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Monday, May 05, 2003 

A note on the previous article: In it, Christopher writes "Cuneo reserves judgment on many matters for which skeptics will see a clear verdict." I do not believe in demonic possession myself, but as someone who is occasionally skeptic (because you simply cannot be skeptical all the time - it is a tool, not a position) I feel the need to point out that skeptics do not see clear verdicts. They withhold judgement, in order to reach a state of peace of mind. This may seem like a minor terminological point, but I feel the same about dogmatists of all stripes, and just because a dogmatism is based on observation rather than scripture does not excuse it. I do find the article interesting as a whole, of course, or else I wouldn't have linked it.



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