Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Americans Of ‘Demonic’ Halloween Candy
October 29, 2009
Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Americans Of ‘Demonic’ Halloween Candy
Put aside your fears of swine flu. TV preacher Pat Robertson’s Web site has just issued a bulletin warning Americans of the real threat we face this season: Demons may be lurking in our Halloween candy.
In a column on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s Web site, writer Kimberly Daniels asserts that “demons” sneak into bags of Halloween candy at grocery stores.
“[M]ost of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches,” Daniels wrote. “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.”
The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, urged Robertson and Daniels to lighten up.
“I’ve heard of the devil being in the details, but to think he’s lurking inside a Snickers bar is a little too much,” Lynn quipped. “Pat Robertson has always peddled some scary stuff, but this is over the top.”
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Halloween
...symbolizes collecting ams for the dead, a pagan ritual going back to medieval times, with Satanic roots.
I do not at all dispute that there are individuals in this world who would perform rituals and offer Satanic prayers to “bless” and dedicate things that would be proliferated into the public, and I do not dispute that some such individuals own large companies in position to do so.
Though I'm not so sure that demons would need to sneak into a candy bag and hide out, waiting to be ingested, in order to possess, curse or otherwise affect someone; the candy possession seems like an unnecessary step to me. However, this might very well explain all the Halloween candy stocked on the shelves next to my favorite Baal-zebub Puff Crunch cereal at Wal Mart. :-)
Seriously, whether or not we believe that such people exist and such things happen, other people do exist who believe and practice such things. I'm not sure about this particular instance or the details surrounding it. I think that to completely refute that such people exist, and that such people would ever “ritualize” anything is naive. However, I'm having a hard time believing Robertson's account.
I know who Pat Robertson is, but I haven't really paid much attention to him, so I can't comment on his credibility. I do remember him saying, right after 9/11, that God was lifting His curtain of protection from our nation. I did agree with that, but Robertson was darn near crucified for saying it, and he ultimately took it back.
Is he saying this is the first time this demonic candy possession has happened, or is he saying this is something that happens every Halloween? Did he name any individuals or companies? Is he saying he has witnessed this candy-tainting or that he knows someone who has seen it? What is he basing his allegations on?
Little Tooth Demons Man I
Little Tooth Demons
Man I wish there were a real Mr. Fusion machine to stick this candy in and power my house for a month with.
It's so sad that Halloween
It's so sad that Halloween has become just another commercial holiday. I mean, it's gotten to the point that people have forgotton the true meaning and spirit..... You can't say "Happy Halloween" in school or at Wal-Mart....... jeez, what it the world coming to? ;)
Doc Holladay
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This is so strange....
just last night I had a dream that I was flying
through the Milky way, and I was
being chased by these Three Muskateers,
and when they caught me all they did was
Snicker.
Now that is some scary stuff.
lol
lol
you.. know all you need to do is bless the candy...
No Big Deal... you would think "pat robertson" would teach his "followers" to do that... Oh Wait.. isnt that what Jesus would teach? ummm.. wait doesnt Pat robertson follow Jesus... ????
Ok .. now I'm confused... Christian..means Christ like... and yet he is teaching fear with no solution?(dont neocons preach fear with no solution) Well if Jesus cast demons out of people.. Then even todays Christians could do a simple excorcism on some candy...
ok..well if anyone reads this..has kids or eats candy during Halloween.. just bless it ..all should be ok then...
Lighten up folks...
If the shoe fits, wear it. If it doesn't, then what's been said doesn't apply to you. If you wear your religion on your sleeve with your scriptures and gay bashing, can't you be tolerant when others enjoy that same freedom? If it offends, ignore it instead of propagating the thread!
way to lend credibilty to
way to lend credibilty to religion.. or maybe he's just pandering to his base?
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato
DPer's "chew nails while the other kids
are sucking on cotton candy." It truly is a joy to behold. I love to listen to all of you think.
