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Getting Rid of Demons
- Thread starter Nakosis
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mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
I still have mine. But I found the most useful one and she now runs the show. 
WalterTrull
Godfella
I got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.
Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.
They all went away when I stopped believing in them.
Only a subset of demons seems related to spiritual views.
I’m happy for you that you can un-believe so easily. Most of us can’t. Any tricks you can relate?
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Hmm. But aren't demons just personified representations of our own struggles and issues? I think it could be helpful to personify them at times, as long as it's not taken too literally.I got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.
Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.
They all went away when I stopped believing in them.
Gargovic Malkav
Well-Known Member
I got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.
Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.
They all went away when I stopped believing in them.
Perhaps your unbelief only made them invisible.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I learned that there are no such things as demons when I became a Baha'i.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
So you know that?
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I believe that.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
So a person could be possessed by a demon, but you wouldn't act on it, because you don't believe in it. That is how your worldview works.
You believe e.g. in free will and then you act as if it is a part of the everyday world and thus not a belief, but a fact.
What demons are you describing here? I think for most people, miracle deliverances are not what they appear to be in the long haul. It usually takes a long time and continual effort to break old habits of the mind.
"Jesus delivered me from all my anxiety", he said nervously bouncing his foot up and down the whole time, for instance.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I would not act on it because it is not my job to get rid of demons that possess other people.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
But it is your job to judge other people behaviour as if it is a fact, that they have free will and the only standard of doing that is your God. That is what you do in the everyday world to people.
Audie
Veteran Member
Dragons are goodI got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.
Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.
They all went away when I stopped believing in them.
Audie
Veteran Member
As if they were ever visible
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
syo
Well-Known Member
These demons are Sokrates doing. Have you been taught his ridiculous philosophies? At what age?
Wildswanderer
Veteran Member
No, they just no longer need to attack you because you are on their side now.I got rid of all my demons when I became an atheist.
Sure, I have a few "spirits", some good, some bad running around my head.
They all went away when I stopped believing in them.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
No, it is not my job to judge anyone, so I don't. Only God can judge.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
But you treat me as having free will, but really you judge me as having free will, so you judge other people.