I believe the devil toys with people and will be more than happy to lead them down the garden path of "I am a demon chaser and I have authority". people who loose focus on Christ, and may have had some success at dealing with the demonic may go that direction. it always ends in excess and non-biblical practices
IMO, demons are best left alone unless you have no choice and do not talk to them, respond to them or otherwise entertain them
they are all total liars and should be told to shut up and then cast out or away
thing is, Christians need to stop playing with a dish of pablum and tossing the pablum at those who try to actually help and expose the error
demons are ugly and they express themselves in ugly ways through human beings.
I hear you on the little old ladies. people say there is no such thing as a Jezebel spirit...but there most certainly is and it fits right in with the Ahab spirit. the Elijahs counter it and suffer for it
and people will mock the above but that's fine
in no way, shape or form am I saying someone is a Jezebel, or an Ahab or an Elijah...but these are biblical history lessons that repeat up to this day in various forums with different results
you cannot put the laws of God on their head (and by that I mean the basic workings of the universe as we know it and not the 10 commandments although they play a human part in there...but the cosmic realities of the battle between God and the devil) and ignore the consequences
deception is the main tool and it is rampant
end of rant...