Poor, Edmund W wrote:
Both Catholics and Unificationists believe in the devil and other evil spirits as Real Beings (see [[Exorcism]]).
Of course, this is in the context of a whole bunch of other non-atheistic beliefs; it's not as nutty as it sounds.
(Did I just say "non-atheistic"? I meant, "religious" ;-)
The concept of a religious atheist is perfectly sensible.
Subject to semantic variations about atheism, agnosticism, etc., I would consider myself somewhere in this camp. I nevertheless accept that when you remove the 99% (or perhaps more) who are delusional there remains 1% that deserves closer consideration. Unfortunately the 1% is very difficult to identify. Demonic possession represents only one attempt at explanation, but the persistence of that explanation and its former official supports may do no more than cloud the issue.
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