Promotes Religious Bigotry and Ignorance

Rating: 1/10 (23 October 2012)

Back in the day, the Omen and the Exorcist were the most talked-about horror flicks that even kids had to see somehow, even though I didn't get to see this one until much later.
However, as an adult, I cannot imagine how idiotic it is to call a child the devil because bad things are happening around him or caused by him.
We know nowadays that there are normal youngsters as well as those who are challenged, who are capable of bad things, even things so bad we may call them ''evil''. Now come on, if I saw a tween girl even commit murder, I would say that she's definitely in need of help. Something's going on for her to have so much anger and confusion inside. She's either under a tremendous amount of stress or in need of psychiatric intervention. If Father Karas had held his ground, we may have had a totally different and more intelligent film, rather like Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Yes, I know that this is a supernatural film and has nothing to do with reality. Nevertheless, the viewer cannot really enjoy the film unless she or he finds the plot somehow plausible, at least a little. If you do not believe in a girl capable of being possessed, you would never enjoy this film.
The success of this film, the Omen and such feed on the ignorance of many, unfortunately. How do you know that after watching this film, a parent may not take her to a 'which doctor' rather than a real one or associate things like use of profanities or sudden change of character (nornal for that age by the way) to being possessed? Many films are based on similar situations in real life, except in horror movies many mundane issues are often given a supernatural explanation. I enjoy spooky films, even those which I know are unintelligent (like a curtain moving may be caused by some unseen hand!), but I cannot stand seeing a child being considered the devil which much be destroyed or harmed. That makes me afraid for the consequences of watching this film.
I'm not religiously affiliated, fortunately. I also understand that many people are not directly affected and will not make life choices based on a horror film. However, this film teaches that a child can be evil, rather than stressed, mentally ill, in need of help, or maybe simply innocent.
Please do NOT watch it, don't let your kids watch it, and don't let any religious people watch it. The last thing we need in this day and age is more people embarking on a crusade against children who have problems.
p.s. What's with the devil being seen in Iraq? Am I imagining things or has it been an effort to symbolically represent the Middle East as evil?