When I lived in Bali, I couldn't help observing the pervasive evidence of belief in demons. And of course demons put in an appearance in the Bible, not to mention in the gargoyles of old cathedrals.
On the other hand, modern science would seem to categorically reject the existence of demons, without a clear reason why, unless it has to do with the axiomatic presuppositions of science's governing ideology of reductionist materialism.
Question: Do demons exist? What evidence is there, for or against?
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Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
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Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCBS5EtszYI
"Who shall save the human race?"
-- "Wild Goose Chase" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L45toPpEv0
"A piece is gonna fall on you..."
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Re: Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
Post #441That's true for most people, but not Sherlock Holmes.brunumb wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:00 pmEliminating the impossible whatevers does not necessarily leave you with one possible whatever.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:56 am When one has eliminated the impossible (hypotheses), whatever (hypothesis) remains, however improbable (the hypothesis might appear), must be the truth (because all alternative hypotheses have been eliminated).
See; elementary my dear fellow.
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Post #442You do know Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, dontcha?Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:47 amThat's true for most people, but not Sherlock Holmes.brunumb wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:00 pmEliminating the impossible whatevers does not necessarily leave you with one possible whatever.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:56 am When one has eliminated the impossible (hypotheses), whatever (hypothesis) remains, however improbable (the hypothesis might appear), must be the truth (because all alternative hypotheses have been eliminated).
See; elementary my dear fellow.
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Re: Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
Post #443That's precisely what I want people to think, cunning eh!JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 2:59 pmYou do know Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, dontcha?Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:47 amThat's true for most people, but not Sherlock Holmes.brunumb wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 7:00 pmEliminating the impossible whatevers does not necessarily leave you with one possible whatever.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 9:56 am When one has eliminated the impossible (hypotheses), whatever (hypothesis) remains, however improbable (the hypothesis might appear), must be the truth (because all alternative hypotheses have been eliminated).
See; elementary my dear fellow.
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Post #444How deceptive of you, Christian.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:26 pmThat's precisely what I want people to think, cunning eh!JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 2:59 pm
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Re: Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
Post #445And be a diversion from the fact that the quote is essentially nonsense. I suppose that makes it a good signature though.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:26 pm That's precisely what I want people to think, cunning eh!
George Orwell:: “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
Voltaire: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
Gender ideology is anti-science, anti truth.
Voltaire: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
Gender ideology is anti-science, anti truth.
Re: Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
Post #446Nonsense, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.brunumb wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:34 pmAnd be a diversion from the fact that the quote is essentially nonsense. I suppose that makes it a good signature though.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:26 pm That's precisely what I want people to think, cunning eh!
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Post #447Then you sure are a pretty thing.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:43 pmNonsense, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.brunumb wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:34 pmAnd be a diversion from the fact that the quote is essentially nonsense. I suppose that makes it a good signature though.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:26 pm That's precisely what I want people to think, cunning eh!
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Re: Do demons exist? Can that be tested?
Post #448Then yes......in the eye of the beholderJoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 7:42 pmThen you sure are a pretty thing.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:43 pmNonsense, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.brunumb wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:34 pmAnd be a diversion from the fact that the quote is essentially nonsense. I suppose that makes it a good signature though.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:26 pm That's precisely what I want people to think, cunning eh!
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Post #450JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 10:31 pm
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