Satan is the ultimate "self-determined" man. Look where that got him. And darn, he still faces constraints: there are bounds he cannot pass, and bonds he cannot break.
The ultimate sovereign individual, and a fallen Angel.not sure how that happened or exactly when. Satan existed before Adam and Eve. He is a key figure in the book of Job, the oldest book in the Holy Scriptura.
God's plan was a plan of wisdom to be garnered through agency, and redemption through Christ's Atonement when the inevitable use of agency went awry. But this plan meant some souls would be lost and never reach heaven, for some would choose darkness instead of light. Satan's plan was that we would not be given agency at all, and in that way no redemption would be necessary. No freedom (we would be his slaves), and no Christ. For these affronts to the goodness of God, Satan--one of the "sons of the morning"--was thrust down to hell. He can never progress; he can never gain a body (unless by demonic possession); he can never win. But he will make as many human beings as he can "miserable like unto himself" in the meantime before the End.
I agree with your comment. Yahweh chose His people before the foundation of the universe. We have nothing to do with it. He chose His people for His Kingdom. Satan is bound now so that the Gospel will go to every nation, tongue, and tribe. King Jesus is returning soon to judge every human being who ever lived. Some for His new earth. Most for reprobation into the Lake of Fire. No mere human being knows which is which. In the meantime, Satan is trying to deceive everyone. Satan is the Father of Lies, after all.
The entirety of CRT , Critical Race Theory, and Critical Gender Theory are totally fraudulent. They are meant to divide and conquer normal folks. To separate their daily lives from actual truth. They are both pure evil theories.
I cannot and do not believe in predestination. God desires the salvation of all, and Christ opened the way for everyone who will turn around and take that path.
I don't believe in predestination either, but if you exist outside of time, as God does, you can see the end even though we can't. God lives in an endless present, which is why Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, even though He suffered and died over 2,000 years ago.
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven, as quoted by Milton. I have known many people who genuinely despise God and the demands he makes, and fully identify with Satan's rebelliousness, even if not always consciously.
Satan doesn't care if you believe in him, or how you believe in him. Anyone who thinks they can use him as a symbol and that "he means to you what you need him to mean" is just falling for another of his lies, and setting himself on the path to destruction. Because that is what Satan himself means for you.
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. The question is simple, who is a woman? And why were they scorned. This is no longer an easy question with trannies being shoved down to normal folks to accept. I will never accept any of these new satanic ideas. God created Adam from the dust of the earth. And then God said it is not good for a man to be alone. So he created Eve from Adam’s rib. Not from his head, so that she could rule over him. Not from his feet, so that he could trample over her or oppress her. But from his side, as his equal to perfect the mission of human beings. To be fruitful and multiply greatly and then subjugate the earth. And then worship God Almighty and enjoy Him forever.
As our culture dissolves and goes further into satanic principles, everything is becoming more and more conformed into satanic ideals that will destroy our society.
So, what to do? Object and refuse to go along. No need to make a stink, just refuse to comply. Go to your church or synagogue every week and every single time the doors are open. Make small communities of fellow believers and just shut off popular culture. The answer and the solution, is your faith community. Get to know your fello parishioners and congregates. Live in their lives and they in your lives.
In my experience, Satanists run the gamut from "I'm a teenage atheist but EXTRA EDGY take that mom haha" to "I do abortions and child trafficking for fun".
Not sure where this one falls on the spectrum, but either way getting comfy with demons is never a good idea. Even worse to start pushing it on kids
The people worshipping Satan don't believe in the Christian view of Satan. that's why they're worshipping him.
Unfortunately for them, Satan doesn't care what they think he is. He is what he is. It's the corollary of "your belief in God doesn't affect his existence."
Satan was an Angel who led a rebellion against Yahweh. His most frequent showing is in the Book of Job, the first book of the Holy Scriptura ever written, in the times of the patriarch Abraham. He is also called the Dragon in the book of the Apocalypse of the Revelation.
Satan is not in hell right now. But he is bound so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can be spread across the earth in every nation, tongue, and race. Satan will be felled by King Jesus on the Day of the Lord. This is described in the book of the Apocalypse of the Revelation. He will be tossed into the Lake of Fire for eternity.
Satan is absolutely real.
And yes, the book of Job, was written by an unnamed source in the time of Abraham, about 4,000 years ago.
Given how "euphoric" this is likely to make men feel while trying it on, I can only imagine no woman will EVER try on a swimsuit at Target ever again . . .
Unfortunately in this fallen world some of your allies are going to curse. I curse like a sailor (I'm a union boatsman and have been for 20+ years). I'm also a Christian. I got the love of Jesus deep in my heart and Blessed Mother too. Don't forget St. Peter had a mouth too. Of course he did. He was a fisherman.
Blasphemy is sinful. Other forms of cursing are rude and crude (and sometimes useful and needed) but would only be sinful in situations where they are being directed at others with hurtful intent. Though sometimes b**** or a****** is an accurate description of someone's behavior too.
