Tucker Carlson · How to Spot Someone Who Is Possessed, Explained by a Priest

1. 1. The concept of spirit-human "hybrids" like the Nephilim, though radical, is a central belief historically present across cultures, paralleled by the Christian understanding of Jesus.
2. 2. A priest shared an encounter in a forensic psych ward with a person who committed horrific acts, observing "something inhuman" in their eyes, suggesting a deviation from true humanity.
3. 3. Christian theology states that becoming truly human is achieved by being formed in God's likeness, like Christ, whereas straying leads to becoming "something inhuman."
4. 4. St. John Chrysostom argued that people become demons by "live[ing] like demons," experiencing a metaphysical transformation of their being, rather than from dying violently.
5. 5. The Book of Jubilees, a significant Jewish text, explains that many demonic spirits mentioned in later scripture are actually the spirits of the dead Nephilim from before the flood.
6. 6. Mastima, leader of the Nephilim, bargained with God in the Book of Jubilees to permit 10% of their spirits to torment wicked people, a divine act intended to prompt repentance.
7. 7. In the Gospels, demons ask Christ, "Have you come to torment us before the time?", reflecting the ancient belief that these spirits were granted a reprieve until the Last Judgment.
8. 8. Ancient belonging involved initiation and ongoing communal rituals, with some extra-biblical texts explicitly detailing human sacrifice and cannibalism in certain groups' practices.