Editorial April 3, 1976 Issue

Casting Out Devils

Naomi Price

Do devils exist? Some people believe they do. The newspapers tell us of today's growth of interest in witchcraft and satanism. Organizations exist in which the central purpose is glorification of the devil, and indulgence in the seven deadly sins.

Probably most people would reject the belief that the devil, or Satan, exists as a malevolent anthropomorphic entity with horns and a tail. But even while professing allegiance to God, or good, as the one creator and all-powerful governor of the universe, some may concede, as did the Apostle Paul, that there seems to be evidence to indicate that an evil mind or force does operate in the world to hinder, if not to destroy, good.

In modern terms this evil force might be called a downward drag, or negative gravitational pull, a magnetic, mesmeric force operating through human will to bring about evil consequences. Paul referred to it as an influence that made him act contrary to his natural inclination to be and do good. He called it "another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."^{Rom. 7:23;}

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