I never said that. I only made a polite request for the commenters to not curse.
So, I will do it again, gently. Please do not curse on this blog. Ladies are on it as well. Some Christians respect our wives and daughters greatly and wish to shield them from course behaviors.
Cursing christians respect their wives too. I will endeavor to keep my language civil for the sake of civility. But words have a right to be used in the proper context. Never trust a preacher who cant curse a blue streak.
Im with the drinking, swearing Martin Luther in his intro to the book of James:
“In the first place it is flatly against St. Paul and all the rest of Scripture in ascribing justification to works .”
He went on to refer to it as “an epistle of straw without a word of Gospel.”
Thank God for the Apostle Paul who saved the NT church from becoming a splinter of Judaism. Please dont get me started on James or i will start cussing like a sailor.
Re: "The Satanic Temple's code of guiding principles - the Seven Tenets - prioritises empathy, control over one's own body, and respect for other people's freedoms, including the freedom to offend."
Moral therepeutic [Insert term] reminds me of the guy in the parable who builds his house on sand-- and when the flood comes (it will come) the house washes right away.
If there's going to be Satanism, it should at least be up to the (low) standard of the old B horror movie Satanism-- not New Agey kumbiyah Satanism. O Tempora, O Mores, I guess.
Not so sure about that. As I've said, I bought a Ouija board as a goof when I was 13 and it was one of the stupidest things I've ever done. And that's a tough competitive field.
My Mom bought me a Ouija board when I was probably 13. We had no idea then what we were getting into. One night when relatives were staying with us we got it out.
I asked it then how old I would be when I got married. I didn’t like the answer I got, because it told me that I would be 48. I wanted to mutually fall in love with a pretty woman in my 20s and marry her and have kids and otherwise live in bliss.
Yes, that’s naive, adolescent expectations, all right, and I set myself up for disappointment. It took me a few decades to get some lessons in reality though my thick skull, but I did so in spite of myself.
My birth date is January 14, 1951. I was finally married on May 15, 1999. I think back now and shudder. I’m a believer, and got a healthy respect from that.
Satan tells you what you want to hear, including, "I exist, I don't exist, sure, man, cool. Just crap on God and all His works, you can say what you want about me." Satan is less concerned about attention upon him (though that is absolutely fine), and more about separating you from God. THAT is the bottom line. And whatever he has to do to get that, he is fine with it.
I agree with you mostly, though English "pride" takes in some territory that isn't really sinful to feel or express ("I'm proud of my graduating kid becoming valedictorian") When I want to be sure to specify the sinful aspects I usually use "hubris".
No, not all all. Satan is far bigger and far more powerful and far more dangerous to human beings then mere woke people. He moves to and fro seeking souls to devour. Starting with the men and husbands first. Take down the strongman and the women and children are much easier to destroy.
I don't think Satan plays favorites-- men, women, the young, the old, the rich, the poor. They are all fodder for him. Although a priest once told me that Hell especially likes to lead the faithful away from God.
You know how every Exodus bible study gets deep into the weeds of what is meant by God hardening Pharaoh's heart? Well, we are seeing it before our eyes. Target's heart has been hardened, and that will help us leave it behind to the locusts. I'm glad the enemies of God are being loud and proud, like in that EU art display - there's no more sugarcoating what is going on!
See, silver lining for you : ) You were made for these times, thank God for giving us a chance to stand up and tell no lies..
OK, so the Israelites got to go to a Promised Land to escape the rot of Egypt. Where exactly are we to go to leave the rot behind? All we have are our homes, which are increasingly no longer sacrosanct under law.
I don’t know, but that’s the discussion worth having. You know about the Benedict Option if you’re here! Courtesy of the Babylon Bee, another proposal:
The role of Egypt in scripture is representative of the world around us. The wilderness is the separation from Egypt. Canaan “the Promised Land” is not a type of Paradise. It is the representation of the life of faith. God instructed them to fight their surrounding enemies in Canaan. There is no war in Paradise.
The trip from Egypt to the Promised Land was intended to take about 2 months. But their complaining, faithlessness, idolatry and judgement of Moses and God resulted in 40 YEARS!
Their failures in the wilderness AND the Promised Land were a result of their inability to hear and understand. This record was given and preserved for our instruction.
When the question arises:
“Where exactly are we to go to leave the rot behind?”, the answer should be “trust in what God has declared. Moses spoke of messiah. He appeared looooong after Egypt. The people were to labor to that day.
“Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken...
Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. “
Messiah appeared to them.
The rot is INSIDE us. Only the Holy Spirit can displace it until our flesh succumbs to its sentence and dies. Paradise lay beyond.
Ken's right. Our Exodus will look different since (as you say) there sin't a promised land for us to escape to. The Benedict Option is a form of exodus. So is home education. You don't have to physically leave a place to leave its culture.
The Bible refers to people passing children through the fire to molech... generally understood as child sacrifice to demon god. That is what abortion is: the killing of the unborn in the name of the Self. Some modern people are open enough to say they are so using abortion as child sacrifice to Satan, but whether they name the name or not, that is exactly what they’re doing.
