Who & what are the demons ?

Are we getting back to the supernatural is not real because it can not be known. And if it could be known then science could study it.
But then......it would not be super natural any more.
Bahhhahhhaawwaaa hahaha ha!!!!What if the man on the street says a demon is as a demon does?Oh wait.... I got it, demons exist to those who believe in them. However, they are products of the human mind and exist as fiction. But for the average man on the street describing a demon he may not be able to distinguish a super natural demon from a natural one.So a crazy person acting like a demon is really just a crazy person acting like a demon. Unless one believes that a demon acts like a crazy person who is possessed. But the moment one cast a doubt as to the supernatural evil spirit demon, then it is merely a matter of doubt rather than some empirical evidence that the person who is acting like a demon is not infact a demon.
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No I believe we are in agreement that demons are superstitions. But they can be real to those who ascribe to their existence.

Hi Straggler, the point of my link was to show how frame of reference can dictate what we otherwise perceive is real.Someone once said that Romeo and Juliet are fiction, but that does not mean the story does not say something real about love.Santa Claus is real. If you persist no Minced pies for you on Christmas.Obama is not the anti-Christ.That would be Mitt and his demon minion Paul Ryan.

The picture is a optical illusion. It is not moving, that is how human brains are wired.How many times have you had a dream that was perceived as reality? Could you distinguish what was a dream and what was not? I can not KNOW. I can however be skeptical.We believe the things we do because we choose to believe them imo.

The same way you do. Indeed, but I ask again how do you know whilst dreaming that you are dreaming and not participating in reality? 1+1=2 Yes, my only point was humans have for ages have been grappling with what is knowlege, and how do we obtain it. What is truth and how do we distinguish it? A justified true belief?What if the universe is actually a2D projection giving rise to the illusion of what humans call reality? Then that would be reality, illusory or not. If one can not distinquish a thing from another is there a difference?

My experience. My experience. Congito ergo sum. There are folks who believe a great number of things that may or may not exist such as demons. Most of which I believe are based on superstition and culture. A imaginary demon is a manifestation of religious evil being played out. Much like a woman who drowns her children because a devil or demon told her to, the evil of her deeds are very real imo. She is at that moment a personification of unjustified evil. The mother rationalizes her actions as being possessed and therefore not culpable, and others being unable to make sense of the heinous act, attribute it to evil. Is a demon responsible? My opinion is no, but to others perhaps the sickness in her mind is a metaphor for demon snd how they make sense of the world.

I agree. But again realness is in the eye of the beholder.