Their Exorcism Podcast Converted My Wife

LINKS Exorcist Files Book: https://fathercarlosmartins.com Exorcist Files podcast:    • The Exorcist Files Podcast   SPONSORS Refugia: https://refugia.download Vozelo: https://vozelo.app Sacred Spark: https://sacredspark.app My Catholic Library: https://mycatholiclibrary.co What does an exorcist who was once a hardened atheist have to say about AI chatbots? In this conversation I sit down with Fr. Carlos Martins — Catholic priest, exorcist, and host of The Exorcist Files — along with his Protestant co-host Ryan Bethea. We talk about who actually has the authority to cast out demons, what separates a skilled exorcist from a merely holy one, and the strange, funny, and deeply human road that leads people out of atheism and into belief — including Fr. Martins' own conversion and mine. Then the conversation takes a turn I didn't see coming: AI. Can a demon manipulate an AI? What did Fr. Martins make of the "demonic-like" anomalies he's been shown in chatbot output? And when does leaning on a machine stop being a useful tool and start looking like something the Church would recognize as spiritually dangerous? Along the way: the witness that converts hearts when arguments can't, the fine-tuning of the universe, the cases Fr. Martins would hand a hardened skeptic, and how a show about spiritual warfare ended up healing wounds between Catholics and Protestants. I also share how my own wife, raised Buddhist, came to the faith through their work. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:44 Ryan's favorite exorcism pun 1:28 A priest, a Protestant & what unites them (relics & charisms) 6:27 Who can cast out demons (and why not to try alone) 8:04 Skill vs. charism: what makes a great exorcist 13:18 From atheism to exorcist: the problem of evil 16:18 The witness that changed everything 19:34 My own road out of atheism 22:45 Can you prove love in a lab? (Lennox, Dawkins & "Contact") 25:33 "There is proof": signs & impossible strength 28:40 Fine-tuning, eclipses & the fingerprints of God 33:31 Can a demon possess an AI? 38:55 When AI stops being a tool: the occult parallel 45:08 The chatbot, the autistic boy & uncharted territory 49:52 Making the skeptic an exorcist 54:25 The cases: a haunted house, Ouija boards & Anneliese Michel 59:02 How The Exorcist Files almost never happened 1:00:52 Healing the Catholic–Protestant divide If this blessed you, subscribe for more conversations on the faith, and share it with someone who needs it. #Catholic #Exorcism #ExorcistFiles #FrCarlosMartins #SpiritualWarfare #Conversion #Catholicism #AI #Apologetics