Well… it says in the Scriptura that “God loved Jacob and hated Esau”. Why was that? Everyone will not enter heaven, the new earth. Most will live in the Lake of Fire. Why? We don’t understand YAHWEH and why He does things. Human beings have teeny tiny brains with little imagination. 99% of the truth or far more, humans do not understand even what they don’t know about.
People think this is just silly froth, but when you invite Satan into your life, even if he's only a "symbol", he will come. Oh, yes, he will come to you . . . don't ever issue that type of invitation! If you do, he becomes entitled to power over you.
Oh, and if you see him as just a symbol, he might even be quiet and silent for a time, just to draw you in further. Again, whatever it takes to separate you from God.
Apparently. If I get this right, she is a woman attracted to men, i.e a straight woman, but since she's identifying as a man, that makes her gay, i.e. a gay trans man. I think......
RIght. Just like a "male to female" trans who is attracted to women (ie, pre-transition straight male) describes themselves as a lesbian transwoman. Note that this is irrespective of the anatomical editing that has taken place (if any) -- the key "trick" is that "sex" is being replaced by "gender" when determining what was previously known as "sexual attraction" (that is, attraction based on one's sex). So if one identifies as a woman and is attracted to women, one is a lesbian, and if one identified as a man and is attracted to men, one is a gay man -- regardless of what genitals one may or may not have. This is the usage now for the trans world.
Andrew Sullivan had a post yesterday complaining about people like the one discussed in the article showing up on Grindr and saying that they are gay men even though they have female genitalia, and claiming the right to be present in that space and to lecture gay men about being bigots for not wanting to date them because of their genital status or underlying biological sex. The same is happening on the lesbian side with a bit more of a spotlight in the media -- the "cotton ceiling" concept has been noted, which is an idea invented by male to female trans that refers to the "bigoted" resistance of lesbians to date them on the basis of their genitalia and/or biological sex.
It was inevitable that this would happen, even though just five years ago we were being lectured that this was speculative catastrophizing -- as we always are.
The "T" folks hitched a ride on the LGB bandwagon. That's about it. In reality transsexualism is as confrontational to homosexuality as it is to heterosexuality since it denies the reality of gender on which both are based.
I am cautious about using government power to coerce expression. Having said that we do it with public indecency laws, pornography in public places. Debating slippery slope as we immerse ourselves in hell on earth is a waste of time. None of these laws are sacrosanct. Otherwise there would be no exceptions. Authority of Government comes from governed. Conservatives should use all intellectual, legislative power to effect change on this front. And when courts decide in favor truth, justice (roe wade was overturned), we will have done all we can do and within constitutional order.
Isn't there any moment of cognitive dissonance when they say "empathy, compassion, and love" with one breath, and "liking" the Homophobe Guillotine with the next breath?
It's like Flannery O'Connor says: "When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced-labor camps and in the fumes of the gas chamber." These folks see "the bigots" as all that stands in the way of the reign of universal kindness and good vibes, so guillotining the bigots is really the compassionate thing to do.
Nope, we have no mandate from God Almighty to do evil at all. So then, let’s not do evil. Nor accept it, nor be tolerant of it. Just call it what it is. Evil.
No man in a dress calling himself a woman deserve respect nor approval. They should be screened and watched by law enforcement as highly probable rapists of children, actually Paedophiles.
Yes - I can’t believe people call themselves Satanists who are merely dorks. I don’t mean that I admire actual Satanists - far from it- but this is pathetic. Anarchists of a certain strain used to celebrate Lucifer as giver of light- again not something I would go for. But these people are so small . Oh now the demonic is woke . No the demonic is demonic.
EVERYTHING in the sad virtual world of modern Americans, all slaves to their devices, is about applying any possibly spicy label to yourself to make you seem/feel more interesting and part of some internet "community" (of people who don't know each other).
"Satanist" "nonbinary" "socialist" etc have all been drained of any actual meaning, they are just the modern equivalent of how kids in high school a few generations ago put the buttons and patches of their favorite bands on their jackets.
"Identity" is to the 21st century what character and personality were to prior centuries.
The Woke has been demonic for decades, even before it was called Woke. Advocating for the right to abortion on demand for all nine months--what is that but demonic? It's just they're being a bit more explicit about it now.
This reminds me of a former friend. She had pink hair, she was morbidly obese she is into colorful unicorn posters, and she identified herself as bisexual. She's not a bad person - she's just profoundly troubled. Target and co. are reinforcing the self-image of people like my friend, actively replacing the role of parents and caregivers, much like those sinister pharma companies profiting off of desperate folks. I am a free-marketeer all the way, but we need to stand firm against capitalism taking the place of the family, the community and traditional values.
Although Satan is powerful, Satanists have little power. They are freaks just like those who came up with the Esperanto language, Trekkies, Hale-Bopp believers (all dead now), Deadheads and Parrotheads. These bizarre groups exist because of all the superfluous wealth in society. These nuts would be the first to die if Earth reverted back to a hunter-gatherer society or even the agricultural society that reigned for so long.
