The thing is, people fall down when a "faith healer" lays hands upon them. Thousands of people have done this, even when the healer in question turned out to be a blatant fraud using an earpiece. THIS has happened. Thousands have fallen over merely by a touch from a huckster.
There are invisible social pressures that encourage these behaviors. And an unbiased person must explore these thoroughly before reaching a conclusion.
I would rather focus on the plausibility of the claims you are making rather than whether "we are just made of atoms or we indeed have some kind of spirit-essence." Not because I'm uninterested in the latter. We can discuss that in the philosophy subforum. It's just that, I don't think someone who offers criticism to the claim that demonic possession is real is necessarily wanting to make the point that "everything is just atoms." Even supposing there is some kind of "spiritual realm" that does not mean what you have witnessed is genuine demonic possession.
BTW, welcome to the forums. You seem like an interesting fellow.
There are invisible social pressures that encourage these behaviors. And an unbiased person must explore these thoroughly before reaching a conclusion.
(May 12, 2021 at 9:04 pm)Flavius007 Wrote: If I suppose that spiritual realm exist and we are not just stuff made of atoms but a spiritual being with body, then this possession phenomena making this view more stronger. And science cannot deny existence of spiritual realm, and cannot deny existence of God. I don't need evidence, I need only good reasons to believe. And yes I believe there some Higher Force (whatever you wann call it) exist.
I would rather focus on the plausibility of the claims you are making rather than whether "we are just made of atoms or we indeed have some kind of spirit-essence." Not because I'm uninterested in the latter. We can discuss that in the philosophy subforum. It's just that, I don't think someone who offers criticism to the claim that demonic possession is real is necessarily wanting to make the point that "everything is just atoms." Even supposing there is some kind of "spiritual realm" that does not mean what you have witnessed is genuine demonic possession.
BTW, welcome to the forums. You seem like an interesting fellow.
