We already know that perfectly natural things acting on the brain and body can cause people to hallucinate. Are these hallucinations some \”real\” thing, or are they essentially errors made by our brains because they aren\’t operating at the usual conditions?

Without any other evidence of these evil spirits than the say-so of a few people (and considering that there are explanations for these hallucinations that don\’t involve evil spirits, why is it necessary to hypothesize that evil spirits are causing mental illness? (Or am I misreading you here?)

Barker essentially does the same thing. He (rightly) notes that there isn\’t a whole lot of evidence for aliens at the moment, but then suggests that\’s actually evidence for a demonic conspiracy against Christianity - because (he says) those people must have seen something.

Any science to back that up Dan? Seems like quite the leap. People who have consumed small and large doses of hallucinogens also say the very same thing, when in truth its the chemicals changing the normal function of the parts of the brain dealing with perception. Mental illness and the chemical differences that may be present can do the same thing.

Saying that the unballanced brain chemistry allows for “evil spirits” to be more readily visible / head / felt / whatever is as bad as saying “God speaks to me”. There is no way to falsify that type of bad reasoning and therefore its sketchy at best. There are perfectly good scientific explanations for the hallucinations of the mentally ill without going to the boogieman and demons.