I love Jimmy Buffett & my husband is a Trekkie & we’re not bizarre. Every Jimmy Buffett concert I’ve been to is full of middle aged white folks wearing Hawaiian shirts, & various things involving tropical stuff, parrots, pirates, sharks, etc. it’s purely fun escapism. I mean, who hadn’t dreamed of chucking it all & moving to a tropical island?
I was invited by a friend to a Jimmy Buffett concert decades ago. I'm not a real Buffett fan, but who can dislike Jimmy Buffett, right? I had a great time! Parrotheads are a blast.
In a way, there's a lot of Jimmy Buffet to like. Who wouldn't want a Cheeseburger in Paradise. I don't dislike him and occasionally listen to his greatest hits but I find his followers a bit strange. Why the dedication to a music act who is little better than Hall and Oates, Olivia Newton-John or John Denver? How is he worth $600 million? Then again, I never understood the Michael Jackson craze in the 80s and 90s. Jimmy Buffet may be an outlet for escapism. But only a wealthy society can afford such expensive escapism. For most of world history, there was no escape from the world, no cheeseburger in paradise, no wasting away in Margarittaville.
The last time I heard Jimmy Buffet was towards the end of a Mass my wife and I were at in a church in Virginia a month ago. This older lady had Margaritaville as her ringtone when her phone rang right at the end of communion. The song got to point in the refrain where he was looking for his lost shaker of salt before she finally was finally able find it in her purse to shut it off.
I went to the University of Florida in the 70’s. Jimmy Buffett gave us many “free” concerts on the lawn in front of the Wayne Reitz student union hall. Lots of folks became honorary “Coral Reefers” then. And Parrotheads. 🦜 Fun times.
"The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them," is a famous apocryphal quote attributed to Lenin or sometimes Marx.
In this case, fake quote or not, you can see their point.
Modern America's last god standing is Mammon, and there's always gonna be a corporation or company happily selling the latest trendy 1001 ways to derange your child and maybe even make them mutilate and sterilize themselves.
These fools don't know the power of words, and particularly the power of a name. They don't know what it means to invoke someone. The name of Jesus is powerful. To know God's name means that one can "call upon the name of the Lord." (Acts 2:21; 3:16; 4:7) On the other hand, to invoke the names of idols, or of Satan, is to invite all kinds of spiritual forces into one's life. A few years ago, in my former denomination, a worship leaders decided to invoke "the spirit of the north, south, east and west." I said, which spirit is that? They had no answer. It never occurred to them that there are other spirits out there beside the Holy Spirit. It makes me shudder.
Playing with Satan or his minions is foolish beyond understanding. Any form of divination or the occult will only result in evil of the most virulent form.
But, Bernie, they don't "really believe" in Satan. Now.
But Satan believes in them, and that's enough once they've opened the door to him.
Satan is the ultimate "self-determined" man. Look where that got him. And darn, he still faces constraints: there are bounds he cannot pass, and bonds he cannot break.
The ultimate sovereign individual, and a fallen Angel.not sure how that happened or exactly when. Satan existed before Adam and Eve. He is a key figure in the book of Job, the oldest book in the Holy Scriptura.
God's plan was a plan of wisdom to be garnered through agency, and redemption through Christ's Atonement when the inevitable use of agency went awry. But this plan meant some souls would be lost and never reach heaven, for some would choose darkness instead of light. Satan's plan was that we would not be given agency at all, and in that way no redemption would be necessary. No freedom (we would be his slaves), and no Christ. For these affronts to the goodness of God, Satan--one of the "sons of the morning"--was thrust down to hell. He can never progress; he can never gain a body (unless by demonic possession); he can never win. But he will make as many human beings as he can "miserable like unto himself" in the meantime before the End.
I agree with your comment. Yahweh chose His people before the foundation of the universe. We have nothing to do with it. He chose His people for His Kingdom. Satan is bound now so that the Gospel will go to every nation, tongue, and tribe. King Jesus is returning soon to judge every human being who ever lived. Some for His new earth. Most for reprobation into the Lake of Fire. No mere human being knows which is which. In the meantime, Satan is trying to deceive everyone. Satan is the Father of Lies, after all.
The entirety of CRT , Critical Race Theory, and Critical Gender Theory are totally fraudulent. They are meant to divide and conquer normal folks. To separate their daily lives from actual truth. They are both pure evil theories.
I cannot and do not believe in predestination. God desires the salvation of all, and Christ opened the way for everyone who will turn around and take that path.
I don't believe in predestination either, but if you exist outside of time, as God does, you can see the end even though we can't. God lives in an endless present, which is why Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, even though He suffered and died over 2,000 years ago.
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven, as quoted by Milton. I have known many people who genuinely despise God and the demands he makes, and fully identify with Satan's rebelliousness, even if not always consciously.
