https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz Made by Nikole Lachance & Shannon Howard en-us 2018-06-04 17:51:28 UTC 2025-11-25 16:06:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265459057 Nikole Lachance & Shannon Howard]]> 2018-06-04 17:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265459057 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265459699 Summary: This photo appears to be showing a young male being attacked by demons and a priest doing an exorcism to try and evict the demons from the man's body. 
Belief: I would say that in this image a red flag would be Red Herring . The reason for this would be because because this photo is just an image, there is no evidence proving that this person was actually being possessed by demons, we can only make assumptions of what is going on. ]]> 2018-06-04 17:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265459699 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265459973 Summary: This video clip is about the Exorcism of Anneliese Michel. Anneliese started having spells of different situations and at first they were labelled as seizures. However, when she started doing stranger things and was then told by a specialist that she was  having possessions, and a Priest was to give her an exorcism. 
Belief: I believe that a reason for belief would be, Simplicity . The reason for this is because the science involving exorcisms is something that is really hard to be explained. There isn’t really much scientific evidence regarding exorcisms, which makes it difficult to know what is scientifically proven. ]]> 2018-06-04 17:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265459973 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265460270 Summary: This is a link to a website that talks about different stories of "real life" exorcisms and possessions. These are some of the most well-known cases. In some of the stories, it talks about not only human possession but the possession of ones home or belongings after inviting a bad spirit into their lives. The symptoms experienced in some of the cases are very similar, such as strange noises, objects moving or disappearing, violence, and extreme changes in behavior. 
Belief: I think the reason for belief in most of these cases is Agenticity. There could be a number of different reasons why some of the things being experienced in these stories where happening but the people involved for varying reasons, conclude that its because of a demon or bad spirit taking possession.              ]]> 2018-06-04 17:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265460270 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265460661 Summary: This website dives in and talks a bit about what exorcisms are, how they wok and the different types that can be performed. It explains the belief behind it and how the way pop culture has influenced our view of exorcisms. The website states that despite all of the claims and cases of exorcisms and possessions, the Roman Catholic Church believes that only 1 in every 5,000 reported cases are true.
Belief: I think that pop culture and society has influenced a lot of the beliefs and claims connected to exorcisms and possession. The website even says, that if you google exorcism, the search results will show advertisements to hire an exorcist and their success rates. People are making money off of taking advantage of peoples beliefs, just like they would if they were a psychic. For this reason, I would say that the reason for belief is Emotional Connection. ]]> 2018-06-04 18:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265460661 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265460821 Summary: In this video clip Eric, a young boy who lives in the Philippines is said to having his soul controlled by the "devil." Because of his actions in the community. In the town there are many Catholics who believe that any source of "evil" is promoted by the underworld, and evil demons. Often Eric acts out, especially if his mother reads parts of the bible to pray over him to hopefully make his soul "pure", during the video clip , Eric has a exorcism done by a Priest because they believe that only a Priest can stop such thing. 
Belief:  I personally would say that this video clip's Red Flag would be Proof of Verbosity. The reason why I would claim this as this particular Red Flag is because, the people believe in this evidence of their past beliefs. The past beliefs before Christianity being evil spirits. In this perspective this is what the people believe in, they have the evidence they need in order to find out what is wrong with younger children, when they seem like "evil" things are happening to them. ]]> 2018-06-04 18:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265460821 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265461169 Summary: In this photo, you can see a woman with her arms raised and seems as though she is yelling. There are three religious men in the picture with the woman and it seems like two of the men are praying for her and the other is trying to restrain her with a rope around her neck. The setting of the picture looks as if they are in a church because of the painting of what looks to me to be of Jesus in the background shining towards the woman.
Belief: I would say that this picture is an Unexplained reason for belief. Because it is a picture and there is no story that goes with it, you are left with your imagination to figure out what is going on. If I hadn't known that this image was depicting a woman being possessed and exorcised, I personally wouldn't have come to that conclusion, but I can see how one would.  ]]> 2018-06-04 18:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265461169 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265461348 Summary: This is an article posted by the Catholic News Service that answered frequently asked questions people had about exorcisms to clarify misconceptions people have made from the media.
Belief: I think that the pseudoscience red flag for this article would be Appeal to Authority. It is posted on a website that is targeted to a religious audience and contains information provided by the bishops' Committee on Divine Worship, a presumably trusted source for a religious person.  ]]> 2018-06-04 18:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265461348 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265461608 Summary: This is a trailer for a movie that was based on Anneliese Michel. The film shows what potentially had happened to Annelise but because it's a movie many things were most likely exaggerating a lot of the situations to make them more scary for the audience. 
Belief: Te belief I would personally give this movie trailer would be Confirmation Bias. The reason for this answer is because the events that happened are indicated as true events, this movie does show true facts from the real events regarding the exorcism of Annelise Michel. ]]> 2018-06-04 18:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/265461608 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/267373559 Summary: In this photo, you can clearly see that a woman is being held down by people, and has a cross being held to her forehead by who you would assume is a faith healer or priest. The woman is screaming or crying and looks to be in distress which they have labelled as being possessed.  
Belief: This is a perfect example of a couple different pseudoscience red flags. The first one would be Ideological Support. Faith healing has zero scientific evidence backing it up but people believe it to dangerous extremes, causing harm to themselves or others. The other pseudoscience red flag in this case would be Appeal to Authority. In this case, religious people looking for help go to someone of faith and power who claims to be able to rid them of their problems, so they believe them blindly because of who they are. ]]> 2018-06-15 13:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/267373559 nikolelachance https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/267420874 2018-06-16 00:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nikolelachance/lh6lgo04kvlz/wish/267420874