Satanism in Popular Culture

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Kithrus said:
I think the issue most hyper Catholics have is the nudity/modesty issues and the fact she’s disobeying her father.

Well I can kinda understand the first point the second is totally lost on me.

If she is old enough to leave and get married then she’s old enough to make her own choices.
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Well, she’s sixteen, which in the U.S. isn’t old enough to leave and get married, but obviously that’s cultural and not a matter of natural law. (I think in the original story she was fifteen, in fact.) However, the idea that when you’re old enough to “leave and get married” you don’t have to obey your parents is also a cultural idea of the modern West.

I would put it a bit differently: the key disturbing moment for me is when Sebastian starts telling her to stay and obey her father and give up her love for the prince and then adds, “and be miserable all your life.”

This is vicious nonsense, and tells girls that their adolescent crushes are the most important things in the universe and if they miss their “one true love” they will be miserable for the rest of their lives.

This is what folks ought to be upset about.

Edwin
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
This kind of criticism of Harry Potter makes no sense to me. I don’t even care for it all that much, but these criticisms border on the preposterous.

The titular character rejects and fights evil.

He overcomes it with courage, selflessness and sacrifice.

None of the heroes or heroines ever “summon a demon”,

The “spells” are either simple latin words or mangled latin words, there’s no “real” magic or witchcraft anywhere throughout the series.

… and the climactic scene shows that the villain has damaged his soul through acts of evil motivated out of his fear of death and love for and attachment to earthly life. Literally attaching his soul to things of this world. The point being that regardless of whether the villain wins or loses the contest on earth, he has chosen eternal misery in the next life. A bit more blatant than the christian symbolism in other more accepted fantasy works like Lord of the Rings or Narnia.
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Contarini said:
This is vicious nonsense, and tells girls that their adolescent crushes are the most important things in the universe and if they miss their “one true love” they will be miserable for the rest of their lives.

This is what folks ought to be upset about.

Edwin
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Saw the movie “Hotel Transilvania” around halloween, and it too had a theme of “you have one true love!”

Codswallop!

And this from Hollywood, famous for the celebrity marriage-go-round?

Please!

Tom A.
 
I hate The Little Mermaid, but not because I think it’s Santanic but because Ariel is such a revolting brat. I also never liked Harry Potter, but again it’s not because I think it’s evil. I really get upset when I hear things like this. You can find something “Santanic” in almost anything if you’re really determined to find it. I really love horror books and movies and I’ve had some people tells I shouldn’t because they’re all Santanic!
 
Catolico65 said:
Promoting Satan’s ways is a trillion dollar business in the US.

From state sponsored child sacrifice to indoctrination of children via “sex education” to the tv, movie, music industry and liberal press. The fact is the US is awash in satanism.
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Very true! Ive heard alot of things about the entertainment industry over the years and some of the claims that nearly everyone involved is somehow also involved in satanism, in fact, claims that nearly all popular artists today are secretly in league with orders of powerful people hell bent on destroying the church and christianity. Some of the videos, the symbolism is quite obvious, this is only done for one reason. While the claims are extraordinary, I would not be surprised if they were all true and probably worse than the claims actually!
 
meteoric said:
Saw the movie “Hotel Transilvania” around halloween, and it too had a theme of “you have one true love!”

Codswallop!

And this from Hollywood, famous for the celebrity marriage-go-round?

Please!

Tom A.
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Well, there is probably a connection. If you believe that happiness depends on finding “the one,” and you aren’t happy in your current marriage, then you decide that you must not have found “the one.”

Edwin
 
mikekle said:
Very true! Ive heard alot of things about the entertainment industry over the years and some of the claims that nearly everyone involved is somehow also involved in satanism, in fact, claims that nearly all popular artists today are secretly in league with orders of powerful people hell bent on destroying the church and christianity. Some of the videos, the symbolism is quite obvious, this is only done for one reason. While the claims are extraordinary, I would not be surprised if they were all true and probably worse than the claims actually!
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It’s unbelievable. Secrets of the universe, like, Siegfried, evil. Roy? Not so much.
  • Lorne, “Home”
 
mikekle said:
Very true! Ive heard alot of things about the entertainment industry over the years and some of the claims that nearly everyone involved is somehow also involved in satanism, in fact, claims that nearly all popular artists today are secretly in league with orders of powerful people hell bent on destroying the church and christianity. Some of the videos, the symbolism is quite obvious, this is only done for one reason. While the claims are extraordinary, I would not be surprised if they were all true and probably worse than the claims actually!
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Do you want some tin foil?
 
Kithrus said:
Do you want some tin foil?
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Nope, dont need it LOL, I can easily resist such things, but many people cannot. Maybe this is the reason Miley Cirus, Ke$ha, and others like that are SO incredibly popular and have the ability to influence alot of young people.Gee, what purpose could they have for wanting to do that?
 