Exactly
Satan doesn't care if you believe in him, or how you believe in him. Anyone who thinks they can use him as a symbol and that "he means to you what you need him to mean" is just falling for another of his lies, and setting himself on the path to destruction. Because that is what Satan himself means for you.
Rebellion against God can make one stupid and insane enough to serve Satan. Rom 1:28
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. The question is simple, who is a woman? And why were they scorned. This is no longer an easy question with trannies being shoved down to normal folks to accept. I will never accept any of these new satanic ideas. God created Adam from the dust of the earth. And then God said it is not good for a man to be alone. So he created Eve from Adam’s rib. Not from his head, so that she could rule over him. Not from his feet, so that he could trample over her or oppress her. But from his side, as his equal to perfect the mission of human beings. To be fruitful and multiply greatly and then subjugate the earth. And then worship God Almighty and enjoy Him forever.
As our culture dissolves and goes further into satanic principles, everything is becoming more and more conformed into satanic ideals that will destroy our society.
So, what to do? Object and refuse to go along. No need to make a stink, just refuse to comply. Go to your church or synagogue every week and every single time the doors are open. Make small communities of fellow believers and just shut off popular culture. The answer and the solution, is your faith community. Get to know your fello parishioners and congregates. Live in their lives and they in your lives.
In my experience, Satanists run the gamut from "I'm a teenage atheist but EXTRA EDGY take that mom haha" to "I do abortions and child trafficking for fun".
Not sure where this one falls on the spectrum, but either way getting comfy with demons is never a good idea. Even worse to start pushing it on kids
The people worshipping Satan don't believe in the Christian view of Satan. that's why they're worshipping him.
Unfortunately for them, Satan doesn't care what they think he is. He is what he is. It's the corollary of "your belief in God doesn't affect his existence."
That’s easy. They become like him. Satan originally served in the presence of the Lord and then sought to elevate himself.
Satan was an Angel who led a rebellion against Yahweh. His most frequent showing is in the Book of Job, the first book of the Holy Scriptura ever written, in the times of the patriarch Abraham. He is also called the Dragon in the book of the Apocalypse of the Revelation.
Satan is not in hell right now. But he is bound so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can be spread across the earth in every nation, tongue, and race. Satan will be felled by King Jesus on the Day of the Lord. This is described in the book of the Apocalypse of the Revelation. He will be tossed into the Lake of Fire for eternity.
Satan is absolutely real.
And yes, the book of Job, was written by an unnamed source in the time of Abraham, about 4,000 years ago.
Given how "euphoric" this is likely to make men feel while trying it on, I can only imagine no woman will EVER try on a swimsuit at Target ever again . . .
Ick
I just barfed in my mouth.
"Is there anything Woke Capitalism can’t accomplish?"
Yes. It can't make me buy their shit. Yet.
good related video
8 Ways People Give the Devil a Foothold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7qExWLDAu0
Yep. It can’t provide perfect peace, true shalom. The very essence of well being.
Please stop cursing, this is a channel for Christians. It does matter.
Unfortunately in this fallen world some of your allies are going to curse. I curse like a sailor (I'm a union boatsman and have been for 20+ years). I'm also a Christian. I got the love of Jesus deep in my heart and Blessed Mother too. Don't forget St. Peter had a mouth too. Of course he did. He was a fisherman.
Blasphemy is sinful. Other forms of cursing are rude and crude (and sometimes useful and needed) but would only be sinful in situations where they are being directed at others with hurtful intent. Though sometimes b**** or a****** is an accurate description of someone's behavior too.
Fuck yeah, Bro.👍
Christians dont swear? You gotta be f*****g kidding me.
I never said that. I only made a polite request for the commenters to not curse.
So, I will do it again, gently. Please do not curse on this blog. Ladies are on it as well. Some Christians respect our wives and daughters greatly and wish to shield them from course behaviors.
Thank you…
Cursing christians respect their wives too. I will endeavor to keep my language civil for the sake of civility. But words have a right to be used in the proper context. Never trust a preacher who cant curse a blue streak.
I would never trust them. Read the Book of James, James the Just, in the Holy Scriptura. It focuses closely on language.
Im with the drinking, swearing Martin Luther in his intro to the book of James:
“In the first place it is flatly against St. Paul and all the rest of Scripture in ascribing justification to works .”
He went on to refer to it as “an epistle of straw without a word of Gospel.”
Thank God for the Apostle Paul who saved the NT church from becoming a splinter of Judaism. Please dont get me started on James or i will start cussing like a sailor.
I recommend listening to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Let freedom of expression ring. 🇺🇸
One of the best comedy bits about cuss words:
https://youtu.be/5ssJtD08vCc
Please stop cursing.
Re: "The Satanic Temple's code of guiding principles - the Seven Tenets - prioritises empathy, control over one's own body, and respect for other people's freedoms, including the freedom to offend."
Moral therapeutic Satanism!
Yes, yes. But I've said it before. These clowns are playing with fire.
Moral therepeutic [Insert term] reminds me of the guy in the parable who builds his house on sand-- and when the flood comes (it will come) the house washes right away.
