Why would an exorcist offer mercy to a damned soul since it is Christian dogma that a soul is judged by God immediately upon death and is irrevocably either saved or damned? In other words, why would an exorcist offer a damned soul a cessation to his suffering when there is no possibility for such a cessation?4 I have no theological answer for this question, but as an exorcist, I have a practical one: because it works at making the damned soul go away. Whether he leaves of his own accord (because hearing about Christ’s mercy is too painful) or whether it is his demonic guardian that removes
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