Are demons real?

[SkepticX]

Talk about confirmation bias, I believe you prefer unsubstantiated opinion over experience and the Word of God. I believe the obvious is that you are oblivious.

Understanding open-mindedness and its counterfeits.

 

[Sapiens]

Talk about confirmation bias, I believe you prefer unsubstantiated opinion over experience and the Word of God. I believe the obvious is that you are oblivious.

Please indicate which of my "opinions" you find to be unsubstantiated and I'll be glad to supply you with substantiation.

You need to understand that personal experience is not substantiation, neither is any fantasy or delusion that you have about being the privileged recipient of direct communications from a mythical ruler of the universe.

 

[Parsimony]

Possessions are said to take place in Hinduism, right? Is there a particular term for the beings that possess humans in Hinduism? Are they called demons as well? How are they similar or different from the demons of Christianity?

 

[`mud]

Sharper knives !
~
'mud

 

[Muffled]

i have some experience in this area , i dont know if it was made by someone but definitely it was real .. some of it are clearly made up but other stuff is hard to believe it was which made me go back to my religion .

I believe spirits are called djin but I don't remember if they are necessarily evil. I have read fictional stories about the djin but it would be interesting to hear your experience. I am pleased that you returned to your religion but it isn't really yours but one that God has given you for now. Not everything lasts forever.

 

[Muffled]

I didn't believe in demons until I met my ex.

I believe usually demons are considered to be disembodied spirits but who can say whether those spirits once inhabited a body or not. A person could practice evil from the spiritual natuure or it could come from a corrupted mind although I believe the spirit can rule the body. I keep a strong tether on my spirit because he has some bad habits.

 

[Muffled]

Do you believe in Aliens?

I don't have any direct experience in this regard and the evidence is sketchy but it seems possible to me. But then I am a Science Fiction fan.

 

[jonathan180iq]

Are dragons real?
Are wizards real?
Are unicorns real?
Are ghosts real?
Is Bigfoot real?
Is Frodo real?
Is Thor real?
Are Chupacabras real?
What about Zeus?
Poseidon?
Osiris?
Shiva?
The archangel Gabriel?
Big Bird?
Godzilla?
Rambo?
The teletubbies?

Are demons real?

 

[jonathan180iq]

I don't have any direct experience in this regard and the evidence is sketchy but it seems possible to me. But then I am a Science Fiction fan.

So you can recognize your bias when it comes to aliens because you like science fiction...

Can you do the same with your faith?

 

[George-ananda]

Are dragons real?
Are wizards real?
Are unicorns real?
Are ghosts real?
Is Bigfoot real?
Is Frodo real?
Is Thor real?
Are Chupacabras real?
What about Zeus?
Poseidon?
Osiris?
Shiva?
The archangel Gabriel?
Big Bird?
Godzilla?
Rambo?
The teletubbies?

Are demons real?

Some yes, some no, some need a lengthier answer.

 

[fantome profane]

Some yes, some no, some need a lengthier answer.

Some they do
and some they don't
and some you just can't tell

And some they will
and some they won't
with some it's just as well

 

[arthra]

Muffled indicated he believes in "demons"...

He's entitled to believe in demons of course...

I don't believe in "demons" myself...neither is it a teaching of the Baha'i Faith that demons are real

Demons for me are what people used to think were behind psychiatric disorders or maybe epilepsy.

 

[`mud]

Demons are the slimy coatings on the sewage of one's mind.
And the outward actions caused by the applications of that slime.
It's not spiritual, it's mechanical, human created mahem.
A cut across the throat of humanity, demonic waste in action.
No spiritualistic cause or effect.
~
Just a thought out loud.
~
'mud

 

[Muffled]

I don't consider it closed minded to consider the quality of evidence presented for any claim. And without giving any opinion as to whether or not demons exist, I will say that the mere fact that someone had trouble sleeping after watching "The Exorcist" does not qualify as good evidence for the existence of demons.

Call me close minded and biased for that if you wish, but that is how I see it.

I believe you have managed to reduce the testimony to trouble sleeping but I don't believe you are justified in doing so. my wife has trouble sleeping but not because of a demon but because of pain. In other words the affect does not prove the cause.

 

[Muffled]

Wow! It is the year 2015, this is an internet forum - so everyone has computers, access to all of the information possible and thus must be at least somewhat technically literate.

And there is a discussion going on in which many think demons are real! Seems incredible.

I wasn't aware that tecnology could eliminate demons. What key do I hit for that? Is there an app for it?

I believe the educational system has probably done it's best to teach that demons don't exist and one must always believe the teachers, right?

 

[Muffled]

Muffled indicated he believes in "demons"...

He's entitled to believe in demons of course...

I don't believe in "demons" myself...neither is it a teaching of the Baha'i Faith that demons are real

Demons for me are what people used to think were behind psychiatric disorders or maybe epilepsy.

I believe that again puts the lie to the concept that Ba'hais believe in Christianity.

 

[shawn001]

"Maybe that's what hell is. You go mad, and all your demons come and get you just as fast as you can think them up.”
Anne Rice

 

[shawn001]

I wasn't aware that tecnology could eliminate demons. What key do I hit for that? Is there an app for it?

I believe the educational system has probably done it's best to teach that demons don't exist and one must always believe the teachers, right?

Should Pink Unicorns be taught?

Teachers, teach, which is a noble profession and that is not where science come from.

 

[fantome profane]

Should Pink Unicorns be taught?

Of course. How else are Pink Unicorns going to learn. Pink Unicorns are entitled to an education just as much as anybody else.

 

[Looncall]

I wasn't aware that tecnology could eliminate demons. What key do I hit for that? Is there an app for it?

I believe the educational system has probably done it's best to teach that demons don't exist and one must always believe the teachers, right?

I hope the teachers point out that demons are just an ancient error of thought: one of religion's many dumping grounds for the ignorances of the ancients.

It's too bad religions keep these old mistakes going.