We are told in Scripture to love good and hate evil. And of course, evil is defined by God, not by today’s sin fable factory churning out “transphobia,” “colonialism” and the like.
American culture is so far from hating evil that we accept almost anything without much of a fuss. The fuss itself is considered evil.
So Satanists providing the invocations recently at an Iowa city council meeting and also at a town council in Washington state, produced only a ripple of objection to a lengthy diatribe implicitly defying Judeo-Christian faith and closing with “Hail, Satan.” There was one pastor at the Iowa meeting who requested a pause to negate this dark declaration by the satanist, a former council member. “Let’s reverse this curse that was put on our city,” the pastor asked. A moment of silence was then granted.
A moment of silence? To counter “Hail Satan”? What has America become?
That pastor represents the diminishing remnant.
The Washington audience voiced no objections. In fact, some members of the Battle Ground, WA audience affirmed the wicked message through voice or gestures. It’s interesting because this town has been the focus of news stories about an emerging “Christian nationalism” presence, which agitated local liberals.
So the hellish invocation was a planned political statement in response to the scary threat of Christian patriots. Yet at this meeting, where were the Bible thumpers? If there’s a Christian takeover, it was invisible, as the council heard the satanist with nary a raised eyebrow.
Proud paganism is simply not shocking anymore. As we enter another Halloween season with its strangely exploding popularity ( $13.5 billion expected expenditures), it’s time to recognize that the mechanics of paganism and witchcraft are incorporated into the everyday routines of many Americans. Even those who claim Christian faith think nothing of practices that are eerily similar to sorcery.
Incantations like “naming and claiming” (the prosperity gospel), which twists words of Scripture to carry power apart from trusting God’s will, are actually covetous, power-grabbing rituals. Witches would be okay with that.
So is the repetition of words or phrases as a mantra for the same reason (even Scripture). Also revering objects or icons in prayers; any type of divination; following one’s astrological sign; sending any prayers to female figures as goddesses instead of God Almighty; or seeking altered consciousness, even if one is trying to “connect” with the Holy Spirit. There are even Christian witches, self-declared. But their conduct is heretical, not faithful.
God never told us to do any of this, but instead, He gives stern warnings against pagan practices like these, even if we believe our intentions are good.
As our populace abandons faithful Christianity, paganism is the choice by more and more, although some, especially satanists, call themselves “atheists.” There is even research about what issues are most important to pagans. It’s about what you would imagine: the environment, feminism, acceptance of “LGBT” behaviors, and an “open mind” are at the top.
But many observe that as our populace deteriorates mentally and ethically, those who are somewhat or heavily antagonistic toward Judeo-Christian beliefs—like witches and pagans—are easier to manipulate toward the most radical beliefs. We can see how the politics of paganism may be contributing to a sizeable voting bloc of unthinking screamers.
Unstable males gravitate toward neo-Nazi influencers --Hasan Piker and even, oddly, Tucker Carlson-- with hate-filled messages where demonic deception is a convenient side dish. Many “satanists” are simply hard-left disaffected rebels.
But Satan is not choosy. He will use whatever person invokes his name.
Polling indicates that women lean more liberal politically, and it’s easy to see why. American females are way too easy to draw into even the weirdest insanity of progressive politics – even support for misogynists who love sharia law.
Doreen Virtue explains in a video, The Dark New Age Rabbit Hole, how easily Christian women can be lured into one occultic practice after another, still believing they are covered through quick prayers to the Lord. Women are moved by an appeal to empowerment and the “self,” but this often ends in disaster.
It’s not just personal tragedy at stake. Our national security may also be going down the rabbit hole through massive spiritual deception.
Feminism has taught to females respond emotionally to self-declared “victims,” tear-jerking messages about immigrants, so-called genocide in Gaza, trans-“affirming” health care for teens (actually, mutilation), defending the “need” for one’s abortion (and even perhaps the murder of one’s toddlers?) and the cruelties of alleged GOP “fascism.”
And they will readily believe any tale of conservatives as racists, pedophiles, rapists, etc., who recklessly leave countless (usually unnamed) victims in their wake. These women conveniently ignore the hundreds of thousands of children lost after Biden’s open border invasion, the children mutilated by “trans” procedures, or the millions of babies butchered in abortion.
Our girls are magnetized to dark forms of empowerment and the spiritual danger is real. The number of adherents to witchcraft is rising rapidly and it’s mostly the young—“maidens”—yet a segment of “crones” embraces the craft as well.
New movies this fall continue the trend to normalize witchcraft – Practical Magic 2— and to fuel the narrative that some people are “born” witches or into witch families (where have we heard that before?). Hexed, the Disney animation slated for Thanksgiving, will deliver this message to millions of children unless discerning parents turn away.
There’s Forbidden Fruits, out earlier this year. And of course, many American children are feasting on the distortions of the Wizard of Oz knock-off films, Wicked and Wicked for Good ( Wicked Part 2), featuring Glinda the Good Witch with her school friend Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, transformed into a victimized, person-of-color animal rights activist.
Of course she is. Even our American "classic" witch stories aren’t sacred anymore but force-fitted with the ever-present leftist agenda.
In the past three decades the number of witch movies is hard to keep track of. Subject matter that once was repugnant is now ho-hum.
Observe how formulaic today’s typical witch tale is. Witchcraft, sorcery and paganism are portrayed as attractive, useful for problem-solving, empowering, intriguing and free of the “oppression” of orthodox Judeo- Christian values. These beliefs allow for personal (especially sexual) freedom. The sales pitch goes from embracing alleged “good” witch practices to eventually conceding how helpful the “bad” witch tools can be, like calling down curses on enemies.
It is a quick walk the emotionally challenged can easily travel and it is not a big stretch to say that the rapidly advancing embrace of political violence on the left has a strong connection to witchcraft and paganism. They have embraced the lie and are motivated to act.
Pagans and satanists will be found not infrequently among vicious “trans” rights demonstrations and Antifa protests. These “direct actions” can actually be spells, you see.
So is it any wonder that Christians have more warnings than ever against all occult practices and the observance of Halloween? Ex-witches and ex- satanists are sounding the alarm.
Ex-witch Ashley Jones says that the Word of God is essential. “The only way you can discern evil is to know the truth.”
To which I say, Amen.
