Simbi Laveau Posted December 5, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) Almost Two-Thirds of 18-29 Year Olds Believe in "Demon Possession" What Is Happening to America? Belief in supernatural phenomena has spiked.October 30, 2013 | Are Americans becoming less religious? While church affiliation is probably declining, don't expect the atheist revolution anytime soon:Over one half (63 percent, to be exact) of young Americans 18-29 years old now believe in the notion that invisible, non-corporeal entities called "demons" can take partial or total control of human beings, revealed an October 2012 More here http://www.alternet.org/belief/almost-two-thirds-americans-18-29-years-old-believe-demon-possession-and-number-growing?akid=11100.1846650.fFaIk7&rd=1&src=newsletter917918&t=3 Edited December 5, 2013 by Simbi Laveau 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted December 5, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Well half of my family is pretty religious, not sure of their thoughts on things like this though. I remember years ago I was channel surfing and found a televised mass exorcism show. One of the "victims" started thrashing about on the ground as the host was screaming, "YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHT TO BE IN HER!" Too funny. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted December 5, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 5, 2013 i hope that number is exaggerated, because otherwise? depressing. i don't particularly care about the religion part, but belief in demons and possession? no. those can be potentially dangerous, especially for people dealing with mental illness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green_dude777 Posted December 5, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Almost Two-Thirds of 18-29 Year Olds Believe in "Demon Possession" What Is Happening to America? Belief in supernatural phenomena has spiked.October 30, 2013 | Are Americans becoming less religious? While church affiliation is probably declining, don't expect the atheist revolution anytime soon:Over one half (63 percent, to be exact) of young Americans 18-29 years old now believe in the notion that invisible, non-corporeal entities called "demons" can take partial or total control of human beings, revealed an October 2012 More here http://www.alternet....etter917918&t=3 It's no wonder to me why everything is so jacked up in the U.S. If you guys haven't ever watched it, you should at least watch the first 15 minutes of the first episode of "The Newsroom" with Jeff Daniels. His speech about America is epic and spot on. I'm gonna quote/paraphrase (all from memory) one line from it; "America leads the world in 3 categories; incarcerations per capita; military spending, which we spend more than the next 25 nations combined, and they're our allies; and belief in angels" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingCorpse Posted December 6, 2013 #5 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I rarely see belief in possession detached from religious beliefs. There are instances of mental illness that can fracture one's personality and concept of self and relation to external existence, hard drugs or even softer drugs without holding your own mind can turn one upside down. I believe in spirits and energy yet why would ''demons'' care to possess a person? I could understand longing for a physical body yet if a demon can possess a person, that's some deep power, surely you can conjure up something equally as nourishing if you have the ability to possess a human being on a floating planet ya know? One of my most adored films is The Exorcist and it's so damn powerful cause religion is what saves the girl yet neither she or her mother are religious or based in a traditional 'demons are possible because so and so states that...' kinda deal, it tackles the theme so cleverly and in a layered and clinical route. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted December 6, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) This is so not true. Spike in supernatural belief probably. But not the demon possession part Edited December 6, 2013 by spartan max2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted December 6, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) I have no doubt that demons do exist. The question is are what I believe demons to be and what you believe them to be the same thing? edit to add: my definition is beings from a seperate dimension of earth and I also believe what most refer to as aliens are also these creatures which I have termed demons and muslims refer to as djinn. just my opinion. Edited December 6, 2013 by OverSword 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted December 6, 2013 #8 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I would question how the questions were asked, and who the group was that were asked the question. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted December 6, 2013 #9 Share Posted December 6, 2013 yeah, the article mentions that the question was included in other "halloween themed" questions, which makes me wonder if the phrasing and the context influenced the answers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted December 6, 2013 Author #10 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Well half of my family is pretty religious, not sure of their thoughts on things like this though. I remember years ago I was channel surfing and found a televised mass exorcism show. One of the "victims" started thrashing about on the ground as the host was screaming, "YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHT TO BE IN HER!" Too funny. That's hysterical. There's this Japanese possession movie. Really old. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it. We saw it years ago at an old Japanese movie festival in the east village in NYC, and while they're doing the exorcism, the possessed woman keeps yelling, RUB ME WITH RED BEANS AND RICE, RUB ME WITH RED BEANS AND RICE. I was maybe 18 at the time, and knowing how they translate this stuff badly even now, I'm wondering if she was yelling something completely different. I knew next to no Japanese at that time so. Like rub me with daifuku!! Either way it's funny, but daifuku is even funnier. Edited December 6, 2013 by Simbi Laveau 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted December 6, 2013 Author #11 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I rarely see belief in possession detached from religious beliefs. There are instances of mental illness that can fracture one's personality and concept of self and relation to external existence, hard drugs or even softer drugs without holding your own mind can turn one upside down. I believe in spirits and energy yet why would ''demons'' care to possess a person? I could understand longing for a physical body yet if a demon can possess a person, that's some deep power, surely you can conjure up something equally as nourishing if you have the ability to possess a human being on a floating planet ya know? One