Reddit mentions of This Present Darkness

Longshot but maybe This Present Darkness?

I'm taking the assumption that God exists. I can grant that goodness has a transcendent source, and personally my own moral ideals are mostly derived from Christianity. But evil seems to be more parsimoniously understood as the simple absence of good, and given the evidence of history I see no personal reason to believe that there is no grand conspiracy of evil beyond human imperfection and natural chaos and entropy (which I agree isn't in nature's vocabulary, though it seems to be from a Christian perspective).

>Please explain how you know this.

This is more my own intuition than anything, but ever since high school what I've learned about human societies seem to tell me that any belief expressed by a large enough population will be taken to the extreme. I feel like, to some degree, the inherent goodness or badness of beliefs can then be determined from how they play out. Christianity as a whole produces great evils, but it's also done much good, so it can be said to be benign (especially given how broad a tradition it is). Belief in spiritual warfare and the worldview of a demonic conspiracy to me seems to lead to Satanic Panic, overzealous exorcisms, Salem, and paranoid Frank Peretti novels more than anything good. Even if we believe that Jesus is already victorious.

Anyways. I know it doesn't play out like that for many individuals. But it does for many others.

>I thought no Bible?

This sentence doesn't make any sense. What were you trying to say?

On one hand, I think you have experienced one or two unique coincidences and then your mind came up with this idea. Now, you have latched on to it and are subconciously looking to confirm it. I recommend you read "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker, which will help you be more perceptive to details you may be overlooking, in this situation and others.

On the second hand, there is no technology whereby a person's thoughts can be seen or read. Only yourself and your Creator know your thoughts. Fallen angels may be able to as well. They can certainly influence your thoughts and are keenly sensitive to a human's reactions and are able to interpret them and predict behavior correctly. There exists overwhelming evidence to demonstrate the connection between world leaders and occultic behaviors.

Perhaps this is the beginning of an active campaign wherein the deep state, working with demonic forces, are seeking to create fear and the belief in their all-knowing, all powerfulness -the result being that people are fearful of standing up for what is right. Consider this scenario: You are watching YT, some video about girls dancing. Halfway through the video you are reminded by one girl's pink leotard that you saw a cute pair of pink earrings you think your girlfriend may like, in the store two days ago. The demon which has been following you around and saw you looking at them is the one who put the thought into your mind. He communicates this thought to another demon an hundred miles away, who is sitting unseen on a YT server somewhere. This demon manipulates the data stream so the next video that pops up is one about pink jewelry. Along this line of seemingly crazy and absurd thinking, let me also recommend you read the excellent novels by Frank Peretti: "This Present Darkness" and "Piercing the Darkness" -both of which do a great job fleshing out the battles and shenanigans which go unseen, everyday.