(February 16, 2014 at 8:28 pm)itsjustintyme Wrote:(February 15, 2014 at 5:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: A person may sincerely believe themselves to be possessed. In those cases, it is clearly not a hoax. Neither does it lend evidence to the existence of demons.
Boru
Boru, I'm confused. You say it's clearly not a hoax as though you have some belief people can actually become possessed? Or are you just referring to these cases to be serious due to the psychological nature of the situation? Please clarify.
You are positing that the only 2 possibility for possessions are that they are really demon possessions, or they are hoaxes.
There is at least one more possibility. The person allegedly possessed, their family, and friends sincerely believe it to be real, but it is not.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
