
      @R3TR0R4V3 4 года назад +12

      Ugh. I hate when that happens.. I see an awful lot of those types of 'possessions' here, on RUclips. 😑

    • @dizzitoast
      @dizzitoast 4 года назад +2

      Hahahaha, i was totally thinking that!!!

  • @rickd1412
    @rickd1412 3 года назад +118

    I liked that you presented an unbiased view of the subject and let the listener decide for himself. Well done, sir. If only more programs would use this method instead of telling us what to believe.

  • @turbowizard8325
    @turbowizard8325 4 года назад +163

    Mr. Whistler, this was an excellent video, and I'm extremely impressed how professional you were throughout.
    Bravo!

    • @nutjobmofo6746
      @nutjobmofo6746 4 года назад +1

      Stfu

    • @GladbachCEO
      @GladbachCEO 4 года назад +5

      @@nutjobmofo6746 soulja Boy Tell em

    • @maobfh
      @maobfh 4 года назад +2

      Atticus Rothschild - totally agree.

    • @PetrSojnek
      @PetrSojnek 4 года назад +1

      This is nothing. Watch his Nicolas Cage video. It's amazing how few times Simon broke :D

    • @nathanx2000.
      @nathanx2000. 4 года назад +2

      Conor Rooney sounds like someone who doesn’t use NordVPN

  • @PeaceItUp
    @PeaceItUp 3 года назад +65

    I am Agnostic in beliefs, but I feel that Exorcisms are usually a last hope of a family or patient after seeking other means of help. Who are we to take that away?

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +6

      A person who needs medical help shouldn't be handed over to a fraud, just because you're out of ideas.

    • @jherrera3058
      @jherrera3058 3 года назад +14

      ​@@wilfdarr I agree, but if the witnesses aren't lying and If i were to see my loved one slithering like a snake on the walls I'll be calling someone else lol . One thing that I remember hearing as a kid, before I became an atheist, my dad told me that the devil will never attack those who are affirmed in their belief that there is no God or those who have had their faith already shaken as they already have been won. Those who are faithful and devout will always face challenges. So that is why all these satanist and doubters will never be able to conjur up a spirit or have the a true demon appear, it would prove nothing to those already lost, evil much rather spend its time on those yet to be corrupted.

    • @dfgdfbsdfvv832
      @dfgdfbsdfvv832 3 года назад

      @@wilfdarr go get your vax

    • @ninototo1
      @ninototo1 3 года назад

      @@jherrera3058 Um people can't slither on walls lmao.

    • @antimony2333
      @antimony2333 3 года назад

      @@ninototo1 exactly lmao

  • @brianw.5230
    @brianw.5230 4 года назад +61

    Great video. I didn't believe in any of this stuff until I was working in a 93 year old man's house whose wife had just died and his bedroom door would sway back and forth by itself and there were noises around the house unexplained and his electric razor would turn off and on.
    Now, I go to Church :)

    • @martinkent333
      @martinkent333 3 года назад +8

      Doors do that sometimes if they are at a certain angle. Take the razor in for fixing, because it sounds like a short which could start fires. When houses expand or contract in heat at night or daytime, it makes strange noises. So do mice. The invisible world only disturbs the insecure. the rest of us sleep well at night, dude.

    • @brianw.5230
      @brianw.5230 3 года назад +11

      @@martinkent333 there were too many odd things that happened at once. I didn't even mention his half crazy daughter that lived there...

    • @martinkent333
      @martinkent333 3 года назад +1

      @@brianw.5230 Doesn't matter. The family might have been trying to drive you nuts. The ex governor of Wisconsin who was a wrestler had a tv show, where he debunked everything and later when he ran out of people and ideas to debunk - he retired from the show. If you look at the most haunted houses, it's always stereotypical clichés - which merely cause post traumatic stress syndromes. . The world is fine - but like any freakshow, it always leaves you breathless, right Brian?

    • @brianw.5230
      @brianw.5230 3 года назад +12

      @@martinkent333 I understand but I also know what I experienced. I think it was real :)

    • @martinkent333
      @martinkent333 3 года назад +2

      @@brianw.5230 Perception is a funny thing. When people see U.F.O.s they seem to have seen something, but the proliferation of cellphones should have produced countless photos and or videos of the perceptions of many. Your experiences are among many of similar experiences. My friend's mother died and so when the family cat ran madly around the house, they assumed demons. Cats do this because they like it, but it's not so common. Now, my buddy is a nutbar Christian who think his cat was possessed. When I saw fireflies, I assumed they were a UFO, being in a circular formation. Perception experiences like yours are in lot's of videos on RUclips. If you are deeply disturbed see a psychologist for help. Two visits - do most people. They deal with problems of non-crazy people. Psychiatrists deal with the mentally ill. Courts deal with all sorts of people, who assume that they have been effected by the invisible world and judges are immune to that rubbish. Smile there is no boggeyman. Just poorly organized lives unfolding.

  • @Art-talk
    @Art-talk 4 года назад +103

    "Blood sucking witches"... known in some parts of the world as a wives

    • @blywokeum2799
      @blywokeum2799 4 года назад +1

      Manyx 🤣🤣

    • @-divinetragedy
      @-divinetragedy 4 года назад +6

      flesh eating demons, otherwise known as men

    • @RandimaDiMaria
      @RandimaDiMaria 4 года назад

      Bruh 🤣🤣🤣👌🏽

    • @Dr.FeelsGood
      @Dr.FeelsGood 4 года назад +6

      @@-divinetragedy booooooo, at least we think with logic and our penises, and we are at least consistent in doing so day to day 🤣🤣 you waman use some random number generator to figure out what emotion you are going to be in, defying all logic.

    • @JourneyToTheCage
      @JourneyToTheCage 4 года назад

      TOO RIGHT THERE KEV! HOWS THE KIDS? REGARDS JOHN

  • @Angushrothgar
    @Angushrothgar Год назад +2

    "61, close to the age of retirement" laughs and then cries in American

  • @arturoarambula2814
    @arturoarambula2814 4 года назад +13

    Awesome bio, I was one of the people suggesting this after the Vatican Geo. As a life long devout Catholic I appreciate some insight into this often misunderstood aspect of our religion.

  • @sUjU91
    @sUjU91 4 года назад +11

    Both father Amorth and father Fortea are my two favorite priest/exorcists.

    • @martinkent333
      @martinkent333 3 года назад

      They could rape, kill and eat a choirboy in 5 minutes. Hallelujah!!!

    • @ghengiskhan9308
      @ghengiskhan9308 3 года назад

      @@martinkent333 amazing Martin just amazing

  • @thedangler8273
    @thedangler8273 3 года назад +7

    Father amorth enters the chat * demons-ayo why do I hear boss music?

  • @marissabones
    @marissabones 4 года назад +11

    This was extremely well done, thank you

  • @mirekburkon
    @mirekburkon 4 года назад +5

    6:14 Ghostbusters came out in 1984, Father Amorth begins his apprenticeship in 1986. Dante Alighieri likes this

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад +7

    1:05 - Chapter 1 - Fighter, student, priest
    3:25 - Chapter 2 - Black dog
    6:40 - Chapter 3 - By demons be driven
    9:50 - Mid roll ads
    11:30 - Chapter 4 - Scorpions & serpents
    16:15 - Chapter 5 - A duel with Satan
    22:30 - Chapter 6 - Last exorcism (Session 9)
    26:10 - Chapter 7 - Is any of this real ?

