http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/devilworship/ en-us Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:11:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378622/posts This year's conference of the Francophone European Association for Bahá’í Studies (Association francophone européenne des études bahá’íes, AFEEB) on 24 and 25 October 2009 in Luxembourg discussed the future world order and global governance. The programme included a presentation of the concept of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) by the Chairman of the Committee for a Democratic U.N., Andreas Bummel. Outlining the path towards a directly elected world parliament, Mr Bummel stressed the "spiritual dimension" of the efforts. "The establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly would represent a changed consciousness. For the first time in human history such a... Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378622/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:11:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375443/posts WASHINGTON -- It's the ultimate trick-or-treating treasure, that one house on the block that offers the coolest candy and surprises galore. This year it's the big gated place on Pennsylvania Avenue, No. 1600. There's no mailbox out front, but every little kid knows who lives there. Welcome to the White House, boys and girls. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama awaited more than 2,000 children Saturday night from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. The kids were to get to do their trick-or-treating on the most famous front porch in America, the North Portico, with the Obamas... AP via Nola.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375443/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:27:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340250/posts The 40-year-old "comedian" Jack Black went on the "dark side" during the MTV Awards praying to the devil. Black, who was promoting a heavy metal video game called Brütal Legend, asked the "Dear Dark Lord Satan" to bless the rock star nominees with "continued success in the music industry." "I was mortified when Jack Black lead everyone in a prayer to satan. It was no joke," said Samantha Taylor of California. "The audience held hands and did it. I was a fan, but not anymore." Black made his grand entrace wearing extra muscles and a battle axe. "During the Awards,... Christian Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340250/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:17:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153944/posts According to The Sun, Russia has experienced a series of murders, rapes, mutilations, and desecrations linked to Satanists.  No, I did not say Stalinists, although, given how communists will persecute Christians, one could be forgiven for confusing the two.  And a most horrific example of such ritualistic murder has just taken place in the nation's hinterlands, as a ring of Satanists has just killed and cannibalized four teens, three girls, and a boy.  Writes The Sun:The gang of Devil worshippers butchered their victims and roasted them on a bonfire before devouring their flesh.... Their private parts had also been cut... the new american http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153944/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1883941/posts CathNews alerts us to the potential problem: Nicole Kidman has denied that a new film she's making is anti-Catholic. The movie features an organisation known as "The Magisterium", which kidnaps children to remove their souls.The Brisbane Times reports that Kidman told a US magazine that her Catholic faith affected her consideration of the script for the film, which is titled The Golden Compass.The fantasy film is based on a novel by Philip Pullman called Northern Lights. It is already attracting attention in the US for avoiding much of the book's perceived anti-Catholic rhetoric.Kidman said some of the religious elements... American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1883941/posts#comment Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:02:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885766/posts Anti-Christian Children's Novel Coming out as Time Warner Film in December starring Nicole Kidman By Elizabeth O'Brien LOS ANGELES, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The best selling novels of atheist author Philip Pullman, which were written specifically to indoctrinate children with anti-Christian values, have sparked the creation of a controversial new fantasy film to be released this December 7 by New Line Cinema - a Time Warner Company. Starring Nicole Kidman, "The Golden Compass," is based on Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, which includes "Northern Lights" (re-titled "The Golden Compass" in the United States), "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885766/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:54:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916813/posts On Dec. 7, 2007, the movie "The Golden Compass," based on the first book in the fantasy trilogy entitled "His Dark Materials" by atheist Philip Pullman will be released in theaters throughout the world. Pullman wrote his fantasy trilogy because he was so upset by the Christian evangelism of C.S. Lewis in his wonderful series of Christian tales entitled "The Chronicles Of Narnia." Pullman is an avowed atheist who has dedicated his life to undermining Christianity and the Church among young readers. The film's release is only another example of a culture spiraling away from faith, a culture into which... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916813/posts#comment Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890277/posts Bush apologizes to Wiccan widow Published: Sept 2, 2007 at 10:16 AM WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush apologized to a Nevada Wiccan who was left out of a presidential meeting with relatives of soldiers killed in combat. Rebecca Stewart, who sued to have the Wiccan symbol placed on her husband’s grave marker in a military cemetery, told The Washington Post the president called her to apologize. She said she explained to Bush the faith she and her husband shared. Sgt. Patrick Stewart was killed in Afghanistan in 2005. Stewart said she heard about the private meeting... