http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/devil/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:17:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2468045/posts Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican's chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as "cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon". He added: "When one speaks of 'the smoke of Satan' [a phrase coined by Pope Paul VI... Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2468045/posts#comment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:17:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2458434/posts FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.- A North Carolina high school student said she was willing to sacrifice her honor roll grades to avoid writing an essay contrary to her Christian beliefs. Tieanna Trough, a student at Gray's Creek High School in Fayetteville, said her English class was instructed to write essays on making deals with the devil as part of a curriculum studying Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker," WTVD-TV, Durham/Raleigh, reported Tuesday. Trough said her faith bars her from writing about deals with the devil. "I believe you don't write about how to sell your soul to the devil,"... upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2458434/posts#comment Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:56:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2451172/posts What does the Devil set up against the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? It's that famous threesome, the World, the Flesh and the Devil. Getting ready for Lent means taking the unholy Trinity seriously, and going out into the wilderness for battle is one way Christians engage in that warfare every year. 'The World' means the Way of the World. This runs counter to the 'Way of the Spirit'. The Way of the World is the way of human power, human planning, human reason, human wisdom. It is the way that puts Man first and assumes that human life and... gkupsidedown.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2451172/posts#comment Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2431289/posts Pat Robertson said the Haiti earthquake was the result of a pact with the devil The Palmetto Scoop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2431289/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:49:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2429287/posts The images streaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante's Inferno. The scale of the calamity is unprecedented. In many ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist. The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as subterranean plates shifted about six miles under the surface of the earth, along a fault line that had threatened trouble for centuries. But no one saw a quake of this magnitude coming. The 7.0 quake came like a nightmare, with the city of Port-au-Prince crumbling, entire villages collapsing, bodies flying in the air and crushed under mountains of debris. Orphanages, churches, markets,... AlbertMohler.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2429287/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:35:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2428843/posts Shocking revelations into historical folktales of Virginia reveal that a long time ago, Lexington was given over in a Pact with the Devil by a blacksmith just prior to the Civil War. It is called folktale, but there are many who can vouch for the historical side of Wicked John and the Devil. As for Wicked John whom you have no doubt heard of if you know anything about the Wiley ways of the Red Demon, can say of John “that critter's so mean the buzzards wouldn't claim him”, “Too bad for heaven, too mean for hell”. One of those... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2428843/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2428753/posts Via Breitbart, the Robertson story’s almost out of gas but a rejoinder this clever deserves wider airing. Most were content to hammer Reverend Pat yesterday for blaming the victims, but this guy’s after bigger game. If you’re trying to divine divine will by tracing a cause-and-effect line between certain historical data points, how do you know which data points to select? Does Haiti get no credit in the heavenly ledger for overthrowing a slaveholder regime and thereby bringing about the conditions for the U.S. to purchase the Louisiana territory? If not, if that’s spoiled by their, ahem, “pact with the... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2428753/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:57:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2427861/posts He may be a crank, but he’s consistent in his crankery. Anywhere there’s human misery — after 9/11, after Katrina, even after Ariel Sharon’s stroke — Reverend Pat will be there to explain to the victims why they deserved it. (And he’s not the only one.) He’s taking a beating on Twitter right now for having said this, including/especially from Christians who don’t want to see the faith smeared by his latest Old Testament thunderbolt theory. No worries there: Other Christian leaders, starting with the Pope and Franklin Graham, are taking a more New Testament view. But even conceding that... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2427861/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2427682/posts Today's buzz on Twitter about the Rev. Pat Robertson seemed like a cruel hoax against the man who blamed America's sins for the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina. But no. Robertson did indeed strike again today during his show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. Calling for donations to CBN's disaster relief fund, he blamed Tuesday's 7.3 magnitude earthquake on the Haitians' "pact with the devil" two centuries ago while seeking liberation from the French. Take a look at the video.So, why did so many missionaries, clergy and seminarians die on Tuesday? The Seeker... chicagotribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2427682/posts#comment Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411429/posts If you can be in Omaha Nebraska by 3:00 tomorrow, Sunday, December 20 there will be a protest at the Omaha Music Hall .. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411429/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:12:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411230/posts In September 2006 when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush the Devil at the United Nations, the Bush-hating press couldn't get enough of the comment. On Friday, Chavez spoke to the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen after President Obama made his keynote address, and much as he did three years ago, the Venezuelan despot said, "It still smells of sulfur here," referring to the lectern. Given the attention Chavez's claim got three years ago when he made it about Bush, how will Obama-loving media report such a statement being made about their hero? (video embedded below the... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411230/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407477/posts Now the Dem libs have gone way over the line with California Senator Diane Feinstein laying out the devil’s doctrine. She focuses especially regarding abortion. allvoice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407477/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2396043/posts Check out this video . . . Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2396043/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375252/posts The Healing Power of Exorcism Oct 30th 2009 An Interview with Father Gary Thomas by Paul CiarciaThe day before I spoke with Father Gary Thomas was probably a typical weekday for most priests. For Father Thomas it was a typical weekday as well, except it involved a two hour-long, emotionally and physically draining battle with a horde of demons seeking to claim another person’s soul.“(The demons) operate in packs,” said Father Thomas. “The more powerful ones are over the less powerful ones.”“These demons have put up big fights,” Father Thomas said, recollecting the episode. “I think now we are... HeadlineBistro.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375252/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:04:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372801/posts The devil, so the saying goes, is the ape of God. And so one of his standard methods for deceiving is to create parodies of good things and send them into the world in pairs.Why parodies? Because he cannot make, he can only mock. So instead of love, he offers lust. Instead of justice he offers merciless vengeance. Instead of dignity, he offers pride. Instead of contentment with the world’s goods he offers greed.Why does he send errors into the world in pairs? So that, in fleeing one lie, you will embrace the opposite lie. And so, for instance, he... CE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372801/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2356239/posts Almost a year ago, I received permission from Merry Roloff, a 50-something aspiring writer who lives near Denver, to publish a poem she had written about the prospect of Barack Obama becoming president of the United States. Today, I offer the words of that poem again as something upon which my fellow Americans might want to reflect. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2356239/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:52:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2334853/posts GENETICS, UFOS AND THE BIRTH OF THE ANTICHRIST Written by Vladimir Moss Introduction If the first half of the twentieth century was distinguished by an amazing increase in our knowledge of the physical world, the second half was distinguished by an even more amazing increase in our knowledge of the biological world, and especially the world of human genetics and human reproduction. The vital break-through here was the discovery of DNA in 1953. Then came the introduction of the contraceptive pill, in vitro fertilisation and surrogate motherhood. As one journalist put it: “First, contraception severed the connection between sex and... orthodoxchristianbooks.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2334853/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320466/posts President Barack Obama needs some outside help pushing health care reform, and he's turning to rabbis to get it. In a morning conference call with about 1000 rabbis from across the nation, Obama asked for aid: "I am going to need your help in accomplishing necessary reform," the President told the group, according to Rabbi Jack Moline, who tweeted his way through the phoner. "We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama went on to say, according to Moline's real-time stream. The 15-minute morning briefing was sponsored by the Religion Action Center of Reform Judaism, and included... Washington Jewish Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320466/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305048/posts Did Jesus actually reveal name of the 'antichrist'? via kwout http://www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305048/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2303361/posts Devils 670. Is the devil a supernatural being? No. He is a natural angelic being, in a state deprived of supernatural grace. 671. Satan is a mythical being. He is quite content to seem a mythical being. He has no desire to be detected in his operations, and is not likely to inform you that evil suggestions are from him. 672. Who is Satan? The word Satan in Hebrew means one who is adverse, and it can refer to any adversary. In that sense Christ said on one occasion to Peter, "Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto... Celledoor.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2303361/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:34:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301763/posts DALLAS — Police said they found a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated in a Texas home on Sunday and his mother "screaming that she killed her baby" after the devil told her to do it. The mother, Otty Sanchez, 33, of San Antonio, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds to her chest and stomach, said San Antonio police spokesman Joe Rios. Investigators took a sword, a machete and a kitchen knife from the home. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2301763/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:52:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2294307/posts Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico City and Primate of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico, Jul 16, 2009 / 02:26 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, said yesterday that the existence of the devil must be taken as fact, without exaggerating or minimizing his actions out of skepticism or credulity taken to the extreme. During a conference for exorcists in Mexico, the cardinal said skepticism leads many to deny the existence of the devil and dismiss his actions as psychological, socio-cultural or paranormal phenomena.  Others, out of extreme gullibility, see the devil everywhere and grant... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2294307/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:23:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2287835/posts PORT ST. LUCIE - Authorities say a homeless Treasure Coast man claimed to be the devil and attacked another man outside a Port St. Lucie convenience store. The victim told police that a man, later identified as 53-year-old John Eugene Yale Jr., approached him early Monday morning and began speaking with him. After a few minutes, Yale shouted, "I am the Devil and I am going to kill you." A reports says Yale jammed his thumbs into the man's eyes, which were caused to bleed. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2287835/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 05:11:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284045/posts “Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?” asked the Joker in the first Batman movie, as he kills a young boy's parents. That young man grows up to be Batman. Every time I see Obama on television I half expect him to say that and leer into the camera. As an American taxpayer, with each passing day, I feel like I am dancing with the devil and that devil is Barack Hussein Obama. I do not understand why Americans are tolerating the systematic destruction of America by the liar in chief. The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284045/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:56:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2251688/posts WASHINGTON – The Beatles meteoric rise, unprecedented in popular culture and unrivaled nearly four decades after the band broke up, is at least partly explained, says a new book, by a pact John Lennon made with the Devil. In "The Lennon Prophecy," author Joseph Niezgoda reveals that Lennon himself, obsessed with the occult, magic, numerology and being bigger than Elvis Presley, confided in his friend Tony Sheridan that he made such a deal. The book also makes the case that the "death clues" long associated with Paul McCartney were actually subliminal messages hinting at Lennon's fate. Written by a lifelong... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2251688/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 16:44:36 GMT