  • @ckluesenergorman
    @ckluesenergorman 3 года назад +15

    I highly recommend reading Fr. Amorth's book, 'An Exorcist Tells His Story'. It's very explicit and riveting reading. Also, I would recommend Scott Peck's book, 'People of the Lie'. Also riveting and full of detail regarding exorcisms. Folks, don't dabble in the black arts. You will be sorry.

    • @michaeljasonsaputra19991121
      @michaeljasonsaputra19991121 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely, because any power that does not come from God comes from the devil. It is harmful both for you and people around you. You might revel in the sense of powerfulness you have, but at the moment you think you're using the devil, he's actually using you.

  • @AlexTrout79
    @AlexTrout79 4 года назад +7

    - Whats with the long face?
    - Ahhh...just demonic possesion

    • @SniperLogic
      @SniperLogic 4 года назад +1

      Alex Trout Lol. I caught that too. Possession causes a long, sad face.

  • @talhahasnat8705
    @talhahasnat8705 4 года назад +20

    Make a video about Nader Shah Afshar, Persia’s version of Napoleon Bonaparte or Alexander the Great or whatever you wanna call him for being a brilliant military commander.

  • @mr.sherlockholmes6130
    @mr.sherlockholmes6130 Год назад +2

    The Greatest Trick the Devil ever pulled is convincing the World he is not Real !

  • @violaduemila3648
    @violaduemila3648 3 года назад +1

    It is true that he said "I am not afraid of the devil, it is he who is afraid of me", but he also added"I am nobody, I am just a channel. Of God", so his powers came from God, not from his ego. He was very devoted to Mary and he invoked her protection, to keep him "Under her mantle".

  • @deborahleone4351
    @deborahleone4351 4 года назад +5

    Love, love, LOVE your work! Thank you so much for all the interesting facts (as well as possible fictions 😱) on just about any given topic or person!
    I most enjoy your SPEED OF DELIVERY! I become bored very quickly, but not with your presentations; i.e., my brain doesn’t have time to wander off to other thoughts, paying attention is so much easy!
    Again, TYSM, looking forward to more of your docs and learning wonderful things! God richly bless you & keep you! 😘🙏💕✝️✡️🙋‍♀️

  • @angieh4534
    @angieh4534 4 года назад +5

    The baptist preacher walks in, casually -hello.
    Demon (evil voice) -Hello! 👺
    The baptist preacher 🏃🏽‍♂️💨💩goodbye! 👀

  • @toddnolastname4485
    @toddnolastname4485 3 года назад

    It didn't even matter if the exorcist believed in demons. It mattered whether the person who was possessed believed in them. If they believed they were possessed, then an exorcism was the beginning of their cure.

  • @burkocet69
    @burkocet69 3 года назад

    2:27 oh it’s starting to get goooooood

  • @sensatezdemente4982
    @sensatezdemente4982 3 года назад

    Cool job, and I'm a vampire hunter. Notice the lack of vampires? You're fucking welcome.

  • @murkdurk8961
    @murkdurk8961 4 года назад +4

    My parents sold my soul before I was born, it wasn't a good deal😆

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 3 года назад

      Amen the evil one has no hold on you
      In Jesus name

    • @murkdurk8961
      @murkdurk8961 3 года назад

      @@lindaarrington9397 he got a hold of my parents instead.

  • @dtaylor10chuckufarle
    @dtaylor10chuckufarle 3 года назад +660

    “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 3 года назад +20

      That's right

    • @waynegray675
      @waynegray675 3 года назад +28

      Truth. We live in wicked and adulterous times

    • @kelerews
      @kelerews 3 года назад +33

      mickey mouse also pulled that off

    • @benchiejames6546
      @benchiejames6546 3 года назад +5

      Yes that is correct.👍👍

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +54

      The greatest trick the church ever pulled off was convincing the world that he did.

  • @Smellbringer
    @Smellbringer 4 года назад +3384

    "I am not afraid of the devil, he is afraid of me." Is the most metal sentence ever uttered by man and the fact that he said it without bursting into a flaming guitar solo is impressive.

    • @eeshsinger
      @eeshsinger 4 года назад +33

      Smellbringer I know this is why catholicism is cool imo also you gotta admit that his surname is darn cool

    • @conlaiarla
      @conlaiarla 4 года назад +138

      Why should one assured of God's love be afraid of he whom God has vanquished ?

    • @tomburnes6356
      @tomburnes6356 4 года назад +21

      @@conlaiarla good words

    • @curtism-w6b
      @curtism-w6b 4 года назад +23

      @@conlaiarla why do adult humans still believe in magic?

    • @sadiestoltzfus9798
      @sadiestoltzfus9798 4 года назад +10

      @@eeshsinger My sister who is a practicing Catholic need's an exorcism herself. She is possessed.

  • @skynyrdjesus
    @skynyrdjesus 4 года назад +2688

    You have to give it up to the Greatest Generation. The man fought Nazis and Demons. Part Wolfenstein, part Doom, 100% badass.

    • @JACKBOOT12
      @JACKBOOT12 4 года назад +218

      He does not get PTSD cause PTSD is caused by traumatic events...he is the traumatic event

    • @kasper3382
      @kasper3382 4 года назад +14

      @Will You are so smart man. How will the Vatican ever recover?

    • @kasper3382
      @kasper3382 4 года назад +58

      @Will You go unto a video about a famous exorcist, into the comment section, and find a comment commending the badassery of a dead man. You see this comment and decide to attempt to prove your intellectual superiority by saying that anyone who disagrees with you is a ridiculous idiot. Hell, the guy making the comment probably doesnt even believe in demons, and I dont either. It is just everything about your comments scream: "I am a teenager going through my edgy atheist phase"
      Just stop.

    • @rayherver2572
      @rayherver2572 3 года назад +13

      *Holy metal starts*

    • @chaoscapricorn13
      @chaoscapricorn13 3 года назад +9

      @@rayherver2572 loads lmg with religious intent

  • @brennahill5748
    @brennahill5748 3 года назад +76

    Not gonna lie. When he mentioned the exorcist then there was a fast clip from the movie and the voice went "Ah"...I totally almost threw my computer across the room

  • @the_hope_of_balarat1109
    @the_hope_of_balarat1109 4 года назад +3571

    As ever, I am deeply impressed with the respectful, neutral handling of potentially controversial and inflammatory topics like this. For those who devoutly believe in its reality, there are no slurs or denigration of their beliefs; for those who equally devoutly disbelieve, the information is presented as simply an objective retelling of the perspectives of a different faith. Well done to everyone involved in the process of creating this video!

    • @MrKONEWKO
      @MrKONEWKO 4 года назад +110

      I thought the same thing! So tactfully done. Nothing suggesting whether you should or shouldnt believe in possessions or demons. Purely objective and informative, no judgement or assumption.

    • @paulthomas8262
      @paulthomas8262 4 года назад +29

      @@MrKONEWKO It isn't the format of the show to do so. However the catholic church has no objective or empirical test of what is and what isn't a possession. Nor do they have any great knowledge of mental illness or do anything to mitigate suggestion / observer bias.

    • @smokedsalmon3907
      @smokedsalmon3907 4 года назад +39

      Seriously I love this channel. So much information these days is less about the what and more about how you're supposed to feel. It's refreshing to just be handed neutral information without a bias. It's for each individual to decide how they interpret it.

