The Dancing Plague of 1518.

[sjastro]

Hnndreds literally danced themselves to death.

 

[trophy33]

Historically, its actually unclear if somebody died and the number of the dancers is also unclear, it varies from 50 to 400.

Dancing plague of 1518 - Wikipedia

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[Ophiolite]

Hnndreds literally danced themselves to death.

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The modern equivalents are "Strictly Come Dancing" in the UK and "Dancing with the Stars" in the USA, except it is members of the audience who die from inanity overload.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

One of those historical events I'd love to go back in time to see, just to see it occur.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

"Dance! Dance! Dance until you die!! He He He!" ~Winifred Sanderson

 

[AV1611VET]

Hundreds literally danced themselves to death.

Two words: Pokméon Go.

'Nuff said.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Two words: Pokméon Go.

'Nuff said.

... what?

 

[essentialsaltes]

I suspect Havana Syndrome is also a case of mass psychogenic illness. We may never know with any certainty.

 

[AV1611VET]

... what?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Okay... your comment still deserves a what since there's no known reason why tens to hundreds of people in a Late Medieval/Early Renaissance German city just spontaneously began to dance, seemingly possibly to their deaths.

 

[JohnEmmett]

there's no known reason why tens to hundreds of people in a Late Medieval/Early Renaissance German city just spontaneously began to dance, seemingly possibly to their deaths.

Perhaps they wanted to

 

[AV1611VET]

Okay... your comment still deserves a what since there's no known reason why tens to hundreds of people in a Late Medieval/Early Renaissance German city just spontaneously began to dance, seemingly possibly to their deaths.

IF this actually happened ... and isn't just something on paper ... then I attribute it to Satan.

Exodus 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Lucifer, when he was created, was put in charge of music.

Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

And when he rebelled, he honed the music industry into a fanatical form of worship and anarchy.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Lucifer, when he was created, was put in charge of music.

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"

Hotel California
Song by Eagles

 

[AV1611VET]

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"

Hotel California
Song by Eagles

Lucifer would know.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Lucifer would know.

Do you believe in Ahriman?


God's adversary in the Zoroastrian religion

 

[AV1611VET]

Do you believe in Ahriman?

Sure ... I'm easy.

God's adversary in the Zoroastrian religion.

God has many adversaries.

Billions, in fact.

Fallen angels.

Thus I would consider Ahriman -- if he indeed existed -- a fallen angel.

But if he didn't indeed exist, I would consider him a product of diabolical mimicry.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Thus I would consider Ahriman -- if he indeed existed -- a fallen angel.

Duncan MacLeod fought him

 

[AV1611VET]

Duncan MacLeod fought him

Yes ... and Charlton Heston was given the Ten Commandments ... right?

 

[JohnEmmett]

Yes ... and Charlton Heston was given the Ten Commandments ... right?

where do you draw the line and why

 

[AV1611VET]

where do you draw the line and why

Here are my standards:

1. Bible says x, Science says x = go with x
2. Bible says x, Science says y = go with x
3. Bible says x, Science says ø = go with x
4. Bible says ø, Science says x = go with x
5. Bible says ø, Science says ø = free to speculate on your own

Prime Directive: Under no circumstances whatsoever is the Bible to be contradicted.