If there's going to be Satanism, it should at least be up to the (low) standard of the old B horror movie Satanism-- not New Agey kumbiyah Satanism. O Tempora, O Mores, I guess.
Anyway, it's off to vespers with me.
Not so sure about that. As I've said, I bought a Ouija board as a goof when I was 13 and it was one of the stupidest things I've ever done. And that's a tough competitive field.
My Mom bought me a Ouija board when I was probably 13. We had no idea then what we were getting into. One night when relatives were staying with us we got it out.
I asked it then how old I would be when I got married. I didn’t like the answer I got, because it told me that I would be 48. I wanted to mutually fall in love with a pretty woman in my 20s and marry her and have kids and otherwise live in bliss.
Yes, that’s naive, adolescent expectations, all right, and I set myself up for disappointment. It took me a few decades to get some lessons in reality though my thick skull, but I did so in spite of myself.
My birth date is January 14, 1951. I was finally married on May 15, 1999. I think back now and shudder. I’m a believer, and got a healthy respect from that.
Satan tells you what you want to hear, including, "I exist, I don't exist, sure, man, cool. Just crap on God and all His works, you can say what you want about me." Satan is less concerned about attention upon him (though that is absolutely fine), and more about separating you from God. THAT is the bottom line. And whatever he has to do to get that, he is fine with it.
The Devil is never more dangerous than when he lies with the truth, or seeks to induce you to sin by way of your virtues not merely your vices.
That is why Pride is one of the big deadlies. It was Satan's, after all. "I know better than all of you, including God. I might as well be God."
I agree with you mostly, though English "pride" takes in some territory that isn't really sinful to feel or express ("I'm proud of my graduating kid becoming valedictorian") When I want to be sure to specify the sinful aspects I usually use "hubris".
There is no satanism less threatening than a satanism that respects other people’s freedom to offend them.
No, not all all. Satan is far bigger and far more powerful and far more dangerous to human beings then mere woke people. He moves to and fro seeking souls to devour. Starting with the men and husbands first. Take down the strongman and the women and children are much easier to destroy.
I don't think Satan plays favorites-- men, women, the young, the old, the rich, the poor. They are all fodder for him. Although a priest once told me that Hell especially likes to lead the faithful away from God.
You know how every Exodus bible study gets deep into the weeds of what is meant by God hardening Pharaoh's heart? Well, we are seeing it before our eyes. Target's heart has been hardened, and that will help us leave it behind to the locusts. I'm glad the enemies of God are being loud and proud, like in that EU art display - there's no more sugarcoating what is going on!
See, silver lining for you : ) You were made for these times, thank God for giving us a chance to stand up and tell no lies..
OK, so the Israelites got to go to a Promised Land to escape the rot of Egypt. Where exactly are we to go to leave the rot behind? All we have are our homes, which are increasingly no longer sacrosanct under law.
I don’t know, but that’s the discussion worth having. You know about the Benedict Option if you’re here! Courtesy of the Babylon Bee, another proposal:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtNtKCLDvM
If this the End Times, eventually, that will be Heaven, then the New Earth.
The role of Egypt in scripture is representative of the world around us. The wilderness is the separation from Egypt. Canaan “the Promised Land” is not a type of Paradise. It is the representation of the life of faith. God instructed them to fight their surrounding enemies in Canaan. There is no war in Paradise.
The trip from Egypt to the Promised Land was intended to take about 2 months. But their complaining, faithlessness, idolatry and judgement of Moses and God resulted in 40 YEARS!
Their failures in the wilderness AND the Promised Land were a result of their inability to hear and understand. This record was given and preserved for our instruction.
When the question arises:
“Where exactly are we to go to leave the rot behind?”, the answer should be “trust in what God has declared. Moses spoke of messiah. He appeared looooong after Egypt. The people were to labor to that day.
“Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken...
Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. “
Messiah appeared to them.
The rot is INSIDE us. Only the Holy Spirit can displace it until our flesh succumbs to its sentence and dies. Paradise lay beyond.
True. But God branded it very clearly as a symbol of slavery and enmity against Himself that He delivers us from.
We own nothing. Not homes, not “our”bodies. All belongs to Jehovah.
Ken's right. Our Exodus will look different since (as you say) there sin't a promised land for us to escape to. The Benedict Option is a form of exodus. So is home education. You don't have to physically leave a place to leave its culture.
How did that work out for Lot and his family?
Exodus is declaring faith in Jesus. Wilderness is learning to relate with God. Promised Land is the faith life on Earth. Heaven is not Earth.
Where should we go? Lott has a destination provided by God. When He provides us one, I'll pack up and leave.
Don't approve of the sacrifice of Moloch? Don't sacrifice to Moloch, you bigot.
Who is sacrificing to Moloch?
Everyone involved in abortion
How?
The Bible refers to people passing children through the fire to molech... generally understood as child sacrifice to demon god. That is what abortion is: the killing of the unborn in the name of the Self. Some modern people are open enough to say they are so using abortion as child sacrifice to Satan, but whether they name the name or not, that is exactly what they’re doing.