    • @bretta1042
      @bretta1042 4 года назад +30

      He's even like that with some of the worst people, which is strangely admirable.

    • @kabuyahervesimwerayi3564
      @kabuyahervesimwerayi3564 4 года назад +9

      Yeah next he should make video on Flat earthers and young earth creationism.

  • @SukoYote
    @SukoYote 4 года назад +2167

    Are you afraid of the devil?
    "Absolutely not. It is him, who is afraid of me."
    Such a badass!

    • @Dugout97
      @Dugout97 4 года назад +43

      Basically the James "Mad Dog" Mattis of the Church.

    • @diltzm
      @diltzm 4 года назад +32

      @@Dugout97 What keeps you awake at night? "Nothing. I keep other people awake at night."

    • @Ugly_German_Truths
      @Ugly_German_Truths 4 года назад +30

      It's easy to declare the devil is afraid of you... Lord Voldemort, Sauron and Emperor Palpatine are SHAKING in fear of me!

    • @adamplentl5588
      @adamplentl5588 4 года назад +24

      How is that badass? "Ooooh Im scarier than a made up fantasy character Im so coool." He's an idiot old con man who needs his dumb con man ass beat.

    • @ironcross6719
      @ironcross6719 4 года назад +49

      @@adamplentl5588 he's dead, and Satan is very real

  • @ichfickdichkaputt
    @ichfickdichkaputt 4 года назад +1480

    "In extrem cases just thinking about Jesus or Marie may throw patients into a fit of rage" so they are basically redditors

  • @pepelemoko01
    @pepelemoko01 4 года назад +904

    If you mention "dollar shave club" you will 10% off your next exorcism.

    • @ladycheyne5607
      @ladycheyne5607 4 года назад +4

      LMFAO!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @seanmcguire7974
      @seanmcguire7974 4 года назад +6

      😂

    • @alejandrodecesare5929
      @alejandrodecesare5929 4 года назад +16

      You may end up possessed by a demon, but very well and neatly shaved

    • @StudleyDuderight
      @StudleyDuderight 4 года назад +5

      This needs more likes.

    • @chendaforest
      @chendaforest 4 года назад +3

      I was impressed how he smoothly gerrymandered a plug for shaving products into a video about exorcism.

  • @samanthablount139
    @samanthablount139 3 года назад +212

    This priest was extremely brave. I love that " are you afraid of the Devil, NO IT IS HE WHO IS AFRAID OF ME" !!!!!! Go father

    • @luckyman9903
      @luckyman9903 2 года назад +1

      Yeah baby

    • @Coco-chrispy
      @Coco-chrispy Год назад

      Periodt

    • @cynthiagonzalez658
      @cynthiagonzalez658 Год назад +1

      Badass. I mean, goodass.

    • @richardsaputra3887
      @richardsaputra3887 Год назад

      @@cynthiagonzalez658 🤣

    • @cynthiagonzalez658
      @cynthiagonzalez658 Год назад +1

      @@richardsaputra3887
      I read one post saying that this is the most heavy metal message anyone has ever said & the fact that the priest didn't burst out in a flaming guitar solo is even more astounding 🤯😹😜

  • @hoangdung7494
    @hoangdung7494 4 года назад +584

    By the power of Bob Ross, I'm gonna beat the devil out of it

    • @thatsthat2612
      @thatsthat2612 4 года назад +5

      You think he said that to his wife in bed "just beat the devil out of it"

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 4 года назад +8

      I'm a big Bob Ross fan.

    • @jacobblack1640
      @jacobblack1640 4 года назад

      Who's that??

    • @ericafors6039
      @ericafors6039 4 года назад +3

      Jacob Black Bob Ross was an art teacher and painting instructor (The Joy of Painting) on PBS. He was an institution but passed away in 1995 from leukemia.

    • @koostheron1038
      @koostheron1038 3 года назад +5

      There R no mistakes just happy little accidents. Bob ros chapter 1 verse 26

  • @UnchainedAmerica
    @UnchainedAmerica 4 года назад +1429

    I like the point out that Father Gabriele seems not to mock mental illnesses and could distinguish various mental disorders from "demonic" possessions which is why his exorcism numbers were quite low. Lots of people claims to be possessed but Father Gabriele did not scam the patients with false pretense to garner wealth as he knew not to mock someone who is actually ill with mental disorders like schizophrenia, personality disorders, etc.

    • @templarw20
      @templarw20 3 года назад +127

      For all the talk about science and religion somehow being opposed, that's not the case, and never has been. The Catholic Church, for all it's faults, has more often than not embraced science (Galileo was a political spat). They support a lot of genetic modifications of food crops, for instance, because they see it as a moral obligation to help feed the hungry. Mendel, the father of genetics, was a Catholic monk.
      So yeah, not surprising. Still interesting.

    • @corydorastube
      @corydorastube 3 года назад +7

      @@templarw20 That depends on the religion and the science. Why do we have evolution deniers and Young Earth Creationists if there is no conflict between religion and science? Why is that?

    • @templarw20
      @templarw20 3 года назад +70

      @@corydorastube Well, why do militant atheists insist that all other religions are antithetical to science? People are often wrong.

    • @corydorastube
      @corydorastube 3 года назад +10

      @@templarw20 Because many of them are. I will believe ANYTHING as long is it demonstrably true. That goes for claims about imaginary friends.

    • @mrnewbmcmuffin251
      @mrnewbmcmuffin251 3 года назад +18

      Anyone who does exorcisms is still a scam artist. Possession is dangerous pseudoscience and anyone who preaches it is evil.

  • @Thagomizer
    @Thagomizer Год назад +25

    I would highly recommend the movie "The Rite". It's a bit underrated, but so far it's the most realistic movie about exorcism I've seen.

    • @madra000
      @madra000 Год назад

      So you experienced both worlds?

  • @StaticImage
    @StaticImage 4 года назад +502

    "You ain't worth a cigarette butt!"
    This hurts the demon.

    • @ziparis
      @ziparis 4 года назад +5

      Not hurts so much, but it's more a declaration of its ultimate place of deference... that it doesn't have the upper hand.

    • @MrGreensweightHist
      @MrGreensweightHist 4 года назад +4

      @@ziparis It doesn't exist.
      No death has ever been attributed to a demonstrable demonic possession.
      People have died as a result of the "exorcisms"

    • @mariecarie1
      @mariecarie1 4 года назад +6

      Demon will remember that.

    • @JohnNecirRebellion
      @JohnNecirRebellion 4 года назад +2

      It's Super Effective!

    • @JohnNecirRebellion
      @JohnNecirRebellion 4 года назад +2

      It's Super Effective!

  • @monitor1862
    @monitor1862 4 года назад +673

    I would think if someone is crawling on a wall like a snake you might need something more than a psychiatrist

    • @RubedoURTV666
      @RubedoURTV666 4 года назад +47

      I would agree, but I'm positive that didn't actually happen.

    • @shmav52
      @shmav52 4 года назад +42

      2 psychiatrists?

    • @thatfunkyduck
      @thatfunkyduck 4 года назад +103

      I am by no means Catholic or Christian, but after reading and watching a ton about this guy and by this guy, I find it very difficult to believe he would straight-up lie about these details.
      He just doesn't give off an air of a scammer, nor of a person desperate to convince non-believers.