And TheHeretic, prejudice against Christians is - well I guess most places it's "politically correct". But it's such a bummer... reminds me of how they treated him...
well...like any other warning
Thanks for the heads up: )
Nice work, Mr. Moderator.
Nice work, Mr. Moderator.
I'd wager a lot of you believe this:
"If you go all the way back to the days just following creation, men lived nine hundred years or more."
[Pat Robertson, Answers to 200 of Life's most Probing Questions, Bantom Books, 1984]
And yes I do believe that
And yes I do believe that men used to live to be more then 900 years old...
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
How long have you known any of us to make that wager
...with such presumptuous confidence?
A wager based on your week
A wager based on your week and change of experience here? How much we talking here?
Not that I think 900 years is an impossibility, I just doubt your analysis and grasp of the makeup of this site.
Are newcomers unwelcome?
I'd bet a few FRN's that several that have posted on this thread right here believe that, just scroll down and read a few! I hope to hell that the majority of DP's don't fall for that crap, but from what I've seen there are a good plenty... you don't think?
You know what we advocate here at DP
We advocate for your freedom to be allowed to say disparaging remarks about anyone you don't agree with. That is called freedom of speech. However, I understand that Michael has certain guidelines for DP and I suggest you read them before you start personal attacks on fellow patriots who don't happen to think like you do. I don't call all atheists idiots because a few act like jerks so why don't you give it a rest. Not all Christians are idiots because a few act like idiots.
Healthnut4freedom
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6
I hope I'm not breaking any guidelines...
I'm definitely not calling all christians idiots, just those fundamentalists that adhere to the Pat Robinson dogmas. The thread is about Pat Robertson, and the --IMHO-- very stupid things he is quoted saying over the years. I'm pretty sure that there are quite a few here that would believe humans lived to be 900 years old... do you mind if I ask if you do, ms healthnut?
What I believe isn't relevant
It's how I treat others, regardless of whether they agree with me or not. That's the big picture. You need to be focusing on individuals instead of collectivizing people based on certain beliefs.
Healthnut4freedom
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6
could it be you're a little embarrassed to admit
that you do believe that? Or worried that if you say you don't then you'll show that you don't have faith in everything the bible says? Just curious how these things work in the minds of the faithful.
could it be..
that you, like your other buddies (accounts) don't understand English? It is about respecting others who are here to work together towards freedom, no matter the belief system. It's odd that all the people who are so stinking worried about a persons faith/non faith...are the ones who question faith. If it isn't a concern of yours in your own life, then why should the faith of another human being be of your concern? I see that it has been explained to you already....respect those around you. Whether a person has faith or not shouldn't have anything to do with your love for freedom and your willingness to let people be themselves without question. If you can't do that then you are obviously not here for the right reasons...but given your very very old line of reasoning and questioning, I would wager that you have a few other names around the DP, and you certainly aren't new to attempting to push the buttons of people here. We'll see.
Newcomers welcome sure,
Newcomers welcome sure, uninformed assumptions not so much.
so you disagree that many here believe this?
Wish we could take a poll!
I would agree that many here
I would agree that many here could care less either way. Whether or not man ever lived 900 years (or what was called 900 years) is unprovable and ultimately irrelevant to anything we're trying to accomplish here.
Just think.....
If Man could live to be 900, the MSM wouldn't
be able to say that Ron Paul is too old to run
for President. He would be a mere puppy.
And I could go back and re live my kindergarden years.
Oh what I know now that I didn't know then.
unprovable?
So then you agree with Pat? The relevance is that when otherwise freedom loving patriots see that the Ron Paul gang believe these kinds of things, we lose all credibility and get assigned the 'wing nut' award. Sure freedom is being able to believe whatever you want, but when common sense goes out the window our movement suffers.
I never said I agreed with Pat.
Personally I have a very low opinion of him and his views, but once again that's irrelevant. What I am addressing is why you feel the need to define and criticize a whole group of people. In other words, your angle is rather collectivist.