Yes. Precisely. I have been saying that for years. People think im crazy. Like Mark Twain said, “History doesnt repeat, it rhymes.”
The battle lines are being drawn. All the grey is going away.
Well… it says in the Scriptura that “God loved Jacob and hated Esau”. Why was that? Everyone will not enter heaven, the new earth. Most will live in the Lake of Fire. Why? We don’t understand YAHWEH and why He does things. Human beings have teeny tiny brains with little imagination. 99% of the truth or far more, humans do not understand even what they don’t know about.
People think this is just silly froth, but when you invite Satan into your life, even if he's only a "symbol", he will come. Oh, yes, he will come to you . . . don't ever issue that type of invitation! If you do, he becomes entitled to power over you.
I love that good old rock and roll voodoo!
Try this on Spotify or YouTube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boukman_Eksperyans
Playing with Satan is an extremely bad idea. He was the most beautiful creature ever made, and the most cunning. He wants all human beings dead.
I agree with you about horror movies. It's a rule in my family that we just don't see them. (Though I do love classic rock . . . )
That was Carlos Santana. Not sure what his real name was. Very talented musician.
Oh, and if you see him as just a symbol, he might even be quiet and silent for a time, just to draw you in further. Again, whatever it takes to separate you from God.
It looks like a dude, are you saying it’s a female??
Yes.
Apparently. If I get this right, she is a woman attracted to men, i.e a straight woman, but since she's identifying as a man, that makes her gay, i.e. a gay trans man. I think......
RIght. Just like a "male to female" trans who is attracted to women (ie, pre-transition straight male) describes themselves as a lesbian transwoman. Note that this is irrespective of the anatomical editing that has taken place (if any) -- the key "trick" is that "sex" is being replaced by "gender" when determining what was previously known as "sexual attraction" (that is, attraction based on one's sex). So if one identifies as a woman and is attracted to women, one is a lesbian, and if one identified as a man and is attracted to men, one is a gay man -- regardless of what genitals one may or may not have. This is the usage now for the trans world.
Andrew Sullivan had a post yesterday complaining about people like the one discussed in the article showing up on Grindr and saying that they are gay men even though they have female genitalia, and claiming the right to be present in that space and to lecture gay men about being bigots for not wanting to date them because of their genital status or underlying biological sex. The same is happening on the lesbian side with a bit more of a spotlight in the media -- the "cotton ceiling" concept has been noted, which is an idea invented by male to female trans that refers to the "bigoted" resistance of lesbians to date them on the basis of their genitalia and/or biological sex.
It was inevitable that this would happen, even though just five years ago we were being lectured that this was speculative catastrophizing -- as we always are.
These people are demon possessed. Stay away from them. Satan is real and nothing to snicker at nor dismiss with a shrug.
Eh, but LGB's paved the way for the T's. So it feels like they're finally getting a taste of their own medicine.
I feel very little sympathy (and quite a bit of schadenfreude) for people like Sullivan
The "T" folks hitched a ride on the LGB bandwagon. That's about it. In reality transsexualism is as confrontational to homosexuality as it is to heterosexuality since it denies the reality of gender on which both are based.
It's more than just "hitching a ride". There are very few (but some) groups that identify as LGB but criticize the T.
I couldn’t tell....
I am cautious about using government power to coerce expression. Having said that we do it with public indecency laws, pornography in public places. Debating slippery slope as we immerse ourselves in hell on earth is a waste of time. None of these laws are sacrosanct. Otherwise there would be no exceptions. Authority of Government comes from governed. Conservatives should use all intellectual, legislative power to effect change on this front. And when courts decide in favor truth, justice (roe wade was overturned), we will have done all we can do and within constitutional order.
Isn't there any moment of cognitive dissonance when they say "empathy, compassion, and love" with one breath, and "liking" the Homophobe Guillotine with the next breath?
It's like Flannery O'Connor says: "When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced-labor camps and in the fumes of the gas chamber." These folks see "the bigots" as all that stands in the way of the reign of universal kindness and good vibes, so guillotining the bigots is really the compassionate thing to do.
Dont try to make sense of what the damned speak. Dont listen to the words of the damned.
Nope, we have no mandate from God Almighty to do evil at all. So then, let’s not do evil. Nor accept it, nor be tolerant of it. Just call it what it is. Evil.
No man in a dress calling himself a woman deserve respect nor approval. They should be screened and watched by law enforcement as highly probable rapists of children, actually Paedophiles.
“They should be screened and watched by law enforcement”...careful. If you wanna release that beast it will get around to you.
so it's basically just a "create yer own religion" movement?
I guess they finally realized that true Satanism would mean that God actually exists?
can't have that...
Have any of these people read La Bas?
Huysmans!??!
If it's not on Twitter or Tiktok it doesn't exist.
