Do Catholics believe in literal demons?

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Exectly this critique or just critiques of this nature?
l am familiar wih metaphysical foundation of modern science.
 
It addresses the critique in that article you just posted, that Aristotle’s metaphysics are no longer consistent with modern scientific and empirical knowledge. I’m guessing Feser wrote it in response to such critiques.
 
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This article covered it at some point, the argument Feser presented before was ''Metaphysics are not physics, therefor you they don’t contradict eachother(oversimplified).
Did he change or update his views?
 
I’m not aware that he changed anything. Anyway, you can check out that book as a response to the article, if you find that critique credible. Feel free to send me a direct message by the way, since this is going off on a tangent.
 
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Good! And, no, not every story in the bible is true, again, the parables of Jesus, are an example, but what the Bible teaches, as I said before is truth. But that’s another discussion. The Bible also uses “language of accomodation,” like “the eyes of God” or “his hands,” these are anthropomorphism used to communicate, God is spirit, he doesn’t have arms or eyes. Also, God doesn’t have emotions, like anger or jealousy, th these ar ef anthropopathisms, used to Express God’s actions. So, was Lucifer an actual, physical dragon? No, his tale taking 1/3 of the angelic host with him is metaphor, language of accommodation, to describe the defection of 33% of the Angels! Point is, the truth it tells, is that 1/3 of the Angel’s rebelled against God and these are the demons, Satan’s hosts. And since the fall of Adam, that host has been at war with mankind!
 
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l may check it out, if l have time or money that is.
l would still recommend reading the entire dicussion between those individuals.
Both had fantastic points
 
Prophet-of-Doom said:
Adam and Eve is true: evolution is not.
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This is not a teaching of the Catholic Church. Faith & Reason are both gifts from God. Adam & Eve and Evolution can co-exist. There is no necessity of contradiction because God could choose at any particular point to imbue human beings with an eternal soul, knowledge of Him, etc.
 
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Yes, we believe in satan and demons and we reject their pomp and works
 
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they are not found in the Bible.
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Read the Gospels, plenty of demon possessed people mentioned in them, and how Jesus and the Apostles heal them.
In the Old Testament, satan is a name that means enemy, adversary. There are many references to satan in the Old Testament.

The definition of myth and mythology being used is incorrect for the definition as it refers to the ancient world and the Old Testament genre in which it is found.
 
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Aliens are not well documented. Aliens are a logical assumption
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Isn’t the [well documented] proof of aliens generally anecdotal? Certainly photos of UFO’s could be assumed to be of alien origin, but even those phenomena aren’t proven to be such.

And as far as anecdotal evidence, there are also cases where the sprinkling of holy water on apparently alien visitors resulted in them disappearing into thin air. So there’s an a good argument for these appearances being demonic manifestations, as another way Satan draws people away from faith (and it works).
 
Yeah it is. That’s why alian stories are never believed in.
l think alians most likely exist, becuase chance of earth being the only planet with life on it it very unlikely when you take into account that there are about 100 bilion galaxies, each having many solar systems.
 
And they may exist. But consider the possibility as well that if God created all, that he may have chosen not to create (or chosen TO create) alien life. If God does exist, than that would be the determining factor, rather than just likelyhood.
 
One more thing no one has yet mentioned:

If God exists, and if Jesus was His only Son as he claimed, and if, furthermore, Jesus founded a Church in which the Holy Spirit would protect the preservation of Truth; then what all these questions come down to are Authority.

Either the Church has the Authority from God to teach the Truth about Him, or it doesn’t, and can be, therefore, erroneous in its teachings (that is, its ex-Cathedra teachings on faith and morals, vs a pope’s opinion about climate change, etc.)

I highly recommend a book titled, By What Authority, written by a convert to Catholicism. He realized everything came down to this fundamental question.

God bless you on your quest for Truth❣️
 
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Lets stop conflating alien stories with God and the supernatural world of angels and demons. It is not that helpful in clarity.
 
I found it helpful, personally, when I read the testimony of Catholics having so-called alien visitors that disappeared after being sprinkled with holy water. Mainly, I suppose, because I had long wondered about this being another demonic manifestation. I had concluded that it may be such as I noticed many that believed in aliens had abandoned Christianity as a result of embracing this belief.
 
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