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#51 WiiMan21
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[QUOTE="WiiMan21"]

[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]Nope, don't believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny either.Dr_Brocoli

But thats just it, Santa and the Easter Bunny were just Holiday figures created for childerens amusment, while Angels and Demons are fact.

You're actually serious? You do realize that religion was created to explain the unknown and control large groups of people, right?

Yes I am serious.

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#52 mindstorm
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[QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="WiiMan21"]

Yeah like for instance, what about the war over Israel and the Palestinians?

WiiMan21

That's over land, not God.


Re-word it a bit, its over God's land

The land promised to the Jewish people was never meant to be a physical place on the earth. The Promised Land is an eternal paradise with God... That's my non-dispensational view of theology at least...

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#53 Robertoey
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[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]Nope, don't believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny either.WiiMan21

But thats just it, Santa and the Easter Bunny were just Holiday figures created for childerens amusment, while Angels and Demons are fact.

What world do you live in where angels and demons are "fact"?

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#54 mindstorm
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[QUOTE="WiiMan21"]

[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]Nope, don't believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny either.Robertoey

But thats just it, Santa and the Easter Bunny were just Holiday figures created for childerens amusment, while Angels and Demons are fact.

What world do you live in where angels and demons are "fact"?

Same one as me apparently. Let me add that they are fact if Scripture is indeed true, which I do believe is the case.

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#55 Robertoey
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Same one as me apparently. Let me add that they are fact if Scripture is indeed true, which I do believe is the case.

WiiMan21

They're just as real as talking snakes, a global flood, and a man made ship that can carry a male and female animal from the 5 million to 100 million species that exist on the Earth?

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#56 Mercenary848
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Yeah
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#57 foxhound_fox
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Nope. But it would be pretty ****ing badass if they were.
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#58 noswear
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[QUOTE="btaylor2404"]Nope, don't believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny either.WiiMan21

But thats just it, Santa and the Easter Bunny were just Holiday figures created for childerens amusment, while Angels and Demons are fact.

Proof? OH WAIT.
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#59 Dark-Sithious
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Yes I believe they exist.

Both angels and demons are both heavenly beings. Just as there are Christians and non-Christians, there are angels and demons. Both Christians and non-Christians are human beings, just some follow the God of the Bible and the others do not. In just the same way, there is no difference with angels and demons other than their allegiance.

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So members of other religions don't follow god?

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#60 Dark-Sithious
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Hmm, I don't know, would be "cool" if they did, but it also would mean that I had a one way ticket to hell.

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#61 foxhound_fox
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Hmm, I don't know, would be "cool" if they did, but it also would mean that I had a one way ticket to hell. Dark-Sithious

Just because angels and/or demons exist doesn't mean other religious claims have to be true. It would actually make life a little more interesting if there actually was an inter-dimensional war between good and evil.
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#62 chester706
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I am an Atheist. You firgure it out.
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[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]Hmm, I don't know, would be "cool" if they did, but it also would mean that I had a one way ticket to hell. foxhound_fox

Just because angels and/or demons exist doesn't mean other religious claims have to be true. It would actually make life a little more interesting if there actually was an inter-dimensional war between good and evil.

No it wouldn't necessarily mean that, however if angels and demons existed it would be logical if they inhabited seperate dimensions as we can't see them, and those dimensions could be called heaven and hell.

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#64 foxhound_fox
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No it wouldn't necessarily mean that, however if angels and demons existed it would be logical if they inhabited seperate dimensions as we can't see them, and those dimensions could be called heaven and hell.Dark-Sithious

Not necessarily. They could be parallel dimensions that they have the power to travel between and they could also have the power to assume humanoid forms and disguise themselves as humans, subverting the other sides influence.
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[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]No it wouldn't necessarily mean that, however if angels and demons existed it would be logical if they inhabited seperate dimensions as we can't see them, and those dimensions could be called heaven and hell.foxhound_fox

Not necessarily. They could be parallel dimensions that they have the power to travel between and they could also have the power to assume humanoid forms and disguise themselves as humans, subverting the other sides influence.

Even so, that further supports the idea of heaven and hell.