So what if they believe in something you find illogical. Your beliefs about 900 year old men may be just as illogical. You can't prove it true or false, yet you've come to the conclusion that it is false, based on what? Your assumptions? What you consider common sense? What you've read in a book? What talking heads have told you? How are you any different from them? All your knowledge is second hand at best. Faith based.
I can't confirm either way, but I don't believe it's impossible. There are organisms that have had lifespans longer than 1000 years. Who was there in the past to tell us how long the human lifespan was? Does carbon dating tell us how long early man even thought a year was? For all we know each full moon could have been considered a year. Maybe the earth's rotation was faster then. Maybe the atmosphere had a different composition that was conducive to longer life. Maybe the diet was more natural. Maybe there were less diseases. There's not enough evidence or available knowledge to conclude either way.
Once again who cares!
Literal vs. metaphorical interpretations of the bible and the talking heads that promote them are the least of our concerns and I doubt this age issue keeps you up at night either. If "freedom loving patriots" are turned off to liberty because of what a few Ron Paul supporters may believe, I seriously question their freedom loving credentials and patriot status.
I sense this has nothing to do with Pat, age, or the public perception of Ron Paul. I think you've taken offense to some things some people have said here in this thread, and if that's the case my suggestion to you and "welcome to DP advice" is to address them and that issue directly. Passive aggressively labeling a whole group of people in order to deride them will do you no good. It's collectivist thought and should be avoided. Thick skin and vigorous debate is encouraged here. If you want to challenge someone's ideas, by all means go for it, call them on it but be prepared to back it up. Blanket criticism of wide swaths of people is ignorant. Each individual is different and holds different beliefs. From my experience there is not one person here on DP that shares the exact same beliefs as another. That diversity is a strength and makes this site the lively interesting place that it is. And even though we might not believe all the same things, there are many common goals that we share, that transcend party lines, religious associations, and petty differences. That's what makes Ron Paul and the liberty movement truly unique and truly viable. There's room for everyone. Good luck and glad to have you here.
Good post, poq.
.
ditto
ditto
We?
When did the Mouse of peace, freedom and liberty jump in your pocket? As long as you have that mindset, you will never be a true Ron Paul patriot. If you have noticed there are a lot of "wingnuts" here who believe everything from 911 was an inside job to chemtrails to aliens actually exist to vaccinations are good for you. There are some raging debates on all kinds of issues here. No one person makes up Daily Paul or Ron Paul patriots. We are Americans and we celebrate each others rights to be who they are. As Dr. Paul says "Freedom is popular." So, if you truly believe in this movement, you will have to stop caring what "others" think of us because we are not one person with one thought except that we want to be free.
Healthnut4freedom
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6
So it's fine for the truthers, birthers, christians, etc...
to voice their opinions, but not me? You're a nice lady, I'm sorry to offend you, but the religious mixture with politics just rubs me the wrong way.
I Agree with YOU on that
I so agree with you on that. However, Christians (so called) don't have a corner of the market on being narrow-minded and trying to force one's beliefs down someone else's throats. They are just part of the noisy rabble that wants to keep you from being free. The left wants to force me to support something I don't agree with by stealing from me and the right wants everyone to be forced to do their version of morality by legislation. BOTH ARE WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. True Christians have been persecuted since Christ was crucified, brutally persecuted, and by so-called religious people. True Christians would never force their brand of religion down anyone's throat. Christ won people through love. Dr. Paul is so much like Christ. He doesn't win by forcing his ideas on anyone, he wins by being who he is.
Healthnut4freedom
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6
BOTH ARE WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.
YOU ARE RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. Good night, nice lady.
Curious as to why the subject of your threads target
Christianity as you've only been here a little while. So judgmental toward particular threads and yet so new. Why don't we see a little more of you on other threads?
