ANSWER by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM on May 12, 2004

Dear Sandy: Paltalk is a great place compared to other chatrooms because it is moderated. (of course the moderator must be a good one). Most of the chatrooms there, however, are Protestant. While the issue of spiritual warfare is similar in both Protestant and Catholic understanding, there are some differences between honorable spiritual warriors of the level-headed and stable type. For the not-so-level-headed Protestant and Catholic deliverance counselors what can I say; they tend to have some of the most wacko theories on spiritual warfare. I call them the Wacko Platoon. Then are the people who are not deliverance counselors and never have been yet they think they know everything there is to know about spiritual warfare and deliverance. The issue of Spiritual Warfare is truly an interesting one. This is one of the subjects that everyone seems to have an opinion about and will dogmatically declare their opinion to be the way things are despite the facts. These "everyones" usually have no actual knowledge, training, or experience (clinical or ministerial) in spiritual warfare and deliverance. There are some people who assert VERY strongly that Christians cannot be possessed, for example. When I hear this I know immediately that this person knows nothing about spiritual warfare and has no real clinical experience dealing with demonized people. There is nothing worse than an arm-chair expert. They do more damage that the devil does himself. P.S. I have tried to open a chatroom in Paltalk. It was called, "Catholic Encounters of the Third Kind". It was not very successful because fighting and bickering were not allowed. Other rooms give lip service to rules of no fighting and bickering, but in actuality allow it anyway. I have found over the many years in chatrooms that people become addicted to the "rush" of a fight. Even many of those who say they hate a fighting room will rarely leave and find it boring in a room without those fights. The issue of plausibility is as ripe as a dunghill even in the Catholic chatrooms on Paltalk, and about everywhere else. As a result of Plausibility I was basically run out of Paltalk. More likely than not the mention my name in one of the established and regular Paltalk Catholic rooms where the regulars hang out, even after all these months that I have not been there, is likely to elicit spitting and grunting at the mention of "Bro. Ignatius" :) You see, I am not plausible (politically correct) and tolerant of error. I also believe in the role-model of Jesus, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Paul, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Francis de Sales, and even the gentile St. Bonaventure that there are times when tough love must be administers and a person need to be slapped upside the head. The problem is the "nice" people (the word nice comes from the Latin meaning "ignorant") preach tolerance and love even of one's enemies, they are absolutely intolerant of people who will not play the plausible game. You see, there is an Eleventh Commandment: "Thou shall love all people, even enemies, except those like Bro. Ignatius who will not tolerate our hypocrisy and play the Plausibility game" LOL.... but a ramble on :) Forgive my outburst... but I believe that the issue of Plausibility to be the worst and most dangerous enemy that the Church has EVER experienced. This Plausibility is more dangerous than all the heresies of history put together. God has apparently called me, and I wish He hadn't, to be a "prophet" (prophet means preacher) against plausibility. It is one of my missions in life. (see Three Secret Strategies of the Devil for more information and explanation of Plausibility.) Enough of that Bro. Ignatius now, get off your soapbox. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary (bull in a china closet) wait, no, it is "fat bull in a china closet" :) For Assistance with Spiritual Warfare problems please go to our How We Can Help You page. For a direct link to sample Spiritual Warfare prayers see our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog