Posted on 02/14/2009 7:20:41 AM PST by GonzoII
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Ping.
The proof is in the pudding... and the White House.
Satan picks victims for a reason.
This is a very powerful article! Thanks for posting it.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be thou our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell satan, and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world, seeking the ruin of souls.
Catholic ping
Its interesting that the West is soooooooooooooooooo convinced that demons don’t exist. That alone may be Satan’s greatest, most successful lie.
Out in the Orthodox East, consciousness of demons is high. Virtually no one would deny their existence. Any monastc has stories of demons howling at night outside the walls of the monasteries. Its very, very real.
But here we allow our children to become enthralled with stuff like “magic cards” and paranormal games. Its as if we were throwing our children to ravening wolves.
The West is reaping the fruit of denying the spiritual ...
Nancy Pelosi left for Rome for a visit with the Pope Benedict XVI Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. This is the time for either an excommunication or an exorcism.
Fiction mirroring reality or vice-versa?
Talisman, The
Formats: Hardcover/Paperback/Limited Edition/Kindle/Audio
First Edition Release Date: November, 1984
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer embarks on an epic quest-a walk from the seacoast of New Hampshire to the California coast-to find the talisman that will save his dying mother’s life. Jack’s journey takes him into the Territories, a parallel medieval universe, where most people from his own universe have analogs called “twinners.” The queen of the Territories, Jack’s mother’s twinner, is also dying.
Ah, but Oprah and her minions are full of “spiritualism” - the man-made creation which has been substituted for Godliness. Aka Mystery the Whore.
Yet another disturbing parallel between the present and the 1920’s.
It's Shock and Awe time again.
As a Baptist P.K., we frequently had missionaries staying with us on furlough. Many told about seeing demons in rooms while on the mission field. Scary stuff for a little kid to hear.
Also, while in seminary, my dorm was the top floor of an admin. building. At night, we’d hear loud noises below us in the Missions professor’s office when everything was closed and locked up tight. The professor had a mask from S. America or Africa that he never felt comfortable having. He got rid of it, and everything calmed down.
There’s a larger allegory here than that in the book, the reluctance, nay, desperation involved in letting one’s mother die — this is precisely the mindset that predisposes one to become dependent on the Mother in Washington, the tender, feeding hand of Government to soothe each fevered brow...
Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Baal
—The Who?
Tyranny of the Appetite.
Devil’s advocate here.
I watch the ghost shows on TV and watch as people believe what they want to believe. If they think they saw a ghost then they believe it. I on the other hand think they see that they see things that isn’t there.
The fact that people who study witchcraft see supernatural beings and events isn’t surprising considering they want to believe in the supernatural.
On the other hand those of strong religious faith is also more likely to believe in supernatural than those who believe in a reasonable physical reason for what they see or hear.
I find it interesting that third world places like Mexico where superstition is more deeply believed than here has more exorcisms than here in the States.
Demon is another word for devil. So, yes, the devil is present in the modern day world.
Satan would influence us into pronography, gambling, drunkenness, sloth, and other sins.
Lent will be a good time to take inventory of our lifestyles and change them to something more Christ-like,
**Its interesting that the West is soooooooooooooooooo convinced that demons don’t exist. That alone may be Satan’s greatest, most successful lie.**
I wish everyone had our priest. He constantly calls us to the brink — looking at sin, and then endeavoring to change our lives.
Supporting abortion among them!
What you say about "people believe what they want to believe" is true --- up to a point. Our brains are actually wired that way: memories, desires, fears, beliefs, etc. directly condition perception. The brain that interprets the signals from the eyes and ears, and other sense organs, is not neutral: it sorts, filters, enhances, fashions, and creates or tries to create a plausible story out of what we see and hear. And that's true for all of us without exception. (No difference between "believers" and "nonbelievers" here.)
A basic epistimological challenge.
Many "weird" phenomena can be explained by the beliefs, the expectations or the unconscious appetites and drives of the person who experiences them. But some things defy this kind of explanation, especially when they appear to many different observers to be something more than abnormal psychology.
The Church insists on a medical and psychiatric examination of anybody who is a possible candidate for a fuill-fledged exorcism. This weeds out many cases. But not all.
Still, your skepticism is valuable. It's the Church's "default" positon, professionally speaking, as well.
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