(Would any of us be shocked? Do we even believe what the Bible says? And I'm talking churchians! Or do we just read the book for devotional duty? - CL)
It’s always a shock for any individual to realize that the spiritual world described in the Bible isn’t a metaphor, it isn’t a conceptual model, and it isn’t an invention of Man. It’s real, it’s powerful, and it’s why Jesus Christ is absolutely necessary; there isn’t one single other religion that even begins to address the observable problem of material evil the way that Christianity does.
Which isn’t to say that all other religions are entirely false. Some of them worship demons, others worship fallen angels, and a few worship the god of this world himself.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
– Ephesians 6:12