1. Comment #428504 by Ignorant Amos on October 31, 2009 at 12:20 pm

These people are fuckin' rockets!!!!!

The Rev. says it "we live in one world and they live in another"

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2. Comment #428505 by Apemanblues on October 31, 2009 at 12:37 pm

Pricks

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3. Comment #428508 by Pete.K on October 31, 2009 at 12:43 pm

When thank goodness old Rev Whatisface has some common sense, but then he isn't fleecing the people, through fear and intimidation, into giving their money to these charlatan evangelists. Wherever fools gather there will always be someone to take advantage of them, except for Kent Hovind of course, he can't take advantage of simpletons until his release from prison.

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4. Comment #428509 by Prankster on October 31, 2009 at 12:44 pm

I always knew most American sweets (candy) were evil personified but......

Fucking hell! Sex with demons. I can get that by visiting most nightclubs in Liverpool on a Friday or Saturday night, Halloween notwithstanding. Disliking orange and brown? These people are cabbages and need throwing in a large padded cell in my opinon.

Evil money grubbing fakers and charlatans-one more example of religious idiocy impinging on a bit of fun.

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5. Comment #428510 by alexhouse on October 31, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Actually, Reverend - you are in their world, not in mine. Funny you can't see it.

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6. Comment #428511 by Jos Gibbons on October 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm

If you were trying to parody religion, you'd do it just like this (if you weren't afraid of being accused of exaggerating it). But no, this story is real. These people really believe that these candies are prepared by people who drink blood. (I wonder why they avoided the word vampires.) Do these people have any explanation why demons are most powerful during October?

"A thoughtful religious man" - comparatively, perhaps. But getting called "thoughtful" just because you don't believe in satanically possessed sugar cane seems like the bar has been placed pretty low.

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7. Comment #428513 by Sally Luxmoore on October 31, 2009 at 12:52 pm

Total insanity.

As usual, I am reminded of how wrong GK Chesterton was when he said that when you cease to believe in God, you will believe in anything.
The truth is that it is the 'believers' who will believe in anything.
It is ironic that the television people turned to a different kind of believer for the 'sane' view. It would have been so much more appropriate to have got someone like Sam Harris, Dan Dennett or Michael Shermer etc etc to make a genuinely 'un-faith-tainted' comment.

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8. Comment #428516 by Nunbeliever on October 31, 2009 at 1:08 pm

Can there be anything more entertaining than watching religious people fight each other? "You are a lunatic.... No YOU are..."

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9. Comment #428518 by Michael P. on October 31, 2009 at 1:25 pm

This story is completely true: the demons got me YEARS ago. . .

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10. Comment #428521 by Imroy on October 31, 2009 at 1:40 pm

Sally: At the risk of being labelled an accomodationist, I don't think it would have been better to get Harris, Dennett, Shermer, etc on to comment instead of the reverend. More people would be able to dismiss their views, because they're those evil, amoral atheists.

Having not only one of their own, but a reverend too (they get more respect), makes what he says more acceptable to fellow religious people. Plus, it demonstrates what extremist loons Pat and Kimberly are. I mean, sure, an Atheist/skeptic/etc is expected to criticise this sort of nonsense. But when a mainstream Christian calls them nuts, and a reverend no less? That must have them questioning things.

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11. Comment #428522 by Border Collie on October 31, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Actually, the "Rev." Barry Lynn is one of the most sane guys around and he's on our side. I mean, being an attorney, how much of a "Rev." can he really be? Anyway, don't eat the candy. You'll turn into a zombie and have sex with demons ... and you'll be hyperactive with rotting teeth.

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12. Comment #428525 by Spinoza on October 31, 2009 at 2:03 pm

I serve sissy punk gods... I call them musicians, though.

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13. Comment #428526 by chompermom on October 31, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Well, what do you know? That is scarier than Dick Chaney.

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14. Comment #428538 by InYourFaceNewYorker on October 31, 2009 at 3:00 pm

The world is doomed.

