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		<title>Demon Sex and Time-Released Curses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an impressive display of willful ignorance, the Christian Broadcasting Network posted a blog by guest writer Kimberly Daniels in reference to Halloween. The article is titled "The Danger of Celebrating Halloween" (Edit: They removed the article! See Google Cache link below.) and it chronicles the writer's inability to handle reality far better than any ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In an impressive display of willful ignorance, the Christian Broadcasting Network posted a blog by guest writer Kimberly Daniels in reference to Halloween. The article is titled <em><a href="http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/onlinediscipleship/halloween/halloween_danger_daniels.aspx" target="_blank">"The Danger of Celebrating Halloween"</a></em> (<em>Edit: They removed the article! See Google Cache link below.</em>) and it chronicles the writer's inability to handle reality far better than any document I've seen in a while.</p>
<p class="crazy" style="padding-left: 30px;">The word "holiday" means "holy day."</p>
<p>No, it doesn't. The world "holiday" originally comes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" target="_blank">Old English</a> word <em>hāligdæg</em> which <strong>did</strong> mean "holy day." This is no longer the case. Present English defines "holiday" as a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration, any day of exemption from work, or a religious feast day. (<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Holiday" target="_blank">See "Holiday" definition</a>.) There is more to this word than a day around the religious word "holy." I've ran into this argument a surprising amount of times including one who used it as proof of the existence of their flavor of deity.</p>
<p class="crazy" style="padding-left: 30px;">Halloween is a counterfeit holy day that is dedicated to celebrating the demonic trinity of: the Luciferian Spirit (the false father); the Antichrist Spirit (the false holy spirit); and the Spirit of Belial (the false son).</p>
<p>Wait, what? The Christian boogy-man, Satan, is now a trinity as well? This is honestly the first time I've heard of the supposed trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Antichrist Spirit. My first thought was that this was being made up in her mind until I fired up Google and found others speaking of the same thing. To my knowledge I was never taught anything like this in Sunday school. I realized at a young age that these stories were meant to keep the people inline. It wasn't until later that the line of thinking I had begun then would come to maturity and break free of the silly belief in god.</p>
<p class="crazy" style="padding-left: 30px;">During Halloween, time-released curses are always loosed. A time-released curse is a period that has been set aside to release demonic activity and to ensnare souls in great measure.</p>
<p>This was also the first time I've heard someone ever mention time-released curses. The moment I read this I had images of drug companies selling their time-release medicine. Now, witches are formulating time-released curses to dish out the pain.</p>
<p class="crazy" style="padding-left: 30px;">I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.</p>
<p>Demons hiding in our candy!? This explains the nasty heartburn I get after eating too much chocolate. I wonder if it is Gog and Magog. I'm pretty sure former President Bush had prophesied their activity in my esophagus track. Remember how hilarious it was to watch your parents cut the fruit you may get from trick or treating because razors might be in them? Now we find out that this whole time they should have been scanning our food with a <a href="http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/pke-meter/" target="_blank">PKE Meter</a>.</p>
<p class="crazy" style="padding-left: 30px;">It is a time for the gathering of evil that masquerades behind the fictitious characters of Dracula, werewolves, mummies and witches on brooms. The truth is that these demons that have been presented as scary cartoons actually exist. I have prayed for witches who are addicted to drinking blood and howling at the moon.</p>
<p>Dracula, werewolves, mummies, and witches on brooms exist! This is amazing. Little ol' Kimberly Daniels has single handedly brought forth evidence of some of the most well known horror characters from novels during the past handful of centuries being actually real. Scientist are going to have a field day with the buckets of information this lady has unearthed.</p>
<p>The thing that bothers me is that she openly admits praying for "witches who are addicted to drinking blood and howling at the moon." I'm sorry if I'm a bit incredulous. I would love to meet these women who drink blood and howl at the moon. Why is it that we never meet any of these people, unless of course this is after they've been healed by the power of Christ, right? Akin to the "I used to be an Atheist, heavy into drugs and drinking" line some Christians like to spout.</p>
<p>I always liked to think of Christians as people afraid of their own shadow. As seeing the world as this big scary place and needing the helping hand of an invisible friend to guide them on their way. Having grown up in a family dominated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism" target="_blank">Pentecostalism</a> I'm pretty well familiar with some of the crazier things taught in a Christian denomination, but I am absolutely floored by the amount of made up junk religion likes to push on the minds of their followers.</p>
<p>Wait, there is more to this story. Believe me, it gets even better.</p>
<p class="crazy" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px;">The danger of Halloween is not in the scary things we see but in the secret, wicked, cruel activities that go on behind the scenes. These activities include:</p>
<ul class="crazy" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: square; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 30px;">
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Sex with demons</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Orgies between animals and humans</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Animal and human sacrifices</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Sacrificing babies to shed innocent blood</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Rape and molestation of adults, children and babies</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Revel nights</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Conjuring of demons and casting of spells</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Release of "time-released" curses against the innocent and the ignorant.</li>
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<p>Geez, I'm feeling a bit left out. How come I've never been invited to parties like these? I'm not even sure where to begin with this. Sex with demons? Really? Sure, the modern Succubus looks pretty hot and tempting but I'm pretty sure there are some nasty STDs you can get from demons. Orgies between animals and humans? Animal and human sacrifices? Baby sacrifice? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse" target="_blank">Didn't we go through this during the eighties</a>? Once again Google never lets me down, I find out that the <a href="http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/incubus.htm" target="_blank">Jesus Freaks believe in Succubus and their male counterpart Incubus</a>! It has come to the point that it no longer is shocking to hear Christians proclaim belief in such oddities anymore. When you believe in a god who supposedly creates an avatar of himself, then sacrifices himself to himself to forgive the sins of a people he made himself, and believe this without a single doubt then the idea of ghastly demons roaming the Earth seem tame in comparison.</p>
<p>In some ways I can understand these people. I remember growing up fearful of all the unknowns in the world. I recall having a pastor tell me all sorts of horrific things and gladly believing it because why would he lie? Unlike many others though I eventually escaped the nonsense when I finally took a look at the world around me. I remember well the fear I  allowing myself to think freely - it actually terrorized me. Only at first. It took about two years to full pull myself out of the mindset I had forced on me as a child.</p>
<p>As much as I would have loved to have done a line by line refute of this article, the stench of ignorance coming from this article is so strong that I can hardly find the will to move on. Having assaulted myself with this article, I'm hoping to find some brain bleach, a stiff drink, and an alien abduction. I want off this rock.</p>
<p>Aww, CBN removed the article. I can't imagine they were embarrassed by the content with all the wacky stuff Pat pushes. So, google cache comes to the rescue. I really do love Google.</p>
<p><a href="http://74.125.47.132/search?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbn.com%2Fspirituallife%2Fonlinediscipleship%2Fhalloween%2Fhalloween_danger_daniels.aspx&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&amp;aqi=" target="_blank">Cache a la Google of the removed article</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/prophetic-insight/23723-the-danger-of-celebrating-halloween?showall=1" target="_blank">Also found where the original post was republished</a>.</p>
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