witchcraft and demonology
2007-03-03 03:46:32 · 9 answers · asked by divina a 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
like so much belief in the paranormal, it holds out the (false) promise of power over stuff that science says is uncontrollable: time, gravity, death
2007-03-03 03:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The existence of an irrational belief system has a scientific basis. It was formed over eons in the limbic system of human brains. Not just witchcraft and demonology, but gods, goddesses, angels, heaven, hell and all things that go bump in the night.
Consider the Jesus freaks, evangelicals and other deeply religious folks, all have reverted to that primitive limbic systems of our brains, the place where our deepest emotions reside. The 'born-again' Christian phenomena has a scientific basis. When people are in deep despair, near death, nearly starved, or other highly emotional states, the 'religious experience' is triggered. Hormones, dopamine receptors and other chemical reactions take place...all good for the body. They help to fight diseases, etc. It was a survival mechanism our bodies have developed since the days of our primitive ancestors.
Those that know the truth however, ie Objective Reality, are not allowing themselves the body's defensive mechanizm that has evolved over time. The closest they (we) can come is to believe in the 'power of positive thinking' which is the closest to religion (use of the limbic system of our brains) that we atheists can get.
I've chosen Objective Reality, even knowing that a delusional worldview could be beneficial to my health and body....go figure.
2007-03-03 11:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'd be honest and say i don't know a ingredient about demonology. As for my opinion; demons are ficticious creatures. As for witchcraft: The life of thousands of historic web content chanced on by archaeologists, for one. Witchcraft and different earth-depending religions are the oldest religions in historic previous and extra human beings than you imagine nevertheless prepare it. Witchcraft is a faith. that is not undesirable, evil, demonic, satanic, or the different such ingredient. Witches do not even position self assurance in devil. devil (or the devil, Beelzebub, Lucifer etc) is a CHRISTIAN invention and how he's depicted in Christian books and what no longer is deliberately depending upon the way Witches and different pagan religious followers depicted the God of the timber. (fyi, the God of the timber replaced into worshipped for fulfillment in searching so human beings might want to proceed to thrive and live on no longer for something "undesirable") at the same time as Christianity became the further powerful faith, the leaders tried to remodel as many pagans as conceivable and between the strategies they went about it replaced into to comprise their photo of the God of the timber into the myths about this terrible creature they stated as devil so others might want to worry and reject Witchcraft and paganism customarily. (i might want to bypass on and on with different examples of this, at the same time with Christmas, Easter, the completed Catholic mass, etc.) Witchcraft isn't new. that is not undesirable. It merely IS. And if extra human beings took the time to coach themselves about that is historic previous and customs the international can be a extra useful position.
2016-10-17 10:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe what you see then it is there. If I see a branch moving against my window at night I can either term it from a practical perspective that its just a branch and a slighly weaker person takes it as a demon.
They have witch craft in india. Its just taking the hair of a person or his clothes and doing various chants and poems to call the demon. I know the bad is there wherever it is but I am strong and I believe in myself and mainly my God ; Jesus.
I prefer to hang on myself and do what I can to make life better. This stuff works but not all the time coz it just works on weak minds coz they tend to believe what they see!
Bye
2007-03-03 03:57:56 · answer #4 · answered by MafiaGal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's part of our human nature to believe in the evil as well as the good.
So people who believe in a god also believe in demons or witches. It may be so that they can put blame for unfortunate events. It can also be an explanation of behaviors (demon possesion) or thoughts and ideas.
One example is that some people think of Atheists as automatically satanists or devil worshipers. When all it means is that they don't believe in god. It doesn't mean that by default they are evil or demonic.
2007-03-03 05:02:08 · answer #5 · answered by karmen82us 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVery holy book has the existance of good and evil. And also a desciption of what happens to people when they do evil. I guess it would be to scare people into "being good" and not to succome to the tempations of the "devil". Peope do not want to be associated with an ugly creature with horns and a pointy tail who likes to eat babies. (perhaps that is too graphic). Therefore- they behave themselves!
2007-03-03 04:06:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A believer in witchcraft myself, I believe that it is believing in what is there, right in front of you, and not denying it.
2007-03-03 05:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by Eyelinerislife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is like any other religion it is man made to control others
2007-03-03 04:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
satan
2007-03-03 08:24:31 · answer #9 · answered by jessica4476 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