Once, in my MCCC Philosophy of Religion class, a student asked me, "Dr. Piippo, do you believe in Satan and demons?"
I answered, "Yes."
And, BTW, so did the apostles Peter and Paul. So did Jesus.
Demons and angels are persons, without physical bodies. Do I believe this? Yes.
Why? Part of my answer is: I have never been a philosophical naturalist or physicalist. That is, I have never believed all reality is reducible, without remainder, to physical particles. (On particle physics, check this helpful book out.)
Here are some of the posts I have written relating to the incoherence of physicalism, and the reality of non-physical objects (such as, e.g., moral facts, or free will.)
Demons in America
Moral Obligations to Tell People They Are Wrong
Metaethical Studies and Moral Nihilism
If There Is No God, Then There Are No Moral Facts
Naturalism
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| The Churchlands - famous philosophical eliminative materialists |
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| A dinosaur chooses to question the reality of free will |
The Gospel of Scientific Materialism