    • @thatfunkyduck
      @thatfunkyduck 4 года назад +85

      Also the first thing he always emphasizes is the fact that like 99% of "possessions" are mentally ill people who aren't necessarily faking it, but for a variety of reasons are exhibiting the symptoms due to psychological reasons.
      But then there's that 1% of cases, the kind that come around MAYBE once every 1-2 years, and almost always involve a victim who had either recently dabbled in the occult, or who had someone suspiciously close to them who practiced "darker" things.
      THESE are the bizarre cases, the ones that seem to defy logical explanation.
      The 7 year old mentioned in the video, for example, who threw 5 grown men across the room with ease. The people who start speaking fluently in old languages they have barely even heard before. And yes, there really are an alarming number of eyewitness testimonies of acts of levitation by some victims, many given by very credible people.
      I don't know what to make of all it, but at the very least, it makes for entertaining reading! 😝

    • @TerrorFront.
      @TerrorFront. 4 года назад +12

      @@thatfunkyduck and the evidence for all this claims is...? Come on, is not that hard. Just an irrefutable piece of evidence, just one.

  • @WhoFan1983
    @WhoFan1983 3 года назад +21

    "First off, what is possession?"
    *Ad begins playing.
    Yup, that's it.

    • @luckyman9903
      @luckyman9903 2 года назад +1

      Scrolled to your comment at the exact same time of the AD
      ALIENZ

  • @doctorsam5771
    @doctorsam5771 4 года назад +366

    Father Amorth: *Exists*
    Ghosts: Why Do I hear boss music?

  • @Berengier817
    @Berengier817 Год назад +37

    As an agnostic, this dude was badass. I don't know whats out there, but everything he did seemed to be him genuinely trying to help others
    If they were crazy and his exorcism helped,, fine with me. He didn't directly hurt people. He didn't kill someone. No one died by his actions.
    And he put himself in real danger of harm. I wouldn't wanna be around a person having a violent psychotic breakdown snd this dude was badass and did it regularly

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 4 года назад +244

    “When I get to the Good place I will continue to fight the Devil even harder.” Gabriele Amorth

    • @aaronmiller6118
      @aaronmiller6118 3 года назад +18

      I'm sure he's up there fighting the good fight

    • @holdingsteadfast
      @holdingsteadfast Год назад +4

      I like to imagine him having his own battalion of angels and saints and constantly asking permission from the Father to spank some evil asses

  • @BareSphereMass
    @BareSphereMass 4 года назад +360

    27:39 "The power of Biographics compels you to smash that like button"

  • @samb202
    @samb202 3 года назад +338

    A man who commanded a battalion of Italian partisans at 20 years old wouldn’t spend his life chasing something fake. That alone should tell you this is real. The level of merit and courage he must have had during the war is something that simply can’t be described.

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire 2 года назад +24

      Or just as easily a case of DIP brought on by trauma from the war

    • @marymotherofgod4861
      @marymotherofgod4861 Год назад +8

      Facts 🙏💜✝️

    • @alessandrom7181
      @alessandrom7181 Год назад +12

      @@Stettafire Trauma of what? It's not him being delivered it's others and Church doesn't allow an exorcism so easily. It's not the series supernatural.

    • @sidneybuckaloo
      @sidneybuckaloo Год назад

      100%!!!!

    • @Drucipher6996
      @Drucipher6996 Год назад +1

      Co-signed

  • @NorthwestMariner
    @NorthwestMariner 4 года назад +222

    "Defeating satan on 3 different occasions"
    Humble brag

    • @sadiestoltzfus9798
      @sadiestoltzfus9798 4 года назад +7

      If he already defeated him why does he have to keep preforming an exorcism? Not that good at his job.

    • @stephanieschrenk3440
      @stephanieschrenk3440 3 года назад +15

      That quote was in reference to Saint Benedict, who claimed that he physically fought the devil three different times and defeated him. I think he is the patron saint of exorcists but I'm not sure. That quote wasn't from Fr. Gabriel Amorth.

    • @haroldchristiandoma64
      @haroldchristiandoma64 3 года назад +8

      @@sadiestoltzfus9798 you can not kill demons. by defeat, meaning removing from a person or an object.

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +1

      @@haroldchristiandoma64 That kind of job security is convenient: “your son is good for now, but I expect I'll be back in a month: I do hope you'll have the full payment ready next time”.

    • @tyrannical3579
      @tyrannical3579 3 года назад +4

      @@wilfdarr well if you dont have faith and not close to or believe in God or pray for your safety, it may come back and possess you.

  • @fanaticalfran4244
    @fanaticalfran4244 4 года назад +558

    Since you mentioned Pio, he might make an interesting video

    • @MrMmetal
      @MrMmetal 4 года назад +8

      Tottaly agree.

    • @maobfh
      @maobfh 4 года назад +18

      I absolutely agree. He has a fascinating story and so many snippets of interesting facts and anecdotes. I missed that he had been canonized until I heard it here.

    • @hacker4chn841
      @hacker4chn841 4 года назад +5

      I came here to say just that

    • @PaleMagnolia
      @PaleMagnolia 4 года назад +20

      Padre Pio is an interesting and *very* controversial figure. There's an alarming cult-like veneration of his persona in some parts of Italy, but many (myself included) consider him a fraud, and a bad one at that. I still don't understand how the Catholic Church decided for his canonization.

    • @hacker4chn841
      @hacker4chn841 4 года назад +19

      @@PaleMagnolia ok boomer

  • @abereagan7642
    @abereagan7642 3 года назад +7

    3 levels of demonic actvitiy:
    A) Possession
    B) Oppression (the demon is not within the person, but is acting in destructive ways on the outside such as wreaking having on their health or finances or relationships, etc
    C) Obsession (the demon attempts to fixate the individual's mind on something unholy in order to weaken them and give into a mortal sin)
    Source: Fr Ripperger lectures on channel sensus fidelium

  • @randomlyentertaining8287
    @randomlyentertaining8287 4 года назад +168

    I find it funny thinking of a demon saying "Never!" in response to being told to leave. Like a child who's being told to go to bed.

    • @jessicascoullar3737
      @jessicascoullar3737 4 года назад +19

      I think it was Martin Luther who said “mock the devil and he will flee from you, for the devil is a proud spirit and cannot bear to be mocked”. Don’t think he would stand a chance against you. 😁

    • @fallingpetunias9046
      @fallingpetunias9046 4 года назад +22

      Priest: "Don't make me call The Father!"

    • @rodangrahf
      @rodangrahf 4 года назад +6

      now imagine the demon responding in a childish voice

    • @SupportMensMentalHealth
      @SupportMensMentalHealth 4 года назад +13

      Priest: go home
      Devil: never
      Priest: dont make me tell your father
      Devil: awwww *stamps foot and goes back to hell
      Priest: *smug face

    • @kirakira1212
      @kirakira1212 3 года назад +1

      @@fallingpetunias9046 omg 😂😂😂
      And sometimes the mother, too since some exorcists invoke the name of Mama Mary

  • @aidancleary1081
    @aidancleary1081 4 года назад +116

    Artists like Francis Bacon and Van Gogh would make for some interesting episodes.

