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Question 1:
Ancient Babylonian priests were one of the first exorcists. They meant to destroy the evil spirit, possessing the victim, by performing this ritual.
A. They killed the possessed person by stabbing them with a sacrificial knife.
B. They destroyed a wax or clay image of a demon.
C. They drew mighty symbols on the forehead of the victim.
D. They drilled a hole in the skull of the possessed.
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- Exorcism is not popular among religions nowadays.
- Jesus Christ is considered to be an exorcist. One of the legends tells of Jesus casting out multiple demons from a madman. The spirits then entered the bodies of some animals. What kind of animals were they?
- Jesus Christ gave the power to exorcise demons to his disciples.
- In Judaism the evil spirit that possesses the soul of its victim is called dybbuk. It is exorcised through this part of the body.
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