# Demonology- Are there demons who do whatever they want? Bad and good?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 25, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonology-are-there-demons-who-do-whatever-they-want-bad-and-good/766844 "2016-09-25T17:35:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonology-are-there-demons-who-do-whatever-they-want-bad-and-good/766844/161 "2016-09-30T14:45:59Z")

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> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#):
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> Yes, that’s what I meant; did the cult of Mary in some way inoculate Catholic counrtries against the gynophobia that in part underlay witchcraft hysteria? Like I said, idle speculation.

I think it could have been many things. I think latro might be onto something in post 113:

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> I think it’s more that the catholic church had established channels and procedures to deal with claims of witchcraft. Compared to vigilante style, more ad hoc measures by self-appointed experts among the protestants.

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> Um, cite?

> **[Feywild](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Feywild)**
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> The Feywild, also known as the Plane of Faerie\[7\]\[10\] or simply Faerie,\[11\]\[12\]\[13\] as well as Isan Meidan by the uldra,\[1\] was an "echo" of the Prime Material Plane suffused with potent magic,\[3\] and unrestrained emotions.\[10\] It was the place from...

> **[Shadowfell](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Shadowfell)**
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> The Shadowfell, also known as the Plane of Shadow, was one of the planes of existence in various cosmological models. Its purpose and characteristics evolved as new cosmologies were formulated. Other names for this plane included Shadowland,\[3\] the...

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demonology-are-there-demons-who-do-whatever-they-want-bad-and-good/766844/162 "2016-09-30T16:46:17Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> Nope. They made that decision _before_ eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
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> I can’t imagine hiring a Protestant lawyer. Jew or Catholic? Yeah. Splitting hairs is what we do. 😃

The main reason splitting hairs isn’t an Olympic sport is that the refs can’t agree on the rules. They all agree that arguing about them is a lot of fun, though!

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