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To: reasonisfaith

You said that belief initiates not from intellect but from will, not me.

Who are they, that actually, really know, anything factual about demons?


189 posted on 07/22/2012 4:58:39 PM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: stuartcr

To say that belief initiates from will before intellect is simply another way of describing the principle of bias, which is well established in modern science. It’s the principle behind what’s used almost universally in research known as the “double blind” method. The purpose is to eliminate the bias of the observer due to the fact that belief initiates from will before intellect.

Whether or not demons are fact or fantasy doesn’t matter here. The point is to illustrate that it’s possible to believe in the fact of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour while refusing to believe in the ethos of it.


190 posted on 07/22/2012 9:44:11 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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