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**StampNews** · 11-30-2010, 03:45 PM

Off the top of my head, there's only one thing I can think of to add to this debate to make you guy's say "Hmm?". Do any of you find it odd that so many people now seem to be believing in ghost's, demon's, possession's, etc.? I've noticed that it seem's to be some new craze going around or somehting and most people don't seem to have a problem with it. I know there have even been a couple of people on this forum talking about it.

Anyway, my point is, so many people seem to be believing in demons and possessions, but discredit the existence of God? At the same time, it seem's to me that most of those same people who talk about the formentioned, are the same ones that don't believe in God. Would anyone care to address why they think this is? Why is it so many people talk about thing's like that all of the time but are unwilling to try to believe in the existence of God? If there truly are such thing's as demon's and possession's in this world, then why not believe in God? Sorry to get a little off topic, just soemthing's that's been nagging me for awhile.

I can't really talk about anyone other than myself, but I'm sure there is no reason to believe in the existence of ghosts, demons and possessions... in addition to any god(s). I'd have said that there is probably a lower percentage of atheists that believe in other supernatural things than in theists, simply because the reasoning behind rejecting these ideas are often the same for rejecting the evidence of any god(s). As for reasons an atheist might believe in supernatural things could be because of a vacuum that theism usually fills - our need for explanation, our fear of death.

11-30-2010, 03:45 PM	#24
StampNews Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 458 Senior Member	Off the top of my head, there's only one thing I can think of to add to this debate to make you guy's say "Hmm?". Do any of you find it odd that so many people now seem to be believing in ghost's, demon's, possession's, etc.? I've noticed that it seem's to be some new craze going around or somehting and most people don't seem to have a problem with it. I know there have even been a couple of people on this forum talking about it. Anyway, my point is, so many people seem to be believing in demons and possessions, but discredit the existence of God? At the same time, it seem's to me that most of those same people who talk about the formentioned, are the same ones that don't believe in God. Would anyone care to address why they think this is? Why is it so many people talk about thing's like that all of the time but are unwilling to try to believe in the existence of God? If there truly are such thing's as demon's and possession's in this world, then why not believe in God? Sorry to get a little off topic, just soemthing's that's been nagging me for awhile. I can't really talk about anyone other than myself, but I'm sure there is no reason to believe in the existence of ghosts, demons and possessions... in addition to any god(s). I'd have said that there is probably a lower percentage of atheists that believe in other supernatural things than in theists, simply because the reasoning behind rejecting these ideas are often the same for rejecting the evidence of any god(s). As for reasons an atheist might believe in supernatural things could be because of a vacuum that theism usually fills - our need for explanation, our fear of death.
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