I have a great idea: let's all find a demon to bang tonight while watching the ultimate horror film, "Jesus Camp!"

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15. Comment #428541 by Yebhx on October 31, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Ha. Go to http://www.demonbuster.com/ for religious advice on dealing with trolls, succubi, ghosts and witches.

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16. Comment #428542 by G_Wyn on October 31, 2009 at 3:18 pm

Nunbeliever and Alexhouse, I agree.
I'd never heard of "Americans United for Separation of Church and State" but I read on their website
that it protects the historic American principle of church-state separation. So far, so good.
Then I learn that its president is a "deeply religious person" and a reverend. ?!? I don't follow; is this because I'm not an American?

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17. Comment #428543 by 8theist on October 31, 2009 at 3:23 pm

Text of original article posted on CBN.com
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HALLOWEEN

The Danger of Celebrating Halloween
By Kimberly Daniels
Guest Writer

CBN.com – Halloween—October 31—is considered a holiday in the United States. In fact, it rivals Christmas with regard to how widely celebrated it is. Stores that sell only Halloween-related paraphernalia open up a few months before the day and close shortly after it ends. But is Halloween a holiday that Christians should be observing?

The word "holiday" means "holy day." But there is nothing holy about Halloween. The root word of Halloween is "hallow," which means "holy, consecrated and set apart for service." If this holiday is hallowed, whose service is it set apart for? The answer to that question is very easy—Lucifer's!

Lucifer is a part of the demonic godhead. Remember, everything God has, the devil has a counterfeit. 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).

The key word in discussing Halloween is "dedicated." It is dedicated to darkness and is an accursed season. 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.

You may ask, "Doesn't God have more power than the devil?" Yes, but He has given that power to us. If we do not walk in it, we will become the devil's prey. Witchcraft works through dirty hearts and wrong spirits.

During this period demons are assigned against those who participate in the rituals and festivities. These demons are automatically drawn to the fetishes that open doors for them to come into the lives of human beings. For example, most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.

Even the colors of Halloween (orange, brown and dark red) are dedicated. These colors are connected to the fall equinox, which is around the 20th or 21st of September each year and is sometimes called "Mabon." During this season witches are celebrating the changing of the seasons from summer to fall. They give praise to the gods for the demonic harvest. They pray to the gods of the elements (air, fire, water and earth).

Mother earth is highly celebrated during the fall demonic harvest. Witches praise mother earth by bringing her fruits, nuts and herbs. Demons are loosed during these acts of worship. When nice church folk lay out their pumpkins on the church lawn, fill their baskets with nuts and herbs, and fire up their bonfires, the demons get busy. They have no respect for the church grounds. They respect only the sacrifice and do not care if it comes from believers or non-believers.

Gathering around bonfires is a common practice in pagan worship. As I remember, the bonfires that I attended during homecoming week when I was in high school were always in the fall. I am amazed at how we ignorantly participate in pagan, occult rituals.

The gods of harvest that the witches worship during their fall festivals are the Corn King and the Harvest Lord. The devil is too stupid to understand that Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest 365 days a year. But we cannot be ignorant of the devices of the enemy. When we pray, we bind the powers of the strong men that people involved in the occult worship.

Halloween is much more than a holiday filled with fun and tricks or treats. 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.

While the lukewarm and ignorant think of these customs as "just harmless fun," the vortexes of hell are releasing new assignments against souls. Witches take pride in laughing at the ignorance of natural men (those who ignore the spirit realm).

Decorating buildings with Halloween scenes, dressing up for parties, going door-to-door for candy, standing around bonfires and highlighting pumpkin patches are all acts rooted in entertaining familiar spirits. All these activities are demonic and have occult roots.

The word "occult" means "secret." 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:

* Sex with demons
* Orgies between animals and humans
* Animal and human sacrifices
* Sacrificing babies to shed innocent blood
* Rape and molestation of adults, children and babies
* Revel nights
* Conjuring of demons and casting of spells
* Release of "time-released" curses against the innocent and the ignorant.