We all know those reasons, what I was wondering is why they want to influence all those younger people who idolize them.
 
mikekle said:
We all know those reasons, what I was wondering is why they want to influence all those younger people who idolize them.
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Ego.

But think:
  1. I worship the devil, therefore I want all these people to idolize me.
    or
  2. My ego is boosted and I feel important when all these people idolize me.
#2 makes more logical to me.

Of course there’s always
3) I enjoy singing/dancing/entertaining and am good at it. It’s a side effect that all these people idolize me.

Tom A.
“You can always find someone else to entertain you! But you’re the only audience I have!” - Garrison Keillor, Prairie Home Companion (I think during one of the aniversary “Good bye” shows.)
 
meteoric said:
Ego.

But think:
  1. I worship the devil, therefore I want all these people to idolize me.
    or
  2. My ego is boosted and I feel important when all these people idolize me.
#2 makes more logical to me.

Of course there’s always
3) I enjoy singing/dancing/entertaining and am good at it. It’s a side effect that all these people idolize me.

Tom A.
“You can always find someone else to entertain you! But you’re the only audience I have!” - Garrison Keillor, Prairie Home Companion (I think during one of the aniversary “Good bye” shows.)
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I agree the entertainers have egos, that is normal considering the nature of their job, but I tend to also think there is an underlying agenda, along with making boat loads of money (for alot of people besides themselves), they can also make sure all those young kids who idolize them grow up without God in their life, trying to be like the entertainers(having no morals)…this seems right up Satans alley

They are doing a great job of this too! Back in the 90s, I remember Tipper Gore and all the talk about regulating the entertainment industry so young kids are not influenced, but in todays world, we dont hear anything about that anymore.
 
I listen to heavy metal, I read harry potter and other similar books (and love them!!), I love th little mermaid, I dont wear my hems down to my feet or collars up to mu neck, I practice witchtcraft. Watch out, I must be the devils spawn!!
Its stuff like this that drove me away from organized religion.
 
If you practice witchcraft than you are the devil’s pawn. It’s that simple. You may not like being told you are a sinner and I am sure my words mean nothing to you. You call yourself a child of God when you are in fact worshipping Satan. Your coven may laugh at God and laugh at the allegation of satanism-read their works and call on the spirits the control you. In fact you probably are possessed by the devil.

Yes I am completely serious!

Repent of your sins, your magick, your Obama worship, your love of fashion and pride and your anti-war stance-all these things you support are satanic and what you oppose is God’s will!
 
Rock7 said:
If you practice witchcraft than you are the devil’s pawn. It’s that simple. You may not like being told you are a sinner and I am sure my words mean nothing to you. You call yourself a child of God when you are in fact worshipping Satan. Your coven may laugh at God and laugh at the allegation of satanism-read their works and call on the spirits the control you. In fact you probably are possessed by the devil.

Yes I am completely serious!

Repent of your sins, your magick, your Obama worship, your love of fashion and pride and your anti-war stance-all these things you support are satanic and what you oppose is God’s will!
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Obama worship, anti-war stance?

Please tell me you’re being sarcastic. Were you responding to the post above your post? She said nothing about Obama and war. 🤷
 
heavymetallover said:
I hate The Little Mermaid, but not because I think it’s Santanic but because Ariel is such a revolting brat. I also never liked Harry Potter, but again it’s not because I think it’s evil. I really get upset when I hear things like this. You can find something “Santanic” in almost anything if you’re really determined to find it. I really love horror books and movies and I’ve had some people tells I shouldn’t because they’re all Santanic!
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The Disney Ariel maybe. But then again a lot of kids featured on Disney shows are brats.

Read the original Hans Christian Anderson story. The little mermaid there is not a brat.
 
Peter_J said:
Yes, but if that’s a problem, then I would guess that the four-year-old isn’t being brought up very well.
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In my personal experience, I had much more difficulty convincing my 4 year olds to stay clothed above & below the waist than difficulty with what they might infer from a movie. They figured if they spilled something on themselves, the easiest thing would be to take it off, and continue playing/eating - then they wouldn’t get any more clothes dirty :eek:

(Note - only childhood logic, not satanic influences were at work in my kids - and they did learn after awhile.)
 
Rock7 said:
If you practice witchcraft than you are the devil’s pawn. It’s that simple. You may not like being told you are a sinner and I am sure my words mean nothing to you. You call yourself a child of God when you are in fact worshipping Satan. Your coven may laugh at God and laugh at the allegation of satanism-read their works and call on the spirits the control you. In fact you probably are possessed by the devil.

Yes I am completely serious!

Repent of your sins, your magick, your Obama worship, your love of fashion and pride and your anti-war stance-all these things you support are satanic and what you oppose is God’s will!
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Wow, honey you are SUUCH a great christian, bravo!
But really, that whole “coven” part. That just made me laugh. Get your head out of the middle ages honey. I dont fly on a broomstick:P
 
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