Well now. Finally. Demons it seems, and their cruel possession

[Warren Stupidity]

of human beings is a reasonable idea. At least somebody has stepped up to defend demonic possession.

[Act_of_Reparation]

1. Just because religions talk about demons doesn't mean they don't exist...

Yarp, that's some bulletproof logic there. Frankly, I think we're being trolled.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I actually thought this was a "belief" that all of us there could agree

was utter bullshit. Not. Any. More.

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. They may very well be descending into equivocation...

...like some other dizzy-eyed crookspate who thought himself awfully profound in saying "demons" (used to mean "personal troubles&quot DO exist.

Of course, filicidal mothers and fathers don't think their children are possessed by "personal troubles". So much for profundity.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. We had that the last go-round, where "metaphorical demons"

were being substituted for literal ones and then arguments made that hinged on misinterpreting which definition was being used. I guess will see if that dodge is being recycled.

[cleanhippie]

4. Thats good stuff, huh?

Amazing!

[Arugula Latte]

6. What thread is it in?

[skepticscott]

7. Here's the money shot

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1218&pid=118018

But the woo is like a rash all over that thread.

[Curmudgeoness]

9. Wow. Just wow.

Now we have to worry about going back to the Dark Ages when people who had mental illnesses were (obviously) possessed by demons. Forget all that science-y junk about chemical imbalances or brain damage. It is the boogey-man.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Well, I have new hope...

I'm going to go out and bag me a unicorn, a leprechaun and a Sasquatch and make my fortune!

[AlbertCat]

15. I'm still trying to figure out....

...... what the difference between a god and a demon is.


I suppose the only difference is a god can smite a demon, but a demon cannot best a god.


Does believing in demigods but not gods make one a demi-atheist?

[Warren Stupidity]

16. In this specific case it makes one a poseur.

[Heddi]

8. It seems as if that poster were stating that the mentally ill were posessed by demons

which would be an entirely unacceptable comment were anyone from this group to say it. But he says it and oh how wonderful and enlightening. It's especially ironic given...well, I can't say why it's ironic. Let's just say that ALL of their posts about the mentally ill are just...awesome.

And considering how the other half of that twosome is Enlightened Protector of the Mentally Ill You Filthy Bigoted Hater.....

He slurs mentally ill people by saying they're demon possessed...where's her foaming at the mouth rage?

[skepticscott]

10. Not to mention the other slathering members

of the psychology police. Their silence was notable in this case since, as you say, we can imagine the heads exploding if one of us had said that…

Who knows…one of us may...

[Act_of_Reparation]

17. Like most apologists he seems to think being poetic excuses being wrong

Thankfully, it doesn't.

[onager]

11. Any chance of...

...snake-handling and faith-healing becoming reasonable ideas?

If they get popular enough, it could solve a lot of problems, I'm just saying...

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Why not?

After all I can't prove they don't work. Besides, many atheists, unlike those horrible ones here, have an open mind about these things.

[Rob H.]

14. It might be a hamfisted attempt to passive-aggressively cast anyone

who posts anti-religious articles in a negative light--apparently, demons spend a lot of time posting on the internet.

[uriel1972]

18. If any of them are watching...

I might sell my soul to get cable internet.

[Iggo]

19. That was something, huh.

Backed into a corner and doubled down.

I was speechless.

[JNelson6563]

20. Wow.

Ok, I wade through those slug-fests and didn't this time technically speaking. I started with the "money shot" someone helpfully provided down-thread here. Read only that post and all the subject lines thereafter.

I don't understand why someone who can believe in spirit beings of any sort would really think themselves an atheist.

Julie

[Warren Stupidity]

21. The person in question poses as an atheist for tactical reasons.

Now I could be wrong about that, but I don't think so. Another strident theist, in my opinion, poses as an alleged agnostic, but again it seems to be mostly done so as to spring a "gotcha" on an unsuspecting poster who has assumed that the strident defender of all things theistic is in fact a theist.

[Rob H.]

22. That "gotcha" tactic is laughable

As they say down here in the South, it's obvious which side that poster's bread is buttered on.

[JNelson6563]

23. I agree completely.

Ah, games people play...

[onager]

24. Perfect...

Considering the old Joe South song "Games People Play":

People walking up to you
Singing Glory, Hallelujah
And they're trying to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord.

Gonna teach you how to meditate,
Read your horoscope, cheat your fate,
And furthermore to hell with hate,
Come on, get on board!

Oh the games people play now,
Every night and every day now...