    • @RJFares
      @RJFares 4 года назад

      there's already a movie done lately on Van Gogh which was good "At Eternity's Gate"

    • @jamesfry8983
      @jamesfry8983 4 года назад

      Francis Bacon the philosopher would be interesting as well

    • @khirasier
      @khirasier 4 года назад

      @Timothy McCaskey except the people francis was porking weren't wenches ;)

  • @merlinthompson3509
    @merlinthompson3509 3 года назад +18

    I was reading about this guy that had an exorcism but he didn’t pay the bill and was re-possessed.

    • @hmvp6346
      @hmvp6346 3 года назад +1

      They pay the demon not to come back.

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 3 года назад

      He was possessed by 7 more

    • @jymbo1969
      @jymbo1969 3 года назад +1

      Badum-tiss

    • @GodsDumbLamb
      @GodsDumbLamb 3 месяца назад

      those are protestant churches, Catholic Churches under Rome never charges for Confession Deliverance or Exorcism

  • @ComXDude
    @ComXDude 4 года назад +230

    "Crawling on walls like a snake."
    Ah, yes. Those infamous wall-crawling snakes. Truly evil creatures.

    • @thebitgamer2425
      @thebitgamer2425 4 года назад +25

      I thought he said reptile, not a snake

    • @thatfunkyduck
      @thatfunkyduck 4 года назад +9

      He did say reptile. I'm not sure, but I think some reptiles can climb surfaces that approach 90 degrees, right...?

    • @bateman2112
      @bateman2112 4 года назад

      "Craaawling on your dry wall, your soul I'll eat or steal..."

    • @bcftr
      @bcftr 4 года назад +2

      He later said like a snake

    • @taurigirl
      @taurigirl 4 года назад +12

      @@thatfunkyduck I've seen ceiling lizards..... really shitty when they lose their grip and go "plap"

  • @SeiferAlmasy8787
    @SeiferAlmasy8787 4 года назад +446

    "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing he doesn't exist."

    • @johnbaugh2437
      @johnbaugh2437 4 года назад +4

      Great movie!

    • @ladycheyne5607
      @ladycheyne5607 4 года назад +15

      To be honest, he seems pretty powerful because certain folks claim he's been running the world for years. Either god is powerless to stop him or refuses; therefore, sending millions to hell. You'd think god would interfere in free will again, but I guess he's got better things to do🤷🏿‍♀️

    • @itisntwhatyouknow
      @itisntwhatyouknow 4 года назад +55

      @@ladycheyne5607 He gave us free will - why would he then interfere? The gift is free will, it's completely up to us how we use it. We can't blame anyone other than ourselves for our own freely taken decisions. All the relevant information is available. We're making informed decisions.

    • @ladycheyne5607
      @ladycheyne5607 4 года назад +33

      @@itisntwhatyouknow If your god is omniscient, there is no free will. According to his rules, nothing can go against his will, either. I think it's pretty damn disgusting that god favors a child molester's will over an innocent child. He could intervene, but I guess the molester's desires should be met. You're absolutely atrocious for worshiping something like that.

    • @itisntwhatyouknow
      @itisntwhatyouknow 4 года назад +28

      @@ladycheyne5607 He's your God too, he loves you as well and gave you the free will to reject him as to wish 🙂

  • @McCRBen
    @McCRBen Год назад +49

    Father Amorth is played in a film by Australian actor Russell Crowe.
    It’s called
    The Pope’s exorcist

    • @pevensive
      @pevensive Год назад +2

      Just finished watching, its not bad as a fantastical exorcism movie

    • @walter9899
      @walter9899 Год назад +5

      It was actually a good movie.

    • @Just_Jess70
      @Just_Jess70 Год назад

      But absolutely nothing to do with Fr. Amorth or his work.

    • @InigoChavez
      @InigoChavez Год назад +1

      Great movie

  • @Gigipretty64
    @Gigipretty64 4 года назад +117

    F Tom Cruise, I’m going full Simontologist.

  • @gobnaitaine2791
    @gobnaitaine2791 4 года назад +102

    Best channel on RUclips. Your entertained, educated and the cherry on top... Simon ❤️

  • @lewisbaker8116
    @lewisbaker8116 4 года назад +150

    'What is possession?'. I thought it was 9/10ths of the law.

    • @conmcgrath7502
      @conmcgrath7502 4 года назад +2

      Bom bom, chrick, tchs!

    • @briancrawford8751
      @briancrawford8751 4 года назад +1

      I think it's "nine points of the law."

    • @laurastrobel718
      @laurastrobel718 4 года назад +1

      😁

    • @laurastrobel718
      @laurastrobel718 4 года назад +1

      @Gary Daniel pray tell 😉

    • @laurastrobel718
      @laurastrobel718 4 года назад +3

      The laws suck In Tn Psilocybin is in the same class as narcotics and you can go to jail for having a tiny little roach if you get pulled over ... All depends on who's "catching" you and the time of the month "They" have quotas to fill and you are at their mercy😒

  • @Marco_Onyxheart
    @Marco_Onyxheart 4 года назад +70

    I believe Simon is also possessed, by his beard. Such an exquisite specimen can only be an otherworldly alien of possibly demonic origins.

  • @josephbanks5911
    @josephbanks5911 4 года назад +120

    i'm not religious but this guy is amazing

  • @somedude1068
    @somedude1068 4 года назад +74

    priest shouting in latin: "if you dont leave this girl thus is gay!"
    Demon: NO YOU!!! *HAHAHA*
    Priest searches his bible...takes out holy reverse card
    Demon: NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo.....

  • @blech71
    @blech71 3 года назад +12

    I always see large giant squid eye when I see that lamp off to the left.

  • @tedphillips2501
    @tedphillips2501 4 года назад +41

    If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed?

    • @my2centz196
      @my2centz196 4 года назад +3

      Most definitely but I think they have a lay-a-way plan lol.

    • @mikeward1337
      @mikeward1337 4 года назад +1

      That's brilliant 🙏

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 года назад

      Leslie Neilsen 1991

    • @flavorgod
      @flavorgod 3 года назад +1

      Uh Catholic exorcists don't charge anything.

    • @joehutter7083
      @joehutter7083 Год назад

      Very funny

  • @philiplewis1989
    @philiplewis1989 Год назад +10

    Regardless of what you may think of the topic of possession, I think we can all agree on this: Father Amorth is a bad ass. Rest In Piece, Padre Amorth. ❤☺✝

  • @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718
    @fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 4 года назад +154

    Brought to you by $1 Shave Club since even Satan needs to keep his goatee groomed.

    • @DivoGo
      @DivoGo 4 года назад +4

      FvckRUclips'sCensorship UseAdblock ROTFLMBAO!
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @dusso4231
      @dusso4231 4 года назад +3

      Liking this just for your name.

    • @andreabergstrom983
      @andreabergstrom983 4 года назад

      There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 года назад

      Can you see the Son of Lucifer anywhere in this court? Blackadder Witchsmeller Pursuivant.

  • @glenchapman3899
    @glenchapman3899 4 года назад +243

    I think Shakespeare summed it up best with his quote "There are more things in heaven and Earth than are dream't of by your philosophies "

    • @ziparis
      @ziparis 4 года назад +7

      Yep, it's a complex universe.

    • @kingfuzzy2
      @kingfuzzy2 4 года назад +4

      I agree complex but beautiful.

    • @MrGreensweightHist
      @MrGreensweightHist 4 года назад +11

      Yes there are, and none of them are supernatural

    • @kingfuzzy2
      @kingfuzzy2 4 года назад +4

      They don't have to be

    • @ziparis
      @ziparis 4 года назад +16

      @@MrGreensweightHist How do you know that? You're THAT much of an authority on the nature of the universe?

