It is true that some Charismatic and Baptist Churches have also adopted belief in demons as beings needing to be exorcised by the priest or minister. However they have been ignorant of the effects of freedom in Christ thinking and meditation on Western society; and assume bad behaviour or the mentally disturbed are possed by demons. The fact is we must look at the ideas and attitudes that occupy the mind of the disturbed or sufferer.
I watched a programme last night when a graffetti vandal claimed he is additcted to tagging anything he felt like as it was his form of expression and he should be allowed to continue his art. Obviously a background of disturbed childhood that needs reeducation in acceptable social boundaries. His demons were brainwashed poor childhood values - not beings. They were ideas not beings. However an authorative figure he totally respects could command the behaviour to leave him and it may make a difference.

Philo "However an authorative figure he totally respects could command the behaviour to leave him and it may make a difference".

What nonsense!

You're hiding behind 'demons' too.

We know Baptists are nutters who cannot be trusted with normal people,particularly young and unstable people, along with hordes of other religionists,but really Philo, to suggest that the graffiti gene can be 'commanded' out of this public nuisance is just wishful thinking, at best, or pure stupidity at worst.

I wonder what it would take to cast the 'demons' out of all our politicians, because the authority of the electors seems to make no difference?

Any ideas Philo?

Should we, the people, engage a political exorcist to command stupidity, lies, cheapskating, unintelligence, and anything else anyone else wants to add in, from these pathetic creatures?

Ah, the Baptists. Plenty of "demons"
there, I reckon. Check out the exemplary
activities of the Westboro Baptist Church:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church

On further reading, it's quite apparent
that the Westboro Baptist Church isn't
your typical Baptist congregation,
so it shouldn't be regarded as "exemplary"
in that sense.

That would be equivalent to characterising
all Muslims with the activities of Islam's
lunatic fringe, wouldn't it?

My apologies.

Sheesh UOG, there was silly old me thinking in terms of genes,
dna etc.

In a way you've made my case for me. Some people do in fact need
religion to cope with life and despite our understanding of
science, they prefer their perceived world of demons and spirits,
to understand it.

Fair enough, but it makes the point of the thread. Keep mumbo
jumbo in the field of religion as a lifestyle choice, but don't
burden the rest of society with it, for we have moved on from there.

Yabby,
If the demons are alcoholism, drug hallucinations, fear of demons science by itself is not able to give the person the total answers; as many intelligent scientists are subject to these addictions of behaviour and need a whole of life mental conversion to break the demon.