How Do You Ward Off Evil Spirits?!

I've yet to see a person of faith ridicule an atheist on here.

Why are the non-believers so threatened by those who believe?

I've yet to see a person of faith ridicule an atheist on here.

I've seen it a number of times, myself.

Why are the non-believers so threatened by those who believe?

As is usually the case, you shouldn't judge an entire group by the actions or your perceptions of a few.

Have any of you read the OP's posts (besides the first one)? She is not a firm believer in God, nor does it appear that she has a firm belief in any particular religion. Hmmm, now what?

Do you have a source? Show me some recent studies that that are coming to conclusions via faith.

1. Science must “assume” the reliability of sense perception.
2. Science must “assume” the human mind is able to know or understand the world.
3. Science must “assume” the validity of inductive and deductive logic.
4. Science must “assume” that the workings of the world today will continue to hold true tomorrow and were constant in the past.

May I add:

1. Singing bowls
2. Sage smudging
3. Repeating prayers and mantras
4. Getting a professional (priest or psychic) to CLEANSE, PROTECT and BLESS your home, in that order.
5. Make your own Holy Water. Say the Lord's Prayer over it. Flick it into every corner of your room, door frames and windows, above and below. While doing # 3.
6. Leave a window open for it to ESCAPE.

Good Luck!

I would assume that an atheist being harassed by a spirit would quickly re-evaluate their non beliefs. I am NOT an atheist but nor am I a bible totting "God pusher" but bottom line is:

Prayers repel bad spirits....deal with it.

If you don't want to pray I suggest you learn to love your stalker from the here after.....

So,

Reports continue to come in. Therefore I'm reposting my earlier response for better visibility, and will quote the relevant guideline.

I will add that since I believe the OP has received a fair amount of the input she was seeking, I may choose to lock the thread in the future, if it becomes too much trouble to moderate. This is NOT an invitation to come in and attack other users to attempt to prompt a thread-lock. Insults and attacks will still have consequences. If you have nothing to contribute to the OP's original NON-guideline-violating question, please just find another thread to read.

My earlier response:

Hi Folks,

We've been getting occasional reports about this thread, and I wanted to clarify why, up to this point, we've been moderating the thread very lightly.


The guidelines relating to posts with religious content were updated around the time we debuted the "Groups" feature. At present, it's OK to reference religious material, such as a belief in God or use of various religious strategies to solve problems, as long as:

a) huge fights don't break out as a result
b) threads in the public forums do not attempt to restrict participation to members of only certain religions.

So, a thread like "only seeking [insert specific religion] members' solutions to warding off evil spirits" is a clear guideline violation. But a general call for polite responses on this topic doesn't necessarily equal a guideline violation, even if the responses do reference religious content.

The guideline in question gives us the right to remove threads on "divisive topics," but if conversation is proceeding relatively politely, we'll try to under-moderate rather than over-moderate. Of course, if members are attacking or insulting each other, we'll moderate, too. As an example, I removed a few posts yesterday that were directly insulting of the OP.

15. Divisive Topics Are Better Suited For Groups, Not the Main Forums

Divisive topics, particularly those that seek input from or are relevant only to a select group of users, are better placed within an appropriate Group rather than the Main Forums. For example, topics relevant to only one religion should not be placed on the main forums but rather within a group related to that religion. We reserve the right to move any topic to a relevant public Group which interested members may join if they wish to continue to participate.

A possible translation of this guideline is: if all members can agree to behave like adults, we won't have much to moderate.

If the thread is becoming a source of member-on-member insults, please report any guideline-violating post. Otherwise, the topic itself does not represent a guideline violation, nor do responses that reference religion.

As a sidenote, the only topics that garner immediate deletion or locking are those with a clear political agenda.

Regards,
Steven
MyFitnessPal Staff