There was this case of a possessed woman who in ordinary conditions would appear very normal. She dresses well, talks with intelligence, and has a decent means of livelihood. In all external appearance and under normal conditions there is nothing wrong about her. However, when the demon attacks her and she enters into a trance, she does things that are not human.
During an exorcism session, she was screaming to no end. Those inside the prayer room hear a woman screaming, but according to those who heard it outside the room thought that it was some animal being caught or butchered or tortured. Others said it sounded like a pig. When the possessed was not shrieking, she would continuously stick her tongue like that of a serpent, or cry unabashedly. The demon would make the afflicted slither like a snake several times. Had it not been for the lay volunteers controlling her tight, she would probably slither all over the room. The demon would also accuse her of her sins and use cuss and curse words. There is no sign of a rational being in there but that of a brute. These would happen every time the words in the supplication and exorcism prayers would refer to man as made in the image and likeness of God and that Christ has chosen to dwell in man.
It is clear therefore, how the demons see man --filth and brute-like, inferior to them. By making the possessed act like vicious animals they despise man as if telling God how filthy the creature He made in His image and likeness really is. By making them act like animals there is no hint that this creature called man has any dignity at all. At the same time the demons tell man how unworthy they are of the gifts God gave them, because man just squanders them with their sins. The demons are able to hit two birds with one stone --hurt God by hurting man, and man hurting God by making man sin against His Creator.
How terrible indeed to fall into the hands of the Devil --the accuser of mankind, the enemy of the human race?
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