Yes - I can’t believe people call themselves Satanists who are merely dorks. I don’t mean that I admire actual Satanists - far from it- but this is pathetic. Anarchists of a certain strain used to celebrate Lucifer as giver of light- again not something I would go for. But these people are so small . Oh now the demonic is woke . No the demonic is demonic.
EVERYTHING in the sad virtual world of modern Americans, all slaves to their devices, is about applying any possibly spicy label to yourself to make you seem/feel more interesting and part of some internet "community" (of people who don't know each other).
"Satanist" "nonbinary" "socialist" etc have all been drained of any actual meaning, they are just the modern equivalent of how kids in high school a few generations ago put the buttons and patches of their favorite bands on their jackets.
"Identity" is to the 21st century what character and personality were to prior centuries.
The Woke has been demonic for decades, even before it was called Woke. Advocating for the right to abortion on demand for all nine months--what is that but demonic? It's just they're being a bit more explicit about it now.
This reminds me of a former friend. She had pink hair, she was morbidly obese she is into colorful unicorn posters, and she identified herself as bisexual. She's not a bad person - she's just profoundly troubled. Target and co. are reinforcing the self-image of people like my friend, actively replacing the role of parents and caregivers, much like those sinister pharma companies profiting off of desperate folks. I am a free-marketeer all the way, but we need to stand firm against capitalism taking the place of the family, the community and traditional values.
Although Satan is powerful, Satanists have little power. They are freaks just like those who came up with the Esperanto language, Trekkies, Hale-Bopp believers (all dead now), Deadheads and Parrotheads. These bizarre groups exist because of all the superfluous wealth in society. These nuts would be the first to die if Earth reverted back to a hunter-gatherer society or even the agricultural society that reigned for so long.
I love Jimmy Buffett & my husband is a Trekkie & we’re not bizarre. Every Jimmy Buffett concert I’ve been to is full of middle aged white folks wearing Hawaiian shirts, & various things involving tropical stuff, parrots, pirates, sharks, etc. it’s purely fun escapism. I mean, who hadn’t dreamed of chucking it all & moving to a tropical island?
I was invited by a friend to a Jimmy Buffett concert decades ago. I'm not a real Buffett fan, but who can dislike Jimmy Buffett, right? I had a great time! Parrotheads are a blast.
In a way, there's a lot of Jimmy Buffet to like. Who wouldn't want a Cheeseburger in Paradise. I don't dislike him and occasionally listen to his greatest hits but I find his followers a bit strange. Why the dedication to a music act who is little better than Hall and Oates, Olivia Newton-John or John Denver? How is he worth $600 million? Then again, I never understood the Michael Jackson craze in the 80s and 90s. Jimmy Buffet may be an outlet for escapism. But only a wealthy society can afford such expensive escapism. For most of world history, there was no escape from the world, no cheeseburger in paradise, no wasting away in Margarittaville.
Buffet made a great life for himself with innocent fun.
Sure. I play his greatest hits every time I go to the beach.
The last time I heard Jimmy Buffet was towards the end of a Mass my wife and I were at in a church in Virginia a month ago. This older lady had Margaritaville as her ringtone when her phone rang right at the end of communion. The song got to point in the refrain where he was looking for his lost shaker of salt before she finally was finally able find it in her purse to shut it off.
Why is he rich? Merchandising royalties. Plus a few restaurants. Floridians love this guy. Just like we love Ron DeSantis.
I went to the University of Florida in the 70’s. Jimmy Buffett gave us many “free” concerts on the lawn in front of the Wayne Reitz student union hall. Lots of folks became honorary “Coral Reefers” then. And Parrotheads. 🦜 Fun times.
Ancient civilizations generated some wacky cults too.
There's few wackier people than the Oneida Society of the mid-1800s.
"The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them," is a famous apocryphal quote attributed to Lenin or sometimes Marx.
In this case, fake quote or not, you can see their point.
Modern America's last god standing is Mammon, and there's always gonna be a corporation or company happily selling the latest trendy 1001 ways to derange your child and maybe even make them mutilate and sterilize themselves.
Hey, there's money to be made here!
These fools don't know the power of words, and particularly the power of a name. They don't know what it means to invoke someone. The name of Jesus is powerful. To know God's name means that one can "call upon the name of the Lord." (Acts 2:21; 3:16; 4:7) On the other hand, to invoke the names of idols, or of Satan, is to invite all kinds of spiritual forces into one's life. A few years ago, in my former denomination, a worship leaders decided to invoke "the spirit of the north, south, east and west." I said, which spirit is that? They had no answer. It never occurred to them that there are other spirits out there beside the Holy Spirit. It makes me shudder.
Yep, I'm a Star Trek fan. Easy with that broad brush.
I like the original series, too. But making up a Clingon language from a people who never existed. That is bizarre.
Playing with Satan or his minions is foolish beyond understanding. Any form of divination or the occult will only result in evil of the most virulent form.
The original designer of the Pride flag said it was about sex and magic as recorded by CNN:
https://catholic460.substack.com/p/ecology-and-the-lie-of-pride-flags
Yep
The fruits dont fall far from the poison tree.