A Word on Demons

I have a few rejections for claims on the existence of demons. This was provoked by finding out that “serious” exorcism is taught at the Vatican; then again the Vatican can’t really be held in high esteem for its “sensibilities”. First of all I will highlight some of the portrayals of demons and attack the likelihood of such properties using what is known about the physical world. The first is inherent invisibility. This property requires that the demon does not interact electromagnetically and from this it becomes a challenge to conceive of how it may influence electrical signals in the brain. If we are absolute with what has been said there is indeed no way for such a demon to have such an influence and even less likely for it to exist as some sort of sentient being. Furthermore it is hard to imagine that some creature like being can compactify itself somewhere within a person such that it can meddle with the brain. It is highly unlikely that such a creature could be made out of non-electromagnetically interacting matter since the formation of complex macroscopic structures such as life requires the electromagnetic force since it is the only candidate with suitable properties (strength, range and particles subject to its interaction). Of course some may say that demons are really just spirits and it should be obvious why this isn't physically possible. To deny such reasoning is to deny the judgement of many physicists in their study of the natural world. If demons are such persisting entities in terms of time then they surely would have shown up as a mystery of physics and perhaps biology.