I don't know whether demons are 'real' or not, but I remember wishing they were when I was little. All the children in my cong were obsessed with the 'demon question' ie - "All the adults say they're real - so where are they?" We used to huddle together outside the KH at night, invoking the demons - the obligatory "Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah" mantra at the ready should one materialise. Needless to say, one never did.
I also recall the taboo subject in my family of my cousin's collection of figurines; apparently they became 'demonised', paraded around about her bedroom floor and were thrown away forthwith!
My mother and I always felt the thrill of rebellion when we went op-shopping, and often wondered 'who' we were bringing home after a purchase, but nothing vaguely paranormal ever happened there either.
I was obviously a bit of an exception in my imaginative excitement though - I remember other JW children bed-wetting, having recurrent nightmares and being petrified of the dark due to all the JDub talk of demons.
My brothers both had the aforementioned symptoms; one of my brothers ended up sharing my room for years due to his absolute conviction that a demon once visisted him in his sleep and woke him up, it hovered horizontally above him - he must of been about six years old at the time. He is a grown man now and still very frightened of the thought of demons; once I had the Harry Potter movie on my television when he arrived at my house and he wouldn't come inside until I'd turned it off. My other brother from about age four believed he had a demonised owl that sat atop his bedroom curtains and would stare at him as he tried to go to sleep.
gorgia
