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'''''Evil Spirits Intellectualism and Logic''''' is a theological treatise by the 20th-century American Baptist Association clergyman [[L. L. Clover]]. The book seeks to refute [[secular humanist]] views regarding [[evolution]], personal sin, and the societal and moral breakdown of [[Western Civilization]].  

'''''Evil Spirits Intellectualism and Logic''''' is a theological treatise by the 20th-century American Baptist Association clergyman [[L. L. Clover]]. The book seeks to refute [[secular humanist]] views regarding [[evolution]], personal sin, and the societal and moral breakdown of [[Western Civilization]].  

The book was published through the [[Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary]], an institution which Clover founded in 1952, originally in his own home. At the time of his death in 1975, a year after the publication of this book, Clover had been preaching weeklong revival services in Camden in his native [[Arkansas]]. From 1948–1964, Clover was the pastor of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Minden, [[Louisiana]]. Thereafter, he was president and president emeritus of LMBIS, a still functioning seminary in Minden. He was a native of [[Clark County, Arkansas|Clark County]] near Arkadelphia, Arkansas.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "[[A. T. Powers|Austin Toliver Powers]] and Leander Louis Clover: Planting the American Baptist Association in Northwest Louisiana during the Middle 20th Century," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. XLI (Summer-Fall 2010, pp. 140–142</ref>

The book was published through the [[Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary]], an institution which Clover founded in 1952, originally in his own home. At the time of his death in 1975, a year after the publication of this book, Clover had been preaching weeklong revival services in Camden in his native [[Arkansas]]. From 1948–1964, Clover was the pastor of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]]. Thereafter, he was president and president emeritus of LMBIS, a still functioning seminary in Minden. He was a native of [[Clark County, Arkansas|Clark County]] near Arkadelphia, Arkansas.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "[[A. T. Powers|Austin Toliver Powers]] and Leander Louis Clover: Planting the American Baptist Association in Northwest Louisiana during the Middle 20th Century," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. XLI (Summer-Fall 2010, pp. 140–142</ref>

According to Clover's denominational colleague, I. K. Cross, the founder of the defunct Eastern Baptist Seminary in Somerset, [[Kentucky]], the book ''Evil Spirits'' despite the passage of nearly four decades since its issue "makes a strong appeal to call man back to the authority of the Scriptures ... it bores to the heart of issues that confront all mankind ..."<ref>Preface, ''Evil Spirits Intellectualism and Logic'', (Minden, Louisiana: Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary, 1974), 108 pp.</ref>  

According to Clover's denominational colleague, I. K. Cross, the founder of the defunct Eastern Baptist Seminary in Somerset, [[Kentucky]], the book ''Evil Spirits'' despite the passage of nearly four decades since its issue "makes a strong appeal to call man back to the authority of the Scriptures ... it bores to the heart of issues that confront all mankind ..."<ref>Preface, ''Evil Spirits Intellectualism and Logic'', (Minden, Louisiana: Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary, 1974), 108 pp.</ref>  

Clover said that Huxley's teachings contribute to the moral and intellectual confusion of young people attending institutions of higher education. Evolution, he reiterates, is a hypotheis because there are no witnesses or evidence from the distant past from which to conclude the veracity of the theory.<ref>''Evil Spirits'', pp. 26–27</ref>

Clover said that Huxley's teachings contribute to the moral and intellectual confusion of young people attending institutions of higher education. Evolution, he reiterates, is a hypotheis because there are no witnesses or evidence from the distant past from which to conclude the veracity of the theory.<ref>''Evil Spirits'', pp. 26–27</ref>

Clover, who worked with young people through his church and seminary, lists the needs of the young as "understanding, love, sympathy, help, and less criticism."<ref>''Evil Spirits'', pp. 12–13</ref> He asserts that [[Hugh Hefner]]'s ''[[Playboy magazine]]'' and its libertine philosophy encourages young men, particularly at the college level, to view themselves as "pleasure-seeking individuals for whom sex is fun and women are play things."<ref>''Evil Spirits'', p. 18</ref> He further decries the inclusion of sexual material in popular films of the 1960s and 1970s. He blames parents for having given "tacit approval of an illegitimate sexual atmosphere."<ref>''Evil Spirits'', pp. 18–19</ref>

Clover, who worked with young people through his church and seminary, lists the needs of the young as "understanding, love, sympathy, help, and less criticism."<ref>''Evil Spirits'', pp. 12–13</ref> He asserts that [[Hugh Hefner]]'s ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'' magazine and its libertine philosophy encourages young men, particularly at the college level, to view themselves as "pleasure-seeking individuals for whom sex is fun and women are play things."<ref>''Evil Spirits'', p. 18</ref> He further decries the inclusion of sexual material in popular films of the 1960s and 1970s. He blames parents for having given "tacit approval of an illegitimate sexual atmosphere."<ref>''Evil Spirits'', pp. 18–19</ref>