Can a Christian have a demon?

Brown said:

However, not all sects of Christianity buy into that nonsense.
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Thanks and you're correct. I should specify when I'm referring to fire and brimstone fanatics. I get so emotonal some tomes.
 
TruthSeeker said:
I'd rather have an angel than a demon but only if she didn't insist on all that harp music!


In Christian heaven you HAVE to play the harp. And your genitalia is spackled smooth with a divine trowel.

See how lucky those goofy muslims are? They get couches and virgins.
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Does anyone know whether in Buddhism, karma also passes down generations like this?
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Short answer: No.


Long answer: Noooooo.

According to Buddhist belief, Karma is individually based. When dealing with the religious end of Buddhism, Karm doesn't follow generations, since one is reincarnated after death and the karma will follow the person after rebirth.

In the purely philosophical end of Buddhism (which I adhere to) Karma exists only during life. It is liekly that if you wrong a person, that wrong will return to you in your life. Since, in the purly philosophical end of Buddhism, there is nothing after death except a return to the earth to feed other life forms, Karma ends when you do.
 
Hey, demons happen to be some of my favourite people.

My novel happens to be on demons. Djinns, actually. Same diff.

Athon
 
We couldn't question our experience because we knew what we were seeing. So we began to question our theology.
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My irony meter exploded on this one.
 
My post asking for clarification of "manifestations of possession" has received no responses.
 
I am pretty sure that a Christian can only have a demon "manifestation" if their God allows it to happen.

The real question is, why would a benevolent, onipotent God allow these visious little demons run rampent in the first place.
 
Tormac said:


The real question is, why would a benevolent, onipotent God allow these visious little demons run rampent in the first place.
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I feel the same way about spiders.

What kind of just benevolent God would create spiders?!?!?

And then!!!

And then!!!

What could possibly have posessed Noah to bring them along on the ark?!?!?
 
Andonyx said:

I feel the same way about spiders.
What kind of just benevolent God would create spiders?!?!?
What could possibly have posessed Noah to bring them along on the ark?!?!?
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Spiders I can understand - they eat flies and stuff. But cockroaches - they're useless!! They just stare at you, hissing your name....brrrr, gives me the willies!
 
triadboy said:


Spiders I can understand - they eat flies and stuff. But cockroaches - they're useless!! They just stare at you, hissing your name....brrrr, gives me the willies!
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Roaches exist to be stepped on, or eaten by spiders.
 
Brown said:
According to the Bible, Jesus believed that mental illness was caused by demons.
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Well, to be more precise, according to the Bible the illnesses were caused by demons.
 
I've demons running all through me!

I became a christian, then I was descovered to be possessed. I was a christian after the exorcism... but later broke away.

Bit of a problem then... was I ever a christian? I'd say that a christian can be possessed (if you believe such a thing) but it gets kinda tricky if you become a non-christian.

Or maybe I should accept I'm no longer a bible-thumping, pentecostal, charismatic, fundamentalist christian but rather a liberal one?

Oh I dunno, the foaming at the mouth could be quite entertaining...

:D
 
Re: I've demons running all through me!

imekon said:
I became a christian, then I was descovered to be possessed. I was a christian after the exorcism... but later broke away.


:D
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Can you describe the behaviours or beliefs that led you to be labelled "possessed"?

Was a theory offered of when or why or how you had come to be possessed?

Can you describe the exorcism?

I am heading out soon but will eagerly look forward to reading your responses when I get home.
 
Yahzi said:
We couldn't question our experience because we knew what we were seeing. So we began to question our theology.
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My irony meter exploded on this one.
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That was the line that did it for me too. I'd be hard pressed to come up with a more succinct yet sweeping example of aborted logic.

Quinn
 
I know 2 Christians on another forum. They both swear that demons do exist. They also swear that they can send someone a demon. So, I requested one. One Christian said that she could not do that to me, as it would be wrong and dangerous. The second Christian said that she might send me one - she'd think about it. I pleaded for a demon. I BEGGED for a demon. But in the end, she decided, too, that it would be too dangerous for me to have her send one. I believe she prayed for me, instead. ;) I SO wanted that demon.
 
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We couldn't question our experience because we knew what we were seeing. So we began to question our theology.
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You missed an important point, folks -- based on something they SAW, they actually started a re-evaluation of their beliefs.


Some of us could argue that they arrived at an erroneous conclusion, BUT AT LEAST THEY STARTED SHAKING THE TREE OF THEIR BASIC BELIEFS. Well, maybe a little.

Theory does not fit observed "facts." Revise theory to fit observed "facts."

Sounds like the scientific method to me. Maybe it will catch on.

Regards;
Beanbag
 
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TruthSeeker said:
Can you describe the behaviours or beliefs that led you to be labelled "possessed"?
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I threw a fit - I was sitting in a chair and my arms and legs thrashed around as I sat there. I've never had anything like it before or since.

Thankfully, there is a rational explanation for it, one that doesn't involve demons.

Maybe I should write up my entire experience as a seperate topic.

Was a theory offered of when or why or how you had come to be possessed?
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No. I was asked if I'd played with "spirits" and I did say I'd fooled around with spirit writing and ouija boards. Apparently this is enough to "open the door" to possession.

Can you describe the exorcism?
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Several guys lay one hand on my head, repeating, "In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, evil spirit leave". This went on for some time, until I got tired and stopped "playing the part". They all thought the evil spirit had gone.
 
Demon Yoyoloach said:
I know 2 Christians on another forum. They both swear that demons do exist. They also swear that they can send someone a demon. So, I requested one. One Christian said that she could not do that to me, as it would be wrong and dangerous. The second Christian said that she might send me one - she'd think about it. I pleaded for a demon. I BEGGED for a demon. But in the end, she decided, too, that it would be too dangerous for me to have her send one. I believe she prayed for me, instead. ;) I SO wanted that demon.
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And what would you have done with it? Would you have looked after it? Cleaned up after it? Gone to the store to by it tins of souls when it got hungry?

Too many demons are left to wander to streets after people like you get one, play with it for a while and then get bored with it.

Remember, demons aren't just for Christmas, they're for life!

Athon
 
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