What are your beliefs related to the Devil and demons?

Of course, one could choose to define 'demon' in any way they like, and claim that that exists or does not exist.

evil does not exist

I was going to mix evil's existence into this survey, but I didn't want to overdue it.

There is no Holy nor Evil in reality

Good survey.

There is no good.

As redefined by humanity over the course of several hundred years, I'd say the capital-D Devil (Satan, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, etc.) makes for some interesting insights into the human psyche.

"There is no good, there is no evil, there is only the flesh"

FLESH....yum yum

psyche.... yum yum

I believe evil exists but I don't think it is personified in the devil.

don't exist as far as i'm concerned...

i believe man is basically good...society or some other external catalyst brings out/makes man evil

The only demons are maladaptive, callous, damaged, etc people.
The devil and a pile of minions is a "useful" tool to absolve one of personal accountability. Feh.

Magbast...I disagree...It's in us from birth. Light and dark....We must learn to balance the two....As long as we continue to ignore and dismiss "evil" as a basic part of our natures we will never understand it or be able to control it. Chosen ignorance of our own dark impulses leads to a false sense of purity that no man can live up to. He walks around feeling guilty for thoughts he should not have....for actions he can't control..."Oh crap"...He says..."The devil made me do it".....bull!!!!!!!!
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From Satan's Letter by Mark Twain

Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his very very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is sarcasm. Yet he blindly and in all sincerity calls himself the "noblest work of God." This is the truth I tell you. And this is not a new idea with him, he has talked it through all the ages, and believed it. Believed it, and found nobody among all his race to laugh at it.

They don't exist, just like there's no god. At least, that's what I believe.
(Boy, am I screwed when I die and there actually *IS* a god!!!)

vos...I'll hold your hand, mate. We'll get through it together ;)

Too many adults learn their views of good and evil from the comics. Real villains will not accommodate us and grow snouts. Real evil has no specific address, except mine and yours.
--Quean Lutibelle

Very nice..

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." -Verbal Kint, "The Usual Suspects". A great line from a great movie. It's the kind of quote that'll shake you up for a moment, kind of second-guessing the whole idea of the devil. But I have to say no, there's no devil. I don't find devils or demons to be a good metaphor for human evil because they imply an external source. I think we're all perfectly capable of choosing evil without any help from the fire-and-brimstone contingent.

ILJ- i loved that movie...i dig kevin spacey

ILJ: That was my favorite line from the movie. It does definitly make you think.

*nod* a great line, it didn't make me think (since I'm an atheist) but I liked it anyway, I put it straight into my quote file after I saw the film.

Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) said, "The Devil's deepest wile is to persuade us that he does not exist."

bill - Yeah, but that's such a fruity froo-froo way of saying it. ;) That's right, I said "fruity froo-froo," got a problem with that?

Oh, but my quote was actually translated from the original French... (not that the original French would have been any less fruity froo froo)

bill - In fact, if it was in French it is *by definition* fruity froo froo ;)

I never believed in the Devil until my last relationship. Now I do. I'm not being sarcastic or joking. I was with a person filled with the deepest, darkest evil I have ever known.

The devil is my friend and co-worker, Seann Ives.

I think magbast is possessed by either The Devil or a Demon. This would explain his violent tirades and antisocial commenting behavior lately. Not to mention that green stuff spewing out of his mouth and the whole head spin thing.
If he starts to masturbate with a crucifix I'm out of here!

One guess who THAT anon was.

fluffball..it's not wicksy...i can tell by the wording...it's someone with a respectful status on SC that needs to hide behind anon, cuz they don't want to tarnish their 'good' standing...

It was me, Fluffball. sorry:(

TwM: couldn't be, you wouldn't be out of here in that situation. :)

uhoh.
Oh well, mandy. I admire you for admitting it. Most probably wouldn't.

Sorry I thought it was you, Dicksy.;)

*wack,wack,wack,wack,wack,wack,wack, wack,wack,wack,wack,wack,SPIT,wack,wack, wack,wack,wack,wack,wack,wack*

What's with the wacking?

huh?

duh, it was simulated masturbation...i couldn't find my crucifix..sorry

I'm impressed, magbast. You still wack after you spit?

I am so lost. One thing I hate about filtering is the one sided conversations I see that make absolutely no sense.

when i'm on a roll...what can i say...i'm on a roll

A wacking roll? Be careful, you could hurt yourself.

i'm a wacker from way back ;)

Got it down to an art form, eh?;)

i miss a stroke every once again, but not much...i think it's important for man to know his penis well...it helps in the sack...IMHO

magster, you may be over-sharing.

billster, i'm just being over-sarcastic :)

Well, ya really gotta "hand" it to magbast on this one.


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