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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question:  do you genuinely believe you can summon a demon?  Like what, draw a baphomet and have one appear?

If so  you might want to lay off whatever substances you've been taking. 
Or you've been watching too much Supernatural .[/quote]

Summoning a demon is a thing that people across cultures and throughout history have addressed in probably every aspect of human communication and expression, and you think op is on drugs? [/quote]

DP here.

The reference to substances was clearly not literal.

No credible evidence exists of someone "summoning a demon".  If any did, this discussion would not exist.  I am guessing that was PP's point minus the hyperbole.[/quote]

No, [b]nobody knows[/b] if demons can actually be summoned. But it’s a very wondered about and discussed topic. It’s not something only high people think about. [/quote]

Huh? What do you mean nobody knows? I know. The answer is no, and I know that because there is no compelling proof of it that has ever been offered to me.[/quote]

So you believe that only things that have been proven to you specifically exist?[/quote]

DP - Only things that I have seen evidence of, yes.  To me that is entirely logical.[/quote]

Logic and science can’t prove or disprove things like demons. Nor can working for a judge. [/quote]

Right, you can't disprove a negative.  You can't disprove leprechauns.  You can't disprove Voldemort or Spider-man.  But you don't believe in those, do you?  Of course not.  Because there is no evidence they are real.[/quote]

Leprechauns are small solitary men that are drives from Irish folklore. They wear green clothing, like to cause mischief, and look for gold at the end of a rainbow. The earliest known reference to the leprechaun appears in the medieval tale known as the Echtra Fergus mac Léti (Adventure of Fergus son of Léti). The text contains an episode in which Fergus mac Léti, King of Ulster, falls asleep on the beach and wakes to find himself being dragged into the sea by three lúchorpáin. He captures his abductors, who grant him three wishes in exchange for release. The leprechaun has been classed as a "solitary fairy" by the writer and amateur folklorist William Butler Yeats. Leprechaun and folktales about them exist only in Ireland.

Voldemort is a fictional character from JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

Spider-Man is a superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and in movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker died in a plane crash.

How are these three things related to God? It’s easy to prove all three of these things are creations of man/woman. We know where each came from and all three are very well known.

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You know the Bible is a book, right?

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Yes. So why is the Bible and God equal to leprechauns in the tradition of Irish folklore, Voldemort from JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, the comic book creation of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko?[/quote]

To atheists, there is no difference between Irish folklore and Hebraic folklore, or the bible and the Harry Potter series.  They are all inventions of men.

So, no.  We don't believe in angels, and if I performed whatever demon-summoning ritual there is, I don't believe anything would happen, so I wouldn't have a problem doing it, except possibly feeling inconvenienced by the time I have to spend on it.

You don't have to believe that, OP.  But you asked what atheists believe.  There you go.[/quote]

So every atheist believes exactly what you typed above? All atheists believe the same thing about Spider Man, Voldemort, Leprechauns, and God and the Bible? [/quote]

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