On Monday 26 January 2004 01:33 pm, Poor, Edmund W wrote:
Both Catholics and Unificationists believe in the
devil and other evil
spirits as Real Beings (see [[Exorcism]]).
Of course, this is in the context of a whole bunch of other
non-atheistic beliefs; it's not as nutty as it sounds.
Well, according to us scientismists, one should disbelieve claims made without
being backed up by sufficient evidence. It is a question of what one
considers "sufficient evidence". I don't consider the opinions (even when
written down in "holy" texts) of a couple of ancient guys (yes, they were
almost exclusively guys) all that convincing. What were we talking about
again? Oh yeah, Catholic Encyclopedia articles are a bad starting point for
"real" encyclopedia articles. ;-)
Best,
Sascha Noyes
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