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#67 foxhound_fox
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Even so, that further supports the idea of heaven and hell.Dark-Sithious

Not really. That is like assuming since a watch exists there must be a watchmaker thus if the universe exists, it must have a universe-maker. Just because demons and angels exist doesn't at all imply that heaven and hell exist.
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#68 -Jiggles-
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Yes, I believe that women are real.
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#69 R0cky_Racc00n
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Despite that I think they're made up, I think demons could have a possibility of being real. I've heard some very sick but bad people claim to have seen demons, and I know people personally who have claimed to see demons in strange locations such as haunted woods during the night.These are people that wouldn't belive in things such as demons and angels. It could just be their imagintation, but I just find it very odd that these sceptics hold these claims so seriously. I've don't know of any people who have seen angels though.
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#70 freek666
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Not those kind of angels. These ones however.

The only thing keeping me from going to Japan.

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#71 R0cky_Racc00n
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Yes, I believe that women are real.-Jiggles-
That's so sweet of you, calling women "angels". :oops:
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#72 Jel3u5
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Every prison inmate should get a exorcism and be released

They are not responsible for their actions,demons made them do it!

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#73 shemrom
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Angels are the term used for the resident souls of Heaven that take part of defending there relm.

Demons are the term for the residents of hell that take there own part of defending there relm.

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[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]Even so, that further supports the idea of heaven and hell.foxhound_fox

Not really. That is like assuming since a watch exists there must be a watchmaker thus if the universe exists, it must have a universe-maker. Just because demons and angels exist doesn't at all imply that heaven and hell exist.

If a watch exists something or somebody created the watch. And if not someone or something created the universe, then how did it come to existance? You say matter exploded? How did this matter come into existance, and where did it come from?

Either way You mentioned yourself parallel dimensions, we could call these dimensions heaven and hell if we wanted to and in that sense heaven and hell does indeed exist.

Also angels and demons are beings that originated from various religions and most if not all of these religions believe in an after-life and the 3 religions which speaks of angels the most are all oriented around hell/heaven. It is also a common view based on religious texts that Angels are emanations of a supreme being. So your notion that if angels and demons exists it doesn't at all imply that heaven and hell exists is a ludicrous statement and just illustrates your need to denote others opinions in a less than constructive manner. You might call it philosofic, I call it idiotic.

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If a watch exists something or somebody created the watch. And if not someone or something created the universe, then how did it come to existance? You say matter exploded? How did this matter come into existance, and where did it come from?

Either way You mentioned yourself parallel dimensions, we could call these dimensions heaven and hell if we wanted to and in that sense heaven and hell does indeed exist.

Also angels and demons are beings that originated from various religions and most if not all of these religions believe in an after-life and the 3 religions which speaks of angels the most are all oriented around hell/heaven. It is also a common view based on religious texts that Angels are emanations of a supreme being. So your notion that if angels and demons exists it doesn't at all imply that heaven and hell exists is a ludicrous statement and just illustrates your need to denote others opinions in a less than constructive manner. You might call it philosofic, I call it idiotic.

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The universe could have always existed. We can never know. For all intents and purposes, there is no evidence to suggest it was "created" or "formed" at all.

Just because angels and demons (not particularly the Christian definition) exist, doesn't mean or imply that heaven and hell exist. If we could prove that angels and demons exist but not heaven and hell, then to imply that heaven and hell exist because angels and demons do, is just an assumption.

Just because something is a majority, doesn't mean its right. A lot of people believe in Santa Clause, and there is no evidence to suggest he is real. My notion about angels and demons existing is from a purely fantastical point of view. I enjoy the fiction associated with angels and demons and the fights they have... and I also would very much enjoy the fact if they actually *did* exist.

What is a ludicrous statement is implying that something exists based on the existence of something else. Just like with my universe-make example, to imply something is true without having any evidence to support the claim is an absurd claim.
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[QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="WiiMan21"]

Yeah like for instance, what about the war over Israel and the Palestinians?

WiiMan21

Greed and violence is part of human nature, something "God" gave us. Demons couldn't have put that in us unless they were the creators of humans.

God didn't give us Greed and Violence, God allows it because he gave us free will.

there is no such thing as free will for Christians
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[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]

If a watch exists something or somebody created the watch. And if not someone or something created the universe, then how did it come to existance? You say matter exploded? How did this matter come into existance, and where did it come from?

Either way You mentioned yourself parallel dimensions, we could call these dimensions heaven and hell if we wanted to and in that sense heaven and hell does indeed exist.

Also angels and demons are beings that originated from various religions and most if not all of these religions believe in an after-life and the 3 religions which speaks of angels the most are all oriented around hell/heaven. It is also a common view based on religious texts that Angels are emanations of a supreme being. So your notion that if angels and demons exists it doesn't at all imply that heaven and hell exists is a ludicrous statement and just illustrates your need to denote others opinions in a less than constructive manner. You might call it philosofic, I call it idiotic.

