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Originally Posted by trialedbyfire
Self-mutilation is definitely biblical. Most biblical accounts of demonic possession record self-mutilation as a sign of possession. Remember the boy in Mark 9 who kept trying to kill himself in scripture? That's why I said I'm not sure if it's a "death wish" or a "death sentence". It could mean the man wants to die, or a demon wants everyone to know that he's planning on taking that man out. Either way, it's not good. |
Surely most often self-esteem issues;
literally, more comfortable with death/possession
due to lack of affirmations offered to one when they were needed.
Ref "Cutter Christians."
(note strange overtones of
self-immolation in the meaning of "Megiddo,"
http://concordances.org/hebrew/4023b.htm
at "gadad," the root).
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