Another abomination that goes on behind the scenes of Halloween is necromancy, or communication with the dead. Séances and contacting spirit guides are very popular on Halloween, so there is a lot of darkness lurking in the air.

However, Ephesians 1:19-21 speaks of the authority of the believer and the exceeding greatness of God's power in us (the same power that raised Christ from the dead). It goes on to say that that Jesus is seated in heavenly places far above all principalities, power, might, dominions and every name that is named. The good news is that because we are seated in heavenly places with Jesus, the same demonic activity that is under His feet is under our feet, too!

People who worship the devil continue to attempt to lift him up. But he has already been cast out and down! Many are blinded to this fact, but the day will come when all will know he has been defeated once and for all.

When we accept Jesus but refuse to renounce Satan and his practices, we are neither hot nor cold but lukewarm—and the Word says that God will spit us out of His mouth. The problem with lukewarm is that it attempts to mix the things of the devil with the things of God. It is God's desire that we serve Him alone.

Second Corinthians 6:15 asks the question, "And what agreement has Christ with Belial?" As believers, we need to answer that question in our hearts. We must avoid the very appearance of evil. I would not want a demon spirit to mistake me for an occult worshiper.

There is no doubt in my heart that God is not calling us to replace fall festivals and Halloween activities; rather, He wants us to utterly destroy the deeds of this season. If you or your family members have opened the door to any curses that are released during the demonic fall festivals, renounce them and repent. I already have. Then declare with me: "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!"

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18. Comment #428544 by Friend Giskard on October 31, 2009 at 3:28 pm

This is novel, but I fail to see how it rises above the normal level of craziness for religions.

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19. Comment #428545 by yanquetino on October 31, 2009 at 3:30 pm

Uh... why can't the parents simply pray over their kids' bags of candy to exorcise the demons before they gobble it down? Wha'sa matter? God isn't more powerful than Satan and his minions?

Besides... they are denying the Tooth Fairy a decent living!

Can't wait to hear what they have to say about the Easter Bunny.

Gaaaaawd, what a world.

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20. Comment #428547 by caraz84 on October 31, 2009 at 3:36 pm

oh my god some americans just get worse by the day can't wait to see what they come up with next

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21. Comment #428549 by Roland_F on October 31, 2009 at 3:51 pm

How ridiculous crazy to believe in blood drinking daemons produced Halloween candies.

Of course better use wafers transsubstatiated into the body of Christ and gape-juice transsubstatiated into the blood of Christ as Halloween present., this makes more sense than these strange superstitious beliefs isn’t it £

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22. Comment #428550 by Border Collie on October 31, 2009 at 3:57 pm

I can't wait for the Southpark guys to take this to new heights, I mean depths. And they say voodoo is dead. Puleeze! I've not seen the Demon Buster Winnebago, but I have seen the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile. Does that count?

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23. Comment #428552 by A on October 31, 2009 at 4:04 pm

The people are idiotic pricks.

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24. Comment #428561 by glenister_m on October 31, 2009 at 4:25 pm

"They say your body is a temple. But I'm not religious. So I like to rent out my body to demons for private parties." - comedian Mitch Fatel

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25. Comment #428563 by flying goose on October 31, 2009 at 4:36 pm

I shall be out trick or treating with my kids tonight, I have a nice black clock, and a besom just about to start on the pumpkin. The rev is right, these people don't like anyone who is not like them. They are dangerous dangerous dangerous.

On Separation, it works both ways. Where church and state work together, both try to interfere in each others sphere.

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26. Comment #428564 by superwolf on October 31, 2009 at 4:37 pm

Why don't they just pray over the high fructose corn syrup? It's in everything from candy to ketchup. They'd snag a lot of souls that way.

