Teen Girl Exorcism Squad

[treekisser]

AKA The Charmed Ones.

"We're just normal girls who do something extraordinary for God," Brynne said. "After seeing an actual exorcism in person, led by us, you will walk away with no doubt, whatsoever."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

[mandrina]

AKA The Charmed Ones.



http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

THey feel half the population is infested by demons?

Right there puts them in quack territory.

[mlr52]

THey feel half the population is infested by demons?

Right there puts them in quack territory.

What happens to those who do not beleive in the power of the cross?

[Lokabrenna]

What happens to those who do not beleive in the power of the cross?

This is the part that scares me:

Larson is currently weighing several offers for new reality shows starring Brynne, Tess and Savannah.

So something like Charlie's Angels, only, instead of guns, they have crosses, crosses and holy water.

[yewberry]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh...wait...they're serious?!

Brina

[Tana]

AKA The Charmed Ones.



http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

OK, who left the doors of the funny farm open?
Now we have to catch them and bring them back again.

[Erinnightwalker]

AKA The Charmed Ones.



http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

Teen Girl Exorcism Squad..... sounds like the new Power Rangers XD

[NibbleKat]

AKA The Charmed Ones.



http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

Here's the scary thing for me: there are going to invariably be kids out there who are going to take this seriously. And they'll be inspired by it. And they'll try stuff like this on their own. We've all heard of exorcisms going wrong-- and we've all heard of witch hunts, old-school (Salem, etc) and modern (McCarthy -era finger-pointing). So, we know that there will be people like these girls who think "MY NEIGHBOR IS POSSESSED BY SATAN! Omg, let me mess with his property, his kids, etc, etc, etc."

This is the type of thing that has the potential to do SO much more harm than good. Sure, most of us know these three girls are either out for publicity or that the exorcisms aren't real, but there are folks out there who don't.

SO...seems to me if there IS a malevolent force out there wanting people to do more harm than good to one another, that force might very well take a free ride on the publicity these teens stir up.

[Shine]

AKA The Charmed Ones.



http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-girl-e...1#.T-nKYJFafir

The way the article is written sounds like a blurb for a hooky-spooky TV show. It also made it sound like what these girls do is kind of like what you do when you want to seem spooky, mysterious, and awesome.

Oh gods, and the video. This has got to be a pure publicity stunt. HAS GOT TO BE.

Brynne, 17, is the leader of the pack, the one the others call the "enforcer." She is home-schooled and a regular on the beauty pageant circuit. Savannah, 20, is known as the "compassionate one," a college student who likes to shop. Finally, there's Tess, "the middle man" because the others say this 17-year-old can play both good and bad cop. She also performs in local musicals.

I giggled. I try to be open and respectful to other people and what they do, but I giggled. The "enforcer"? Seriously? I think this article could have been written a bit more carefully so it doesn't sound like these people are in the middle of an elaborate role play. Or, maybe they are . . .

"We're not proud of ourselves," Tess said. "We're humble. We're still learning."

Says "the middle man" playing "good cop, bad cop".

[RandallS]

THey feel half the population is infested by demons?

Right there puts them in quack territory.

No, Rev Bob Larson -- the father of one of them -- does. He claims to have performed 10,000 exorcisms and as they aren't free, I suspect makes a good living at it. Especially since, according to the article, one session is seldom enough.

Perhaps I should go into the exorcism business?