Subject: Re: Frost/Lynch completely wimped out this time From: alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins) Date: 1990-12-04, 09:34 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,alt.recovery In article joe [Joe Zitt] writes: > >alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins) writes: > > >> >> I was disappointed too. I know a number of people who believe in >> >> demons. And once people get that idea, all other explanations for bad >> >> behavior are discarded. People stop thinking. They stop using their imaginati >> >> To come so close to confronting family abuse and to opt for a supernatural >> >> explanation, that's a cop out to me. >> >> > >On the other hand, if (>IF<) there are such things as demons, we might > >block any chance of defeating them by acting as if they don't exist. > >Imagine if BOB had continued his killing spree while Leland underwent > >long-term psychoanalysis. > > This is what my religous friends always say to me in response. They say that demons are real and to deny that reality is to be more vulnerable to them. Stalemate. I agree with Cooper that it is important ultimately to know what you are dealing with if you want to put a stop to it. ann hodgins