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27. Comment #428565 by mordacious1 on October 31, 2009 at 4:40 pm

This woman may be suffering from Samhainophobia.

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28. Comment #428569 by sillygirl on October 31, 2009 at 4:57 pm

These people aren't just real, they're fairly common. I know a couple whe spend every halloween hiding in the basement of their church with as many children as they can convince that a "lock-in" is a slumber party. A less extreme version is the ones who hand out Christian propaganda with their treats. That includes a good quarter of some neighborhoods.

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29. Comment #428573 by artisfact on October 31, 2009 at 5:13 pm

A lawyer as well as a minister...what a clever pick by MSNBC.

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30. Comment #428578 by TIKI AL on October 31, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Lawyer Lynn chased god out of the Iowa prisons!

"Americans United filed suit against the Interchange Freedom Initiative (IFI), a program of Prison Fellowship Ministries. IFI's had contracted with the state of Iowa to provide in-prison rehabilitation programs. The suit alleged that the Iowa program violated the separation of church and state in the Constitution. Lynn asserted that the program was saturated with fundamentalist Christianity and treated non-fundamentalist inmates like second-class citizens. Prison Fellowship Ministries responded with claims of the program's alleged effectiveness in reduced recidivism (two studies - one by the State of Texas [5] and one by the University of Pennsylvania [6] - support these claims, while according to the Americans United website, a professor at UCLA has "debunked" one of the studies as "statistically flawed."[7] Two federal courts agreed with Lynn that the program was unconstitutional. After a federal court struck down the program, Prison Fellowship appealed to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The state of Iowa joined with IFI in appealing the decision. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals assembled a three-judge panel, including former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, to hear the appeal. On December 3, 2007, this panel affirmed the lower court decision, and the IFI program was removed from the Iowa prison." ...WIKI

...I wonder if Sandra is trying to make up for installing Bush as president in 2000 and ruining the world.

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31. Comment #428589 by dumbcountryhick on October 31, 2009 at 6:14 pm

"These people aren't just real, they're fairly common."

I can remember a classmate once saying that her mother didn't let her go trick or treating because it "lets the devil in your house".

Halloween or Sowen has a very long history of persecution by Christians going back nearly as far as the inception of Christianity itself.

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32. Comment #428592 by pipsy on October 31, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Where can I get me some demons? Remember, if you are having a good time your probably doing something unchristian!

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33. Comment #428597 by ChicagoMolly on October 31, 2009 at 6:28 pm

@G_Wyn:

"Then I learn that that (AU's) president is a "deeply religious person" and a reverend. ?!? I don't follow; is this because I'm not an American?"

Americans United has been on the front lines in church-state separation fights for many years. It's by no means an atheist-secularist outfit. It is about Separation, and as such it draws both secularists and nons. Religious people like Rev Lynn understand that church-state entanglement is dangerous to both church and state, and are always willing to educate (and if necessary to litigate) to keep the christian jihadists from using the police power of the state to make us conform to their beliefs. Good on 'em!!

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34. Comment #428600 by InfuriatedSciTeacher on October 31, 2009 at 6:41 pm

This sounds like something out of the Onion... it'd be hilarious if it weren't real.

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35. Comment #428602 by TIKI AL on October 31, 2009 at 6:52 pm

@G_Wyn:

"Then I learn that that (AU's) president is a "deeply religious person" and a reverend. ?!? I don't follow; is this because I'm not an American?"

...half of us voting for Bush twice must have really blown your mind!

ChicagoMolly @ 33: You did a nice job of explaining Lynn's motives.

..."It's the separation, stoopid!"

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36. Comment #428604 by G_Wyn on October 31, 2009 at 6:55 pm

"...half of us voting for Bush twice must have really blown your mind! "

As a matter of fact..

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37. Comment #428608 by stptrck75 on October 31, 2009 at 7:34 pm

Rev., why not point that logic at your own beliefs?

You say you need evidence, yet where's the evidence for talking snakes, resurrections, virgin births, etc...?