+...Pray for Your Enemies and Moral Courage for Righteous Leaders, so that Justice Will Be Delivered to the Innocent...+
Fair enough question...
I honestly think that the fundamentalists that try to force religion into politics are one of the biggest hurdles of the freedom movement. I'm sure you'll disagree, but that is my honest belief.
I agree with that
If it matters.
Anything forced, is freedom-toxic.
But just like anywhere, there are people that believe that the keys to the "right way" are only hanging on their keyring.
Kind of Oxymoronic..especially if when they are telling you HOW it is, they use the word "fornicate" LOL
My disclaimer of the evening...
Whatever I write this evening is being powered by beer and candy corn. The demons have possessed me and I am sure you cannot trust a word I say:)
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
I'm sure you posted this as a lighthearted
topic for Halloween, but viewing the thread below shows it has roused a lot of trollish collectivists. Perhaps it would be best to delete this post and thread since it doesn't have any great merit and isn't being taken in the spirit of fun and silliness.
It's so sad...Nobody knows how to have a little fun anymore.
BOO!
Pat on Hitler
"Many of those people involved with Adolph Hitler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals--the two things seem to go together."
Brilliant, isn't he?
As A Christian, I think
As A Christian, I think Roberts is a moron. as far as that statement he is right.. now go look at how many homos are appointed to or elected in the US government and you think its being run right?
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
Well you got the moron part right.
I suppose you prefer Jerry Falwell? He's a homophobe too.
no.... falwell was an idiot
no.... falwell was an idiot too.. I do not like big organized religion.. I will say one thing.. I am damn proud to be a homophobe! I'm also proud to be a pedophiliaphobe, and a beastialityphobe, along with a mancheatingonhiswifephobe, along with a womancheatingonherhusbandphobe etc. etc. etc.. morality is morality..
woe to he who calls good evil and evil good.
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
agreed
as usual. :O)
Remember the security guy that worked in the Clinton administrat
that said that guys were dressed as women and women as men? And sexual acts being performed in the white house in the open? Or men and women half dressed as a man, and woman? He also testified that there were many rituals going on with drugs, and general ritualistic sexual perversion. There is a claim out there the Clintons were Luciferians. I think general sexual depravity is common in the Luciferian/Satanic occults. If it is true that many members of congress and other high ranking entities and corporations are Satanists and Luciferian, I think we can assume they are all alike in regards to their sexual practices. Occult experts claim the reason for drugs and ritual sexual activities, is that it ushers in demonic power to the individuals participating. This would not be that hard to imagine in regards to the PTB.
+...Pray for Your Enemies and Moral Courage for Righteous Leaders, so that Justice Will Be Delivered to the Innocent...+
Americana... I have a very
Americana...
I have a very good friend who was in the secret service during the Clinton days and had whitehouse duty.. he walking in on Hillage with 5 other women going at it.. I also know Tom Tancredo.. Tancredo told us that when they went to the whitehouse during Christmas, Hillary had a Christmas tree with ornaments of lesbians performing sexual acts all over it..
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
Not surprised considering....
....the Masonic symbols in the design of Washington.
How many homos are in gov?
Maybe 1%?? And you're blaming this tiny minority for way things are run in government? Wow. You know what they say about those most outspoken against gays, right?
1%? lmao.....A prudent man
1%? lmao.....
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
I know
what the "gays" say about that statement. Is that sort of like saying that if you are against illegal immigration that you are probably an alien in hiding? Or if you are vegetarian you really like meat but won't admit your hidden cravings. Or if you are a racist you really want to have the other race but hide your true desires? Being anti-gay seems to be the only stance a person takes that others accuse them of lying about their true feelings.
Most gays have difficulty accepting that some people just don't approve of their lifestyle...and have a right to that opinion. Either you give them your stamp of approval...or if you disagree, it's because you really are giving them your stamp of approval but won't admit it. Only a gay could be that a** backwards. LOL that's too funny.