  • @BirdsOfGlass
    @BirdsOfGlass 3 года назад +46

    My mom made me watch the exorcist at a very young age, probably too young. Still the scariest movie to this day.

    • @kungfuskull
      @kungfuskull 3 года назад +5

      You need to see John Carpenter's The Thing. *that* is the scariest movie ever, not for the gore etc. For the paranoia, the distrust, the disolving of civilized men into hysterics. The cosmicism angle. Madness, fear, the unknown, and the horrible. It's *brilliant.*

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 3 года назад +1

      Scared me too
      Bad

    • @Elsagwene
      @Elsagwene 2 года назад +2

      @@kungfuskull I will never see that, it sounds terrifying 😨 lol

    • @kungfuskull
      @kungfuskull 2 года назад

      @@Elsagwene it is, and it is *brilliant.*

    • @Candlewick14
      @Candlewick14 Год назад +2

      Made you??

  • @bateman2112
    @bateman2112 4 года назад +30

    "...walked on the wall like a reptile..."
    Could he make them get down on the floor and make the demon walk the dinosaur?

  • @Gtm478
    @Gtm478 4 года назад +124

    Simon- you and your team do an incredible job balancing on the high wire act of religious believers and devout scientists, and do it in an unbelievably classy way. You must put a lot of care and work into it because, being in the latter group (I'm a math prof), I have never felt you're being wishy-washy. You and your team are doing an incredible job, and after watching what is likely countless numbers of of your videos, thank you for all of the quality content you've provided, and even beyond enjoying watching yout show, I've had many people I talk to get impressed with my knowledge of the subjects you've covered. Thank you for that and Merry Christmas!

    • @Aedyn91
      @Aedyn91 4 года назад +4

      I mentioned it in my comment, but at the end of the day... Does the reasoning matter? His exorcisms help people. Whether it is "just" an effective treatment for mental issues, or really is fighting off demons, does it matter? At the end of the day, the man is helping a lot of people. :D

    • @Neko141212
      @Neko141212 4 года назад +2

      @@Aedyn91 What about the people who doesn't get better? There was a case in Germany - I think - of a girl called Annalise who starved to death, thinking she was possessed. Her and her family refused all medical help, believing only exorcisms could help her. So yes, it can absolutely hurt to indulge people in this manner instead of getting them actual medical help

    • @sandrastreifel6452
      @sandrastreifel6452 4 года назад +3

      Neko141212: No one has suggested that exorcism should be substituted for good medical care. Mental and physical health assessment and care are an integral part of the discernment phase of the exorcism process.

    • @Nakoz007
      @Nakoz007 2 года назад

      Super cringe comment

  • @Contessa6363
    @Contessa6363 4 года назад +8

    I think most can be attributed to psychiatric disorders however there are always exceptions to every rule

    • @sebastianprimomija8375
      @sebastianprimomija8375 4 года назад +6

      Most Exorcists tell people who believe that are possessed to first go to psychiatrics or other professionals before coming to Exorcists

    • @Contessa6363
      @Contessa6363 4 года назад +3

      @@sebastianprimomija8375 Yes true I am Catholic so know a bit more than most average Catholics based on my education experience. I worked in Psychology for 13 years. I do believe however that sometimes certain instances can't entirely be explained away by science.

    • @TheOriginalTPro
      @TheOriginalTPro 4 года назад +5

      And because there is no scientific explanation, it must be demons?
      Maybe there is an explanation, but we haven't found it yet.

    • @80cardcolumn
      @80cardcolumn 4 года назад

      @@TheOriginalTPro -- Of course; what else could it be? It's typical religious thinking. I don't know why so many people think that way.

    • @maobfh
      @maobfh 4 года назад

      Michelle Misir - I am also Catholic from a long line of Catholics. My mother, grandmother were close friends with the priests of several churches. They were often at my grandmother and great grandmother’s house when I came in. I consider myself a devout catholic though married a non catholic so that can be argued. I was in Medicine for 35+ years but predominantly in Neurology which has significant cross over into psychology. I have seen actual evil in hospital a few times. My husband is absolutely NOT catholic and he has seen true evil in a psych hospital once. Having said all of that, Simon quoted the priest in saying that 90% were not true possession and were often psychiatric.

  • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
    @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 года назад +28

    While we're on the topic of religious figures, a bio on Urbain Grandier? That dude's life has all thr elements for an HBO-style period drama.

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 года назад +5

      @Lisa P He was a French Catholic priest who was convicted of witchcraft, but really it was more an excuse for a political execution. Not a "major" religious figure but a fascinating story if you read about him through Aldous Huxley's book, "The Devils of Loudun".

    • @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield
      @thirtyyearoldmulberryfield 4 года назад +3

      @Lisa P Dope. Hope you enjoy the read and Happy New Year!

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 года назад

      Got roasted to a crisp

    • @WilliamBryan-yf3wn
      @WilliamBryan-yf3wn 4 месяца назад +1

      The Devils (1971) directed by Ken Russell and starring Oliver Reed is based on Urban Grandier and the nuns of Loudun.

  • @danielreuben1058
    @danielreuben1058 2 года назад +28

    You've made your beliefs known many times on other channels, but way to go in providing an excellent, and I would say, neutral telling of exorcism. Thank you for mentioning the psychiatric perspective. If I remember correctly, the Vatican has a psychiatrist and medical doctor who assist in ascertaining a medical/mental illness first; exorcism second. Keep making great videos.

  • @rionthemagnificent2971
    @rionthemagnificent2971 4 года назад +18

    It could be a cure, especially if the individual in question is highly religious. The power of belief / faith has an astounding effect on the human psyche.

    • @nicholaslewis8594
      @nicholaslewis8594 4 года назад +1

      You’re saying it’s basically a sugar pill? Sounds right to me.

    • @pink_alligator
      @pink_alligator 4 года назад +1

      The power of belief is indeed strong. After they've been "exorcised" these people should be exorcised of their religion as well. It would do the world some real good if more people didn't dissociate from reality in this way, especially when there's really no need for it (meaning I understand some live in impoverished conditions there they do need faith, the human psyche can only handle so much all on it's own and still function)

    • @theobell7257
      @theobell7257 4 года назад +4

      So interesting you throw away belief and faith unless it's the right kind. Science and technology will be the death or enslavement of almost all of us not the salvation. We're not part of the club.

    • @nicholaslewis8594
      @nicholaslewis8594 4 года назад +1

      Lou I’d rather use what can be proven. An old man saying he saw people climb walls “like lizards” or “spit metal from their mouth” without any evidence is something you’d hear in a nut house.

    • @balazsvarga1823
      @balazsvarga1823 3 года назад +1

      No demon can atand the powet of my fedora! M'lady!

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 3 года назад +21

    I'm a non-believer but I find the psychological elements of exorcism pretty interesting. If a mentally ill patient is really convinced that they are possessed, a good old fashioned exorcism might be more effective than any number of conventional treatments the patient doesn't believe will be effective. The Lord may or may not work in mysterious ways, but the placebo effect definitely does.

    • @Official-Bill
      @Official-Bill 5 месяцев назад

      what is a placebo but an excuse by the devil that God did not do the deed.