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890277/posts#comment Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1861629/posts KOLKATA: India has enlisted the follower of a global pagan witchcraft movement to help curb the country'' high female infanticide rate and end the neglect of the girl child, government said on Monday. Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, a Wiccan and a social activist, has been nominated by the Centre's National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) to head a panel entrusted with the responsibility to improve the status of young girls, they said. About 10 million girls have been killed by their parents over the past 20 years, said government officials as female infanticide and foeticide. “This is a triumph for... DNA India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1861629/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:24:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822235/posts The Wiccan pentacle has been added to the list of emblems allowed in national cemeteries and on government-issued headstones of fallen soldiers, according to a settlement announced Monday. A settlement between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Wiccans adds the five-pointed star to the list of "emblems of belief" allowed on VA grave markers. Eleven families nationwide are waiting for grave markers with the pentacle, said Selena Fox, a Wiccan high priestess with Circle Sanctuary in Barneveld, Wisconsin, a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The settlement calls for the pentacle, whose five points represent earth, air, fire, water and spirit,... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1822235/posts#comment Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:47:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1777303/posts J .K. ROWLING’S SEVENTH AND FINAL HARRY POTTER NOVEL, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, TO BE PUBLISHED ON JULY 21, 2007New York, NY (February 1, 2007) -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, the seventh and final book in the best-selling series, has been scheduled for release at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, 2007, it was announced today by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company. In making the announcement, Lisa Holton, President of Scholastic Children’s Books said, “We are thrilled to announce the publication date of the seventh installment in this remarkable... Scholastic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1777303/posts#comment Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:05:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1751400/posts (snip) "Phoenix," the fifth book in author J. K. Rowlings's series, is by far the most ideological, and seems allusive to post-9/11 politics. Harry knows that the evil Lord Voldemort has been reborn and is building an army, but the wizarding government, the Ministry of Magic, refuses to believe him. .... "There's a really interesting principle at the heart of this story," says Yates, in an exclusive NEWSWEEK interview. "The ministry is this bureaucratic authoritarian regime trying to impose a fundamental doctrine on this liberal wacky school. The ministry isn't very good at accepting the beauty of differences. Everything has... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1751400/posts#comment Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640811/posts TORRINGTON, Conn. Police are investigating a bizarre discovery involving severed goat heads, put on display at the end of a driveway. Last week, police found two severed goat heads, a coconut and a pentagram drawn in chalk in a driveway of a home, police Lt. Francis Balzano said. "We're not saying this is illegal," Balzano said. "We would just like to know what it means." Police do not know if the incident was some kind of ritual, practical joke or a crime. Balzano said police find such combinations a couple times a year, usually in wooded areas. "This is an... breitbart. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640811/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 22:03:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1566690/posts When Mozart Stunned Rome; God at the Pub Wolfgang's Memory Caught a Pope's Attention ROME, JAN. 26, 2006 (Zenit.org).- As any good music aficionado knows, 2006 marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Opera houses worldwide are featuring "Don Giovanni" and "Figaro," while Mozart biographies and boxed sets of concertos and sonatas proliferate in music stores. Even Rome was enchanted by this great composer and, indeed, the child prodigy from Salzburg was warmly received in the Eternal City during his brief sojourn here in 1770. Mozart is often associated with the Freemasons -- he joined the... Zenit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1566690/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509669/posts VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- It's almost Halloween - and all those ghosts, goblins, tricks and treats are giving Hans Kohler the creeps. So the mayor of Rankweil, a town near the border with Switzerland, has launched a one-man campaign disparaging Halloween as a "bad American habit" and urging families to skip it this year. "It's an American custom that's got nothing to do with our culture," Kohler wrote in letters sent out to households. By midweek, the mayors of eight neighboring villages had thrown their support behind the boycott. So had local police, annoyed with the annual Oct. 31 uptick... Pittsburgh Post Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509669/posts#comment Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:33:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508026/posts Satanism is running rampant throughout Russia, according to a priest at a Murmansk church defaced by vandals. Earlier this month, according to an Interfax report, the Church of the Savior-on-the-Waters, built in memory of lost seamen was targeted with Satanic symbols and animal blood. WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508026/posts#comment Mon, 24 Oct 2005 05:28:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481154/posts SOMERSET, Pa. -- A Somerset County preacher vowed to fight the design of the Flight 93 National Memorial, insisting that the crescent pathway used in the design is a symbol of Islam. "This is a memorial to the terrorists who killed those people, not a memorial to the folks who died there innocently," said the Rev. Ron McRae, leader of the Bible Anabaptist Church near Jerome, about 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. "The crescent is as much connected to Islam as the cross is to Christianity," said McRae of Conemaugh Township, also listed as director and founder on the Web... