Were the Pagan Gods Actually Demons? The Scriptural View and Why It Matters

There is a tendency for us to simplistically dismiss the gods of the ancient world as mere figments of human imagination, but the biblical approach is a bit more complex than that. To be clear, at no time in the Scriptures were these gods ever acknowledged to be gods in any true sense of the …

Only the Hearing is Safely Believed – A Meditation on How Faith Comes by Hearing, Powerfully Demonstrated in a”Video”

In the video below there is a fascinating demonstration of what is known as the McGurk Effect, wherein what we hear is strongly influenced by what we see. Though the sounds heard in the experiment are exactly the same, when the visual cues change we hear another sound. Even knowing the “trick” does not change …

Demons Believe and Tremble: A Reflection on the Theft of the Eucharist by Satanists

A couple of years ago I wrote of an unusual experience I had at Mass wherein a person who was troubled by a demon had those demons manifest themselves at the consecration, causing the person to run out of the Church. More on that in a moment. I thought of that long-ago incident in relation to the current …