  • @w.loczykij5354
    @w.loczykij5354 4 года назад +26

    What happens if you don't pay your exorcist?
    You get repossessed!
    Drumroll !!

    • @nenabunena
      @nenabunena 4 года назад +1

      Exorcists aren't paid, at least Catholic exorcists

    • @sadiestoltzfus9798
      @sadiestoltzfus9798 4 года назад

      @@nenabunena No but the Catholic church happens to be the most wealthy. All about material things. I was raised Catholic and do not practice a mislead faith.

  • @PetrSojnek
    @PetrSojnek 4 года назад +36

    What is actually amazing is, that possession may be psychiatric issue and exorcism may be specific psychaitric treatment of that issue. I never really thought about that from this angle. I mean if both patient and doctor believe in demons, it makes sense they would have better chance to solve it than psychiatric that would "only" cure symptomps.

    • @kamilstuchlik9529
      @kamilstuchlik9529 3 года назад +2

      You mean something on the line of one delusional person is treating another delusional person their delusions may just cancel out? :)

    • @NPC-bs3pm
      @NPC-bs3pm 3 года назад +2

      @@kamilstuchlik9529 The mind is VERY complicated .
      Hey look we threw stuff at the problem and the problem is now solves 😄🙌YAY.... but seriously though if it really does work, why prevent it❓
      (some people really need the practical rather than the ideal of a logical process)

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 3 года назад +3

      Perhaps, but the problem only exists because of their beliefs in the first place.

    • @NPC-bs3pm
      @NPC-bs3pm 3 года назад +1

      ​@@MrCmon113 "because of their beliefs in the first place" -- the DEFAULT of humanity is... a search for god. I have heard A LOT of secular philosophers agree with this premise (i.e. Christopher Hitchens or Sam Harris).
      Don't want God or gods? Move to China.

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 3 года назад +1

      @@NPC-bs3pm Who is Richard Hitchens?
      Anyways the one sole creator god is a relatively modern idea. For most of our history people believed in much more likely things, spirits that inhabit certain places or their ancestors living on in a different form. Later there were pantheons of gods with limited powers, who were born in some way and could be killed.
      By your idiotic argument, you should be in favour ancestor worship more than anything else.

  • @HeatherDavis-hc8ks
    @HeatherDavis-hc8ks Год назад +5

    Father Gabriel shares the same birthday as my 36 year old lol. R.I.P Father Gabriel Amorth xx

  • @alexkennedy9963
    @alexkennedy9963 4 года назад +114

    “It’s reassuring to know that your local demon hunter is handy with a rifle”
    *cough cough*
    The Winchesters
    *cough cough*

    • @robertstanson7866
      @robertstanson7866 4 года назад +1

      Drone Stars

    • @robertstanson7866
      @robertstanson7866 4 года назад +1

      Cough, cough

    • @vegqpunks
      @vegqpunks 4 года назад +5

      i was looking for a supernatural comment lmao yess

    • @wu-ren
      @wu-ren 4 года назад +9

      Saving people, hunting things. The family business.

    • @karnish4956
      @karnish4956 4 года назад +4

      Doctor, she is coughing a lot! Corona!

  • @itamarbar9580
    @itamarbar9580 2 года назад +7

    8:20 I am Israeli and I speak Hebrew, and the way you said "Dybbuk" is SPOT ON! It sounded like you were speaking Hebrew!

  • @nat1bott
    @nat1bott 4 года назад +69

    Demons?
    **Doom music intensifies**

  • @stevecosmolove1045
    @stevecosmolove1045 4 года назад +89

    THE POWER OF BIOGRAPHICS COMPELS YOU...Ladies and Gentlemen the Church of Simontology has arrived

  • @teritheitalian5561
    @teritheitalian5561 4 года назад +25

    The researching is very well done and definitely good delivery! Thank you

  • @mattbernacki9282
    @mattbernacki9282 Год назад +34

    As a Catholic who has experienced an exorcist of a loved one, I appreciate your honest and fair video of Fr Amorth and the Church. Fr Amorth was one of the reasons I started to recognize what was going on with the loved one. I often tell me people that if they saw what I saw on that day, they would have a lot of questions about what they believe.

    • @adinadumitrescu9784
      @adinadumitrescu9784 Год назад

      Would you be willing to give some details dear about the exorcism? Like how the person was behaving under the affliction. Would be grately appreciated as another believer!

    • @mattbernacki9282
      @mattbernacki9282 Год назад

      @@adinadumitrescu9784 reoccurring nightmares that would pick up exactly where they left off after waking up. Physically attacking me with strength they don't normally possess, then reacting violently to holy water being put on them. Not remembering a single thing after episodes. It was a very stressful situation.
      During the exorcism itself, their eyes went blank as soon as the priest began. They went limp in the chair they were sitting in until the priest got to the Latin prayers in the Rite, when they starting convulsing and moaning loudly, needing to be restrained. Towards the end, they calmed down and you could see the physical and emotional relief in their body and eyes. It was a weight off their shoulders, and the smile and look they gave me afterwards was one I had not seen since before the incidents began.

    • @fuckinantipope5511
      @fuckinantipope5511 11 месяцев назад +1

      Whatever you saw: it wasn't a demon bring driven out

    • @mattbernacki9282
      @mattbernacki9282 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@fuckinantipope5511 oh yeah? Then what was, genius? Let us listen to the random guy on RUclips with a pentagram profile picture. Surely he can enlighten us.

    • @manoloflorida6085
      @manoloflorida6085 11 месяцев назад

      @@mattbernacki9282 Exorcism and psychology are occasionally linked, as exorcism represents a religious method aimed at expelling evil influences. Nevertheless, many instances have revealed that individuals who have undergone exorcism were subsequently diagnosed with schizophrenia.

  • @jeffjohndavis1
    @jeffjohndavis1 4 года назад +21

    One of your finest videos on Biographics. Thank's Simon!

  • @ouldonaunt3262
    @ouldonaunt3262 4 года назад +67

    William Peter Blatty best known for his 1971novel The Exorcist. He attended Brooklyn Preparatory, a Jesuit school, on a scholarship and graduated as class valedictorian in 1946.
    He later attended Georgetown University on a scholarship, where he earned his bachelor's degree in English in 1950.
    He joined the United States Air Force, where he worked in the Psychological Warfare Division.

  • @drevil6050
    @drevil6050 4 года назад +100

    All I asked for was a fricking rotating chair, OK?! Okay, getting a little afraid. I need an old priest and a young priest. The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! Whoa, hello! Okay, sick as a dog now. Okay. Gonna vomit...

    • @briancrawford8751
      @briancrawford8751 4 года назад +5

      Have a thumbs up for effort.

    • @Gigipretty64
      @Gigipretty64 4 года назад +2

      I don’t get it.

    • @briancrawford8751
      @briancrawford8751 4 года назад +5

      @@Gigipretty64 It's a quote from the movie "Austin Powers."

    • @drevil6050
      @drevil6050 4 года назад +10

      @@briancrawford8751 thank you number 2.

    • @GH-zh9zo
      @GH-zh9zo 4 года назад +1

      YESSS this is what I needed to see

  • @JT-cloverbottomt
    @JT-cloverbottomt 4 года назад +32

    Simon, I will comment that I have experienced all the great things that psychology and psychiatry can do (my father was a therapist) but I will also tell you that there are times when doctors and medicine have failed to help patients. As a member of the clergy, I have on more than one occasion witnessed things that cannot be explained by modern psychology and psychiatry. It is my most fervent prayer that no one, ever sees these things for themselves. Though, I know that someone will.

