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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Post #1"Love is a force in the universe." -- Interstellar
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCBS5EtszYI
"Who shall save the human race?"
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"A piece is gonna fall on you..."
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Post #431Seems to me that it's saying this:brunumb wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:32 pmAbsolutely. You haven't refuted it. Think about for a while and the penny might eventually drop.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 3:08 pmSeriously?brunumb wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 7:46 pm [Replying to Sherlock Holmes in post #426]
Your signature stood out at the bottom of that clip and it does not appear to be correct or logical.
"When one has eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
When one has eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be possible. There may be many things possible for a particular circumstance. How does that identify what must be the truth?
If you eliminate all the impossible explanations, then somewhere in the explanations that have not been eliminated is the correct explanation. How do we eliminate explanations? By gathering evidence. The more evidence we gather, the more explanations we can eliminate. Eventually we will be left with just one, once we've gathered sufficient evidence.
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Post #432I agree with what you are saying about the intentions. Having the word truth at the end implies that you will be left with only one valid explanation. That's the bit that I am at odds with.Kylie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:09 pm Seems to me that it's saying this:
If you eliminate all the impossible explanations, then somewhere in the explanations that have not been eliminated is the correct explanation. How do we eliminate explanations? By gathering evidence. The more evidence we gather, the more explanations we can eliminate. Eventually we will be left with just one, once we've gathered sufficient evidence.
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."
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Post #433I see it more like this...brunumb wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:24 pmI agree with what you are saying about the intentions. Having the word truth at the end implies that you will be left with only one valid explanation. That's the bit that I am at odds with.Kylie wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 8:09 pm Seems to me that it's saying this:
If you eliminate all the impossible explanations, then somewhere in the explanations that have not been eliminated is the correct explanation. How do we eliminate explanations? By gathering evidence. The more evidence we gather, the more explanations we can eliminate. Eventually we will be left with just one, once we've gathered sufficient evidence.
There is a box, with small balls of all different colours, but only one black one. You can go through and remove all the red ones, and whatever remains contains the black one.
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Post #434OR, there is a box, with small balls of many different colours. You can go through and remove all the black ones, and whatever remains will be different colours, just not black.
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Post #435brunumb's on it.
When you eliminate the improbable, you're left with the probable.
Truth ain't bound to the probable.
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Post #436If the improbably is still possible, how can you eliminate it?JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 11:51 pmbrunumb's on it.
When you eliminate the improbable, you're left with the probable.
Truth ain't bound to the probable.
Anyway, there are some things that are most definitely impossible.
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Post #437I think you should have stuck with possible and impossible Joey. Probable and improbable leaves too many options open on either side.JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 11:51 pm When you eliminate the improbable, you're left with the probable.
Truth ain't bound to the probable.
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Post #438Preciate the correction, I reckon I misread it.brunumb wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 1:43 amI think you should have stuck with possible and impossible Joey. Probable and improbable leaves too many options open on either side.JoeyKnothead wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 11:51 pm When you eliminate the improbable, you're left with the probable.
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Post #439When 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).brunumb wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 7:32 pmAbsolutely. You haven't refuted it. Think about for a while and the penny might eventually drop.Sherlock Holmes wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 3:08 pmSeriously?brunumb wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 7:46 pm [Replying to Sherlock Holmes in post #426]
Your signature stood out at the bottom of that clip and it does not appear to be correct or logical.
"When one has eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
When one has eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be possible. There may be many things possible for a particular circumstance. How does that identify what must be the truth?
See; elementary my dear fellow.
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Post #440You are just digging a deeper hole for yourself. Eliminating the impossible whatevers does not necessarily leave you with one possible whatever, so you are still not at the truth. Actually, using hypothesis makes things even worse if you think about it for a bit.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.
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.