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johnnyFive  ·  1907 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession.

The problem with your standard is that it presupposes one (but not the other) as extraordinary. And once again, it assumes that this is even an either/or to begin with.

I'm fairly skeptical about the idea of demonic possession, but can't definitively rule it out, either. But at the end of the day, something can work even if we don't understand (or are wrong about) why it works.