    • @dragonmartijn
      @dragonmartijn 4 года назад

      Please, can you describe some of these things?

    • @alexandercanella4479
      @alexandercanella4479 4 года назад +2

      Just because it cant be explained now doesn't make it supernatural. Every human hallucinates.

    • @imperialbear4377
      @imperialbear4377 4 года назад +6

      @@alexandercanella4479 And then there are things that are happening- and a person knows that it is not a hallucination, as well as the other people around.

    • @alexandercanella4479
      @alexandercanella4479 4 года назад +1

      @@imperialbear4377 it's always great when anecdotes are the only evidence.

    • @imperialbear4377
      @imperialbear4377 4 года назад +4

      @@alexandercanella4479 The thing is, it isn't an anecdote to me, since I experienced the attacks of the dark forces. If you had no such experience, and it looks like you didn't, please don't say that this is fiction. I am 99.9999% confident, that you are a happier person at the moment for sure, between both of us.

  • @arcshadowstorm
    @arcshadowstorm Год назад +10

    I have met an exorcist who worked in the Philippines. He had some intense stories. I also worked with a bishop who had performed exorcisms, but never got any stories from him really, but some of the priests he knew did share some secondhand knowledge.

  • @jasminemccullough9230
    @jasminemccullough9230 4 года назад +20

    Loved the way you guys covered him.

  • @Oldwhiteguy
    @Oldwhiteguy 4 года назад +47

    Does he do mother-in-law’s?

    • @kated3165
      @kated3165 4 года назад +2

      Does he do 2 for 1 packages?

    • @itarry4
      @itarry4 4 года назад +7

      Look don't ask for the impossible he'll fight the devil but he's not doing the mother in law...

    • @jeffwalters8180
      @jeffwalters8180 4 года назад +1

      @@itarry4
      Funny funny funny!

    • @full-timepog6844
      @full-timepog6844 4 года назад +2

      How would the father in law feel about that?

    • @maryannchaisson6742
      @maryannchaisson6742 4 года назад

      Old white guy ..haha!

  • @colliric
    @colliric 3 года назад +6

    I wish every Catholic Priest was like this....The real Father Merrin!

  • @minecraftvids9987
    @minecraftvids9987 4 года назад +14

    Father Gabriele Amorth: Doom Slayer

  • @SailingKaiser
    @SailingKaiser 4 года назад +9

    Padre Pio looks suspiciously like Obi-Wan Kenobi.

  • @dougparkhurst279
    @dougparkhurst279 4 года назад +34

    Thank you for your respectful and open-minded treatment of this controversial subject. I am neither a clergyman nor a mental health specialist, but I have witnessed and experienced some things for which the Christian spiritual explanation is the most cogent and logical, at least to my understanding. We humans as a species have taken this spiritual battle worldview for granted for the bulk of our recorded history, and the current prevalence of mere materialism ignores that, or sweeps it aside unexamined, at the peril of us all. Open minds work both ways.

  • @canisrah
    @canisrah Год назад +8

    What an astonishingly careful look at the subject. Respectful, professional, no observable agenda. Well done.

  • @kanescrimes4848
    @kanescrimes4848 4 года назад +64

    Funny how witches and wizards always seem to gather and settle in areas where religious investments are prominent.

    • @Nierez
      @Nierez 4 года назад +10

      gotta take the fight to your enemies

    • @Dr_Do-Little
      @Dr_Do-Little 4 года назад +9

      I call it the ghostbusters effect. 😉

    • @dflatt1783
      @dflatt1783 4 года назад +19

      It's not far from the truth. I'm a 7th level Warlock and I live 2 miles from a Catholic Church. They'll never catch me.

    • @mm44jesus
      @mm44jesus 4 года назад

      D Flatt OTO?

    • @petercarlson811
      @petercarlson811 4 года назад +2

      Isn't that a peculiar coincidence?

  • @ghostofluck1811
    @ghostofluck1811 4 года назад +33

    Simon, you are a great host and you have an amazing team behind you that make these videos so well defined and fantastically interesting. A lot of people do not give credit to those behind the scenes, but they definitely need immense praise as well. Good job and keep up the great videos!

  • @michaelmedalle8691
    @michaelmedalle8691 3 года назад +13

    Thanks for the knowledge! I hope and pray for everyone watching this video and the host, that through the powerful protection of Jesus and the Blessed Mother Mary we all be in God's love and be away from sin and death and from any diabolical destruction. Amen!

  • @dingleberryhandpump802
    @dingleberryhandpump802 4 года назад +5

    Switch to atheism. 100% possession free!

    • @johnbrowne3950
      @johnbrowne3950 4 года назад +1

      Satan doesn't need to bother atheists. He already has them.

    • @dingleberryhandpump802
      @dingleberryhandpump802 4 года назад +1

      Well, what is known as modern satanism is actually just atheism with a provocative name to get under religious people's skin.

    • @johnbrowne3950
      @johnbrowne3950 4 года назад

      @@dingleberryhandpump802 No such thing as "modern Satanism." Satan has existed since the beginning of time. People have changed , He hasn't.

    • @dingleberryhandpump802
      @dingleberryhandpump802 4 года назад +1

      Look into The Satanic Temple. None of them worship any deities, especially a red man with a pointy tail, horns and a pitchfork. They're all atheist and actually perform numerous charitable benefits. They are wonderful people.

    • @johnbrowne3950
      @johnbrowne3950 4 года назад

      @@dingleberryhandpump802 There's nothing in the Bible about a red man with a pointy tail, horns and a pitchfork. Actually, Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2Corinthians 11:14. He is not a god.

  • @TreeCity43
    @TreeCity43 4 года назад +22

    Old lady walking on walls like a reptile that would freak me the hell out

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +1

      Yup, freaky story: any pictures?

    • @tyrannical3579
      @tyrannical3579 3 года назад +1

      @@wilfdarr exorcism has precautions who to take with them upon performing rituals. You think its easy to just get any people and have them harmed instead? Do you have a brain or you're just plain idiot?
      It may sound as a "story" why dont you figure it out your self and attend those as your quest in life and see for your self? Based in your reply you're too narrow minded and just living in a world as if nothing else exists that arent in sight.
      And do your self a favor if ever you're to do it, dont ever go back and proceed what you started tough guy.
      Or is this coming itself from a demon possessed being like you?

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +2

      @@tyrannical3579 Oh yes, the church's familiar argument of “he must be possessed by a demon because he dares challenge our nonsense!” How original!
      Thankfully, the church's power is waning and should be gone by the end of the century. I only hope I live long enough to see its final collapse after the damage it's lies have brought on the world!

    • @ghengiskhan9308
      @ghengiskhan9308 3 года назад

      @@wilfdarr your brain is too small to talk about this subject with adults. youll end up like fredrick nitchze who also wanted christianity to die our and the church and when it did he realised how important it was. now do you want actual evidence of things like heaven and hell and the supernatual or not?

    • @wilfdarr
      @wilfdarr 3 года назад +1

      @@ghengiskhan9308 You're the one who believes in Santa in the sky, and gremlins that live under the ground, but I'm the small minded one. OK then.

  • @pointly
    @pointly 2 года назад +3

    The greatest trick the Devil ever did, was convince people he does not exist.