Exorcism? Of a biological trait? Seriously?

I'm having trouble starting this blog post. So I'll just give you the link...

Exorcising Homosexuality

This is the kind of thing that makes me think humanity is doomed. If I'm not mistaken, the majority of people are religious. What I wonder is about how many of them are as obscenely stupid as the people of the church in that article.

In case the link is broken, the article talks about an exorcism done at a church. There's even a video. And they were exorcising the "gay demon" from a teenage boy. He apparently goes into convulsions, pukes, and can't stand on his own. They cover him with a white sheet. At some point a woman yells to rip the demon from his throat.

WTF?

I just... I mean... how do these people function in society? I'm writing an angry letter to Darwinism to complain about the fact that these people haven't successfully died out yet. If you've read my anti-religion posts, you know I'm already not a fan of religion. But these people... they believe in exorcism... on top of that they believe that homosexuality is a demon that possesses a person... and they think that they can get rid of this demon so the kid won't be gay anymore. This also means they believe in their religion so fervently that biology is lost on them. And the worst part is that they think they're doing something "good". That poor kid.

I'm trying to imagine the rebuttles I might get if anyone actually read this blog. But if there's a logical or reasonable oppositional argument to my assertion that these religious freaks (the ones in the article and video) are stupid, evil, and/or seriously negatively impacting their community, I don't know it.

I want to say that I believe everyone should be able to believe what they want. But this is really putting that belief to the test. I suppose, when you cross the line into hurting someone... like these people did (and apparently do regularly according to the article)... the people of that community need to have some kind of intervention to teach those religious nut-jobs that they're being stupid.

Sorry. Examples like this... well... they get to me. And I really wonder if there's anyone out there on the internet that would actually defend that awful behavior.