Do you believe in the existence of angels and/or demons?

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Do you believe in the existence of angels and/or demons?

yes, both of them
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50%
angels, yes; demons, no
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17%
demons, yes; angels, no
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8%
no, neither of them
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8%
only the abrahamic ones
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8%
I don't know
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8%
 
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Do you believe in the existence of angels and/or demons?

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Angels and demons are not inherently abrahamic (i.e. jewish, christian, or islamic), even though the terms
'angel' and 'demon' came from judeo-christian texts in the greek language. The general concept is more universal.
An angel is any being that was created by, and does the will of, a 'good' deity,
whereas a demon is any being that was created by, and does the will of, an 'evil' deity.
There are various deities in paganism who are 'good' or 'evil', so there can also be angels and demons.
So then, by that definition, do you believe that angels and/or demons exist?
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I can only speak for my own pantheon, but I don't really think any deities are really evil, or entirely purely good, either... So using these definitions, I suppose angels and demons don't fit so well into my tradition. Although we do have the related daimones, which are lesser spirits, or gods at times, but they are not necessarily servants.
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I agnostic on this issue. I neither fully believe in them nor disbelieve. I LIKE the idea of angels. I like their love and light. But to this point in life, I have no personal gnosis of them. I always liked the movie It's a Wonderful Life, though. :)
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I don't know why I believe in them, but I do. Always have.

I've never seen It's a Wonderful Life, but I have been actively looking for it in a nearby consignment movie shop.
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Although I don't subscribe to demons in the Judeo-Christian sense, I have encountered my fair share of vampiric and baneful spirits, mostly in the form of "shadow people."
Student of Rosicrucianism, Neoplatonism & Hermetic Kabbalah.
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