My girlfriend believes in the existence of ghosts and demons
However she does not fully believe in the existence of God and angels

She says she believes in the aspect of ghosts and demons based on personal experience - she did not exactly explain why

Further she thinks evolution makes sense. How can you have a belief in evolution AND a spiritual realm? Does not make sense to me at all.

I told her this is completely contradictory. The belief of one party should warrant the belief of the other.

What can I say to her without being harsh?

This post was edited by Wisco on Oct 12 2010 02:08pm

Belief in evolution doesn't warrant spiritual beliefs. Christianity is not the only spiritual belief and you have to realize that not every spiritual belief would constitute refutations of scientific theory. It's even arguable that Christianity is against evolution. Furthermore, back on the subject of an arbitrary set of spiritual beliefs, you also have to realize that your girlfriend can be spiritual but not believe in the Christian god at the same time. Being spiritual does not mean you're a Christian.

Having beliefs in the spiritual realm doesn't mean you can't believe in evolution. Even if you believe god created everything isn't is possible that he just used the process of evolution to create life?

the only thing that matters is if she knows Jesus, evolution and the ghost stuff doesn't matter.

There is a passage in the Bible about yokes, and how in a relationship they need to be equal. If she is not a Christian, you either need to work on it for both of your sakes, or let her go. After all, one of the primary purposes of a relationship is to grow together in relation to God.

"Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of the living God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, 'I will make dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore, go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty'." 2 Cor. 6:14-18, ESV

Kinda my quickly thrown together two cents.

tell her if demons exist, hell exists. and if hell exists heaven exists and if heaven exists God exists

she obviously is lacking knowledge about God and Spirits

Rule of the thumb man rule of the thumb.

It's legal to beat her up with a stick no wider than your thumb you know.

if you believe in science, then is it impossible that another dimension exists, and these "spirits" or "demons" are just from those.. O.O

what do you mean "IF you believe in science"? and your claim that it's impossible for another dimension to exist "if you believe in science" is entirely false.....



I have great respect for people who are able to give their lives to something they believe is better than life itself, but come on now. This is just terrible advice. People need to stop reading the bible so literally. Breaking up with someone because you're not exactly alike is essentially the same thing as discrimination. You're taking on the air of superiority by suggesting that you have to "convert" people to be compatible with them. I don't really care that it's in the bible. This would be very unChristian in the eyes of most Christians I know.

To the op: look dude, stop yourself before you get too wrapped up in this religion thing. Focus more on how you function as a couple and not on the things that make you different. You should celebrate these differences after all. They're a passage to connecting yourself to the rest of the world.

All that verse is saying, and is usually misinterpreted, is that good and evil never coexist harmoniously. But you can't claim to know God's will and you are commanded not to judge anyone else's salvation. It's those stipulations that allow believers to be a witness to their mates. Catholicism effectively uses this mechanism to recruit. If you want to marry a catholic, you have to become a catholic.