Newsflash: Your beliefs are no crazier than the demon candy folks. Think about it, hard.

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38. Comment #428610 by firstelder_d on October 31, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Another abomination that goes on behind the scenes of Halloween is necromancy, or communication with the dead

So I guess no one should pray to Jesus tonight...

Daniels is scary as demons.

I just bought some Halloween candy... but I got a text from Bacchus and he said it's all good now.

Demon sex eh? How will I know if she's a demon? What if she's wearing an angel costume?

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39. Comment #428611 by Cartomancer on October 31, 2009 at 8:23 pm

Bugger. This isn't working. I've been trying all day to summon daemons to have sex with. No matter how many sweets and chocolates I sacrifice on my unholy altar to the infernal powers I can't find a single one who wants to sleep with me. Just like humans in that regard then. Bugger. Or not indeed.

What use is being an evil atheist warlock if I can't get laid?

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40. Comment #428612 by jcob82 on October 31, 2009 at 8:31 pm

Does anyone know if condoms protect against demons? I read the label but it doesn't say. The Christians always provide the best reason to NOT be a Christian. Happy Halloween everyone and try not to get any demons pregnant tonight.

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41. Comment #428619 by prolibertas on October 31, 2009 at 9:17 pm

Hmm do the demons look like Elizabeth Hurley from Bedazzled??

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42. Comment #428620 by Rodger T on October 31, 2009 at 9:30 pm

Oh, the insanity.

Tho, if this can stop obnoxious little shits turning up at my door demanding lollies I`m all for it, having said that , poking the twin barrels of a shotgun thru the mail slot usually turns them away also.( just kidding)

Never seen the wisdom of this greed fest ,teach your kids all year not to accept candy from strangers ,then send them out at night to demand it with menaces .

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43. Comment #428621 by alovrin on October 31, 2009 at 9:33 pm

So there's crazy lady itinerant preacher saying those pagans are putting evils spirits in candy during Halloween?

And the reverend lawyer who does a little bit of legal work for Wiccans and , surprise surprise, not at all the kind of people to mass produce evil enhanced candy.

What is this a news flash from the 17th century?

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44. Comment #428622 by Ascaphus on October 31, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Isn't this from last year? Why the Dick Cheney reference, and the 'joinrudy2008.com' in the backdrop?

Matt

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45. Comment #428623 by Rich Wiltshir on October 31, 2009 at 9:45 pm

I love this; the "leave your brain at the door" brigade playing at thinking!

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46. Comment #428625 by Quine on October 31, 2009 at 9:48 pm

What use is being an evil atheist warlock if I can't get laid?

Perhaps this explains the relatively low representation in population statistics attributable to Demon Spawn.

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47. Comment #428628 by dal on October 31, 2009 at 10:28 pm

Fundamentalism: A terrible, pervasive fear that someone, somewhere, is having fun. - H. L. Mencken

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48. Comment #428630 by Colwyn Abernathy on October 31, 2009 at 10:53 pm

And let's not forget what happens to people who are accused of witchcraft in today's world.

From the JREF:

What's the harm?

WARNING! Video is EXTREMELY graphic! WARNING!

Sure, laughter works for Western idiots like the moronic Reverend, but remember that silly beliefs like this cost people lives, and therein should lie our outrage.

Oh, and Happy Halloween and New Year to everyone! :)

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49. Comment #428632 by Colwyn Abernathy on October 31, 2009 at 11:03 pm

Pipsy,

Where can I get me some demons? Remember, if you are having a good time your probably doing something unchristian!

Remember to bring along some Summoner Tubes. ;)



Bonus Geek Points for naming the reference! :D Sorry, terrible, I know but I couldn't resist.

I'll get my coat.

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50. Comment #428633 by Follow Peter Egan on October 31, 2009 at 11:07 pm

Wow. From Dan Dennett to this. A truly astonishing level of stupidity.

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