The depraved activities in wicked Hot Springs have led more than a few to the place where their "consciences are seared with a hot iron." But to explain irrational acts, self-defeating behavior like the pardons, it helps to understand the activity of demons. "The Exorcist" was a movie - but demons are real.
demons are real I believe this, very much. Although we cannot blame all bad behavior/thoughts, etc., on demons, for we each have a free will, their influence is very real.