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1481154/posts#comment Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1407757/posts Tangipahoa sheriff alleges devil worship in child rape, animal sex case Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said Friday that members of a Ponchatoula church cult accused of sexually abusing children and animals told detectives they carried out the practices for years as part of a devil-worshipping ritual involving cat blood. "This is hard to talk about and harder to believe, but some of the suspects have told us their intention in all of this was devil worshipping," Edwards said. Investigators arrested four more people on Thursday who are allegedly implicated in the child and animal sex ring, one of them... Baton Rouge Advocate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1407757/posts#comment Sat, 21 May 2005 18:39:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1402571/posts Yes. I am new to this website and was wondering why my account was banned? I posted an article I wrote about how Buddhism not Islam is a threat to America and is the fastest growing religion instead of Islam. I noted how Buddhism denies the existence of God and the divinity of Christ, I also made note of how Buddhists practice an evil satanic ceremony called doku. It is a ritual where Buddhist monks use a doku drum made of the hide of a white christian baby to conjure up demons for human sacrifice. Using three fingers they beat... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1402571/posts#comment Fri, 13 May 2005 16:17:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1395317/posts My son was taken from me when he was only 2 months old because I supposedly "worshiped the devil" in front of him. I am an atheiest. I don't even belive in the devil. It ruined my life and at the same time opened up a whole new world of horror stories from other parents. How our government is walking all over the rules they put in place to protect us and how our civil rights are violated each and everyday. EVERYONE especailly those with families should be aware of this!!! Please visit my sites and sign my petition to... Taba's Diary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1395317/posts#comment Mon, 2 May 2005 18:40:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1347952/posts For Toledo police, it was a rare assignment: Search an abandoned house on the edge of a cornfield in western Lucas County where people reportedly took part in ritual abuse ceremonies. The detectives combed the bedrooms, kitchen, and even the dark basement for evidence of cult gatherings. The search of the decrepit, wood structure last year was a sign the investigation of the Rev. Gerald Robinson was moving beyond a murder case. Toledoblade.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1347952/posts#comment Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:06:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1264206/posts Martial Law Is Declared After 150 Die in Clashes in Central China By JOSEPH KAHN Published: November 1, 2004 EIJING, Oct. 31 - Ethnic clashes between majority Han Chinese and Hui Muslims left almost 150 people dead and forced the authorities to declare martial law in a section of Henan Province in central China, journalists and witnesses in the region said Sunday. The fighting flared Friday and continued into the weekend after a Hui taxi driver's car hit and killed a 6-year-old Han girl, prompting recriminations between different ethnic groups in neighboring villages, the journalists and witnesses said. One individual... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1264206/posts#comment Mon, 1 Nov 2004 01:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1262481/posts Abu Dhabi: The Muslim world needs a strong media presence to counter Western propaganda that damages the image of Islam, an American Muslim leader told Gulf News. Responding to a question about the media in the West and its portrayal of Islam and Muslims, Khalid Ahmad, president of American Congress of Muslim Youth, said it was the weaknesses of Muslims that had led to the deteriorating image of Islam. "To an American, most of the terrorist activities are coming from the Muslim world. I suggest Muslims need to have a strong media front to counter the Western media and improve... GulfNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1262481/posts#comment Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:23:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1261732/posts Muslims cite betrayal by Bush Polls show many of them who voted for him in 2000 will not be doing so in '04 By KRISTEN MACKCopyright 2004 Houston Chronicle A poll conducted by Zogby International for Georgetown University's Muslims in the American Public Square, or Project MAPS, found that by a margin of 76 percent to 7 percent, Muslims are backing Kerry over Bush."That shift was a surprise for us. Even in 2000, they gave their vote overwhelmingly to George Bush," said Zahid Bukhari, director of Project MAPS. "Muslims are not only changing their voting preferences but also their party... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1261732/posts#comment Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:04:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1258646/posts A pregnant teenage mother today appealed against a sentence of death by stoning imposed on her for committing adultery in northern Nigeria where Islamic law applies. Hajara Ibrahim’s lawyers argued for the conviction to be overturned because the 18-year-old was never married and, therefore, could not be guilty of adultery. Judge Mohammed Mustapha Uma, sitting in the Upper Shariah Court in the rural town of Dass, said he would issue a ruling on November 10. Ibrahim, seven months pregnant, was convicted of adultery on October 5 by an Islamic court in Bauchi state, in Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north. While Ibrahim... Scotsman.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1258646/posts#comment Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:03:06 GMT