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Now it seems to be happening all the time and contrary to what cynics have said many of these encounters have been recorded both on video recorders and audio recorders. Throughout human history the question of demonic influence has been a controversial one. It continues to be controversial now. There are two widely held views about demons and their ability to possess individuals. There are Christian clerics and now many vocal Catholic priests that say that demons are everywhere. Those who take on this view appear to be preoccupied with demons and with efforts to appease, avoid, or escape them. The second view of course would be the opposite and that is the scientific and critical view that discounts demons, seeing them as irrelevant, or even as nonexistent. Both these views are in my opinion a bit extreme. There has been a historic overview of demons and demons possession that goes all the way back to the story of Jesus casting demons into the body of pigs and then having them drown in water. To most people Satan, Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, and other such appellations for the devil are common in popular culture, but such aliases do not conceal the generally accepted view of the devil as a supremely evil supernatural being. In Christian cultures, the devil is the antithesis of goodness and the epitome of wickedness, sin, immorality, and damnation. He is an agent of evil. The devil employs trickery, deception, and far worse schemes as tools to achieve his goals.