of my most adored films is The Exorcist and it's so damn powerful cause religion is what saves the girl yet neither she or her mother are religious or based in a traditional 'demons are possible because so and so states that...' kinda deal, it tackles the theme so cleverly and in a layered and clinical route. Blatty was obsessed with the existence of God. Most of his early works reflect this, and the endings are always, "yes, God exists", as the final word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSouls7 Posted December 6, 2013 #12 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) The answer to this is SIMPLE! that stupid movie Paranormal Activity is to blame!!! And it's so silly. That Triganle with the cirle... is a REAL occult symbol. The Triangle of Solomon which you summons demons with.... BUT the way they use it in paranornal activity is so ridiculous and fake.... But all these young dumb kids... never read an occult book in their life... and couldn't cast a glamour spell to save their life lol... so yes they all believe in demons because of the Paranoral Activity series... either that or the zo zo demon that haunts youtube.... Either way it p***es me off that they use the Triangle of Solomon as some evil symbol.... in the series.. when it's just where the spirit appears when you summon it..... I saw the latest ad for Paranormal Activity... the Marked Ones... with the ******* Triangle of Solomon on the forehead of this reaper thing!! are you kidding me??? that is so stupid.... and i bet not one of those young kids knows what the Triangle of Solomon is... or a magic circe for that matter.... So yes they all believe is scary demons... because of a movie series that sucks.. and got very popular... I like the Indsidious series much better persoanally... Edited December 6, 2013 by LostSouls7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted December 7, 2013 #13 Share Posted December 7, 2013 That's what happens when schools no longer teach critical thinking skills and focus on just getting the little darlings through the next standardized test so the government $$ keep rolling in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted December 7, 2013 #14 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Why is that surprising 2/3 probably believe in Zombies, Vampires and Santa Claus as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinewave Posted December 7, 2013 #15 Share Posted December 7, 2013 yeah, the article mentions that the question was included in other "halloween themed" questions, which makes me wonder if the phrasing and the context influenced the answers. I agree, Survey results without the context of the questions can be very misleading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis914 Posted December 7, 2013 #16 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I wonder if they are talking about the demons that glitter or are those vampires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickian Posted December 8, 2013 #17 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Demon's, vampires, werewolves or any other kind of semi-human-shaped supernatural beings aren't allowed to be ugly murderous monsters anymore. It doesn't make good television, movies or books. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted December 8, 2013 #18 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Zombies are always ugly.. but girl vampires are always stunningly beautiful . . . . UNTIL ! I have a hunch.. that a huge accurate survey would reveal that more people believe in the existence of the devil than God . Very Odd that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted December 8, 2013 #19 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Almost Two-Thirds of 18-29 Year Olds Believe in "Demon Possession" What Is Happening to America? Answer : Television and Internet being used as educational tools. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted December 8, 2013 #20 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Almost Two-Thirds of 18-29 Year Olds Believe in "Demon Possession" What Is Happening to America? Belief in supernatural phenomena has spiked.October 30, 2013 | Are Americans becoming less religious? While church affiliation is probably declining, don't expect the atheist revolution anytime soon:Over one half (63 percent, to be exact) of young Americans 18-29 years old now believe in the notion that invisible, non-corporeal entities called "demons" can take partial or total control of human beings, revealed an October 2012 More here http://www.alternet....etter917918&t=3 People are very susceptible to false beliefs, and will often blindly accept unverified ideas that are presented to them as factual. Take, for instance, someone who believes without question in a poll published on a site called "alternet.org" as a good example... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted December 10, 2013 #21 Share Posted December 10, 2013 People are very susceptible to false beliefs, and will often blindly accept unverified ideas that are presented to them as factual. Take, for instance, someone who believes without question in a poll published on a site called "alternet.org" as a good example... He shoots... he scores!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydivingstars Posted December 15, 2013 #22 Share Posted December 15, 2013 If i'm not mistaken, it's been like that for quite some time. Even most christians, or the ones I'm aware of, believe that people can be possessed by demons. i don't know at what age they generally start believing it, but it's not too surprising to hear nonetheless. The world is a scary place. We have to search for explanations for it somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssabrina1989 Posted December 15, 2013 #23 Share Posted December 15, 2013 People watch to many movies, i do think demons excist, but when it comes to posession i'm really skeptic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted December 15, 2013 #24 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It's America, what do you expect? lol 46% Americans Believe In Creationism http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/americans-believe-in-creationism_n_1571127.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white lion Posted April 5, 2014 #25 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Well half of my family is pretty religious, not sure of their thoughts on things like this though. I remember years ago I was channel surfing and found a televised mass exorcism show. One of the "victims" started thrashing about on the ground as the host was screaming, "YOU HAVE NO LEGAL RIGHT TO BE IN HER!" Too funny. lol it does sound too funny , the legal right bit cracks me up and I didn't even see it , but for all the host knows the demon may have had a court order stating that it had the right to occupy , clearly a matter for the courts and not some nut job , televised exorcism LOL only in America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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