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The universe could have always existed. We can never know. For all intents and purposes, there is no evidence to suggest it was "created" or "formed" at all.

Just because angels and demons (not particularly the Christian definition) exist, doesn't mean or imply that heaven and hell exist. If we could prove that angels and demons exist but not heaven and hell, then to imply that heaven and hell exist because angels and demons do, is just an assumption.

Just because something is a majority, doesn't mean its right. A lot of people believe in Santa Clause, and there is no evidence to suggest he is real. My notion about angels and demons existing is from a purely fantastical point of view. I enjoy the fiction associated with angels and demons and the fights they have... and I also would very much enjoy the fact if they actually *did* exist.

What is a ludicrous statement is implying that something exists based on the existence of something else. Just like with my universe-make example, to imply something is true without having any evidence to support the claim is an absurd claim.

The universe could have always existed? Yet every Scientist believe it was created 14 billions years ago, give or take. The universe is expanding, how can it have always existed if it expands?

So lets say you resort to parallel universes, that another universe started off this universe and another universe started off that one and so on. Even so, one universe must have come to existence at some point even if it's so long ago that us humans can't comprehend it.

Our whole argument is based on the idea that angel and demons exists (yes the whole argument started when you felt the need to correct me)

And since Angel and Demons originated from religions it is not ludicrous at all to imply (doesn't mean it's proven, imply isn't a definitive) that the realms which according to religious text they come from, also exists. I'm not saying we can be certain, but the information that we have implies that this could be.

Stating otherwise is like saying, 1: oh look I found a page from a book! 2: Oh no you ignorant fool, you can't know for certain that it's from a book! 1: But it's a page of fiction with a page number on it, it is probably from a book. 2: You have no proof of that! Maybe the author just wrote that one page and left it on the ground for someone to find? Even implying that this book exists without any evidence to support the claim is an absurd claim!

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The universe could have always existed? Yet every Scientist believe it was created 14 billions years ago, give or take. The universe is expanding, how can it have always existed if it expands?

So lets say you resort to parallel universes, that another universe started off this universe and another universe started off that one and so on. Even so, one universe must have come to existence at some point even if it's so long ago that us humans can't comprehend it.

Our whole argument is based on the idea that angel and demons exists (yes the whole argument started when you felt the need to correct me)

And since Angel and Demons originated from religions it is not ludicrous at all to imply (doesn't mean it's proven, imply isn't a definitive) that the realms which according to religious text they come from, also exists. I'm not saying we can be certain, but the information that we have implies that this could be.

Stating otherwise is like saying, 1: oh look I found a page from a book! 2: Oh no you ignorant fool, you can't know for certain that it's from a book! 1: But it's a page of fiction with a page number on it, it is probably from a book. 2: You have no proof of that! Maybe the author just wrote that one page and left it on the ground for someone to find? Even implying that this book exists without any evidence to support the claim is an absurd claim!

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Scientists do not "believe." It is entirely unknown if it was "formed" or "created" or whatever word you want to use. The Big Bang theory posits that a singularity "exploded" and began expanding and forming the current universe. There is nothing to suggest any of it didn't exist before the Big Bang nor was it "formed" in any way, creation or otherwise. What does its expansion have to do with its formation/creation? Look up the theory of "Big Crunch" and see what may be a possible outcome for our universe. It could revert back into a singularity and Big Bang again.

I said dimension, not universe. My representation of dimensions was on that they are alternate realities the exists alongside our reality and the demons/angels have the power to travel between them.

You started the argument by assuming that if angels and demons exist, then it is safe to imply that heaven and hell do as well. I called you on it and said that is wrong, which it is. You cannot imply the existence of one thing based on the existence of another.

Angels and demons could be ethereal spirits, with no grounding in any religious definition whatsoever. You are just assuming that I mean the Judeo-Christian demons/angels, when I do not. I mean any definition that the human imagination can come up with, which means that no religion is applicable in interpreting my claim.

For the sake of this thread, I was saying that it would "be cool" if they actually did exist. They obviously do not, or at least, by current understanding they don't. We have absolutely no evidence to suggest such a non-corporeal being like the one my imagination crafted exists... and implying that your heaven and hell exist because my imaginative creations exist is completely unfounded and wrong.
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[QUOTE="unholymight"]

[QUOTE="WiiMan21"]
Everything that goes on in the world that is Evil, is something that the Demons have done.WiiMan21

Care to provide an example?

