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By Marta Greenwood, Karl Sandberg, Beverly Bemis Hawks Dewindt

From the June 2004 issue of The Christian Science Journal

Why does God allow evil (or accidents) to happen? In order to discipline me when I was growing up in Iran, a family member told me I was possessed by the devil. In the East, people are scared of evil spirits, so I was petrified of myself all the time.