But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Multiple unrelated practitioners can independently perform successful exorcisms, proving that demonic possession is a real medical phenomenon.
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What current science says
When multiple groups using different rituals all claim success at 'curing' the same condition, the most likely explanation is that the condition isn't what they think it is. Conditions historically labeled as 'possession' — epilepsy, Tourette's, dissociative identity disorder, psychosis — all have documented neurological causes and respond to specific medications. The fact that different rituals from different traditions all 'work' is actually strong evidence that the ritual itself is irrelevant and the patients either had self-limiting conditions or experienced a placebo response. Multiple competing explanations that all claim success is a red flag in science, not validation.
What the text says
This comes from Luke 11:19. The text acknowledges that rival religious groups ('your sons') also cast out demons — inadvertently suggesting that if multiple competing groups all claim to expel demons, the phenomenon might not require any particular divine authority at all.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
GEBible doesn't pick one of these for you. Each entry shows the passage, what it says, and what current science says — nothing more.