War?

Kk. So how about them Crusades?
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[QUOTE="Dark-Sithious"]The universe could have always existed? Yet every Scientist believe it was created 14 billions years ago, give or take. The universe is expanding, how can it have always existed if it expands?

So lets say you resort to parallel universes, that another universe started off this universe and another universe started off that one and so on. Even so, one universe must have come to existence at some point even if it's so long ago that us humans can't comprehend it.

Our whole argument is based on the idea that angel and demons exists (yes the whole argument started when you felt the need to correct me)

And since Angel and Demons originated from religions it is not ludicrous at all to imply (doesn't mean it's proven, imply isn't a definitive) that the realms which according to religious text they come from, also exists. I'm not saying we can be certain, but the information that we have implies that this could be.

Stating otherwise is like saying, 1: oh look I found a page from a book! 2: Oh no you ignorant fool, you can't know for certain that it's from a book! 1: But it's a page of fiction with a page number on it, it is probably from a book. 2: You have no proof of that! Maybe the author just wrote that one page and left it on the ground for someone to find? Even implying that this book exists without any evidence to support the claim is an absurd claim!

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Scientists do not "believe." It is entirely unknown if it was "formed" or "created" or whatever word you want to use. The Big Bang theory posits that a singularity "exploded" and began expanding and forming the current universe. There is nothing to suggest any of it didn't exist before the Big Bang nor was it "formed" in any way, creation or otherwise. What does its expansion have to do with its formation/creation? Look up the theory of "Big Crunch" and see what may be a possible outcome for our universe. It could revert back into a singularity and Big Bang again.

I said dimension, not universe. My representation of dimensions was on that they are alternate realities the exists alongside our reality and the demons/angels have the power to travel between them.

You started the argument by assuming that if angels and demons exist, then it is safe to imply that heaven and hell do as well. I called you on it and said that is wrong, which it is. You cannot imply the existence of one thing based on the existence of another.

Angels and demons could be ethereal spirits, with no grounding in any religious definition whatsoever. You are just assuming that I mean the Judeo-Christian demons/angels, when I do not. I mean any definition that the human imagination can come up with, which means that no religion is applicable in interpreting my claim.

For the sake of this thread, I was saying that it would "be cool" if they actually did exist. They obviously do not, or at least, by current understanding they don't. We have absolutely no evidence to suggest such a non-corporeal being like the one my imagination crafted exists... and implying that your heaven and hell exist because my imaginative creations exist is completely unfounded and wrong.

Again Angel and demons originates from religion, then we would have to apply their description of them, or it wouldn't be Angel or demons. And implying the existence of one thing based of another thing is not ludicrous at all, as illustrated in my book example. That's like saying oh we can't know for sure that this apple came from an apple tree. No we probably don't know that for sure, but assuming so is fair and if you live your life by this codex that you can't know anything without any definitive proof then good luck in the real world.

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Again Angel and demons originates from religion, then we would have to apply their description of them, or it wouldn't be Angel or demons. And implying the existence of one thing based of another thing is not ludicrous at all, as illustrated in my book example. That's like saying oh we can't know for sure that this apple came from an apple tree. No we probably don't know that for sure, but assuming so is fair and if you live your life by this codex that you can't know anything without any definitive proof then good luck in the real world. Dark-Sithious

Sure they do... but MY angels and demons do not. You implied your hell and heaven exist based off the existence of MY angels and demons.

It IS ludicrous! The difference between a watch, book and truck is that we have observable evidence to suggest those creators exist... we've observed them MAKING them. We haven't however, seen God making anything, let alone the universe. Implying that since the universe exists and watchmakers make watches, therefore God made the universe is completely unfounded and wholly absurd. You have no evidence to suggest it.

We can be sure an apple came from an apple tree, we can see apple trees with apples on them all around us. However, we do not have any evidence to suggest that God exists nor that he created the universe. There is nothing observable to suggest that.

"Definitive proof" would be observable evidence in which you can arrive at a reasonable conculsion from. "Absolute proof" is something entirely different. You claim, absolutely I might add, that since the universe exists, it must have been created by God. Or in the case of my example, since my angels and demons exist, your heaven and hell exist. Both claims are completely unsupported despite you claiming they are "true." They are not "true" nor are they even reasonable.

If you can come up with something more concrete than just circular logic then I will listen. Until then, good luck finding it.
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#82 DBScott11
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angels/demons real bad angels good demons idk