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Spiritual warfare
is a
Christian
belief of fighting against bad
supernatural
forces (
demons
). The existence of bad
spirits
which can affect humans is the main idea for this belief system. Many Christian groups have used ideas of this movement to hold back these bad forces. These ideas mainly come from Christian
demonology
. A way to fight these forces is by using
prayer
.
Exorcisms
(removing demons),
laying-on of hands
,
fasting
, or
anointing
with oil are also used.
Famous believers in spiritual warfare
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Some well known people, such as
Bill Ellis
, Elliot Miller (
Christian Research Institute
), and
Gretchen Passantino
have claimed that ideas in spiritual warfare are based on Christian stories that are not from the
Bible
. These stories are not considered true by Christians who believe that only the Bible is fact.
- James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy, eds., Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012).