Satan.

When I say that rock music and popular entertainment, including sports, are rife with Satanism and black magic I can hear you say, "But there is no Satan."

Modern secular thinking rightly rejects the idea of a supernatural devil.

But because there is no Satan does not mean that there are no Satanists.

There are people who believe in Satan and sell their souls with the objective of achieving fame and fortune.  Mostly rock stars.  But there are others in the entertainment industries and sports.

What they do is tempt us, lead us astray, and damn us.

Have you noticed that everything is going up in flames?

Their songs have double meanings.
Their music is the music of death.

Death, in theological terms, means separation from God and leads to damnation.

This is their objective.

They deceive us and betray us.

But in the end there is no Satan and no hell, only God's Love.
 

Virtues.

Honesty.

Truthfulness.

Compassion.

Tolerance.

Charity.

Patience.

Love.

These are the virtues we show when our fear is gone.

They lead us to the goodness of God.

Holy Communion.

What we celebrate in the Church today as Holy Communion is based on a real event - the Last Supper - but it is unlikely that it took the form which we use today.

In the ancient world the meal was a symbol of communion with the god.
It was the culmination of the initiation ceremonies of the Mystery Cults.

The cult of Dionysus for example used the meal as a reminder of the death of Dionysus who was eaten by the giants.  Some think that this myth is the basis of the Eucharist.
Dionysus' heart was taken to Olympus where he was given a new body.

That being said, the event which we call the Last Supper was a Passover meal. And as such it was a celebration of the covenant between God and the people of Israel in Egypt.
The blood of the sacrificial lamb was painted above the door of each Israelite's house and the plague of death passed over them, sparing them.

It was the commemoration of this meal which Jesus and the disciples engaged in that night.

As a reminder of the covenant between God and Israel Jesus may have used this meal as a symbol of the new covenant centered in him.

It is unlikely that he would have used the words my body and my blood.
This is much more likely to be an overlay which was added later, after his crucifixion.

But this Passover meal remains a covenant with God and we are right to commemorate it as Holy Communion.

Nude.

Have you noticed how rock stars, models, and sportsmen and women seem to be appearing nude all the time.

This is being done by stars who have sold their souls to the devil, in order to get you in.

It serves two functions:
1.  To get you to buy their product.
2.  To get you into hell.

They hope that you will become obsessed with them and this will generate income for them.

They will then tempt and curse you in the hope that you will go to hell.

It is at once cynical and diabolical.

There is nothing wrong with nudity itself.
It is the way in which it is being used that is sinful.

So be wary of stars who display themselves nude.
They may just be after your soul.

(N.B.  There is no hell in reality only God's Love.)

A Dream.

When we are in darkness we are full of fear.

When we are in darkness we make mistakes.

When we are in darkness we dream.

But when the light comes it dispels the darkness, takes away our fear, and we awaken.

And all our fear is like a dream.

Hidden.

The covert Satanism which was pioneered by the rock stars of the 1960s has spread to movie and T.V. stars, sportsmen and women, and writers and commentators.

It permeates all rock music.

It forms a web of evil which spans our popular culture.

This is hidden by conscious efforts to manipulate their public image.
White covers up their evil activities like whited sepulchers.

They use astrology backwards - pushing the negatives of each generational sign: selfishness for Leo; holier than thou for Virgo; hedonism for Libra; hate, and violence for Scorpio; laziness for Sagittarius; bigotry, prejudice, and judgment for Capricorn; promiscuity, madness, and drugs for Aquarius etc...

This is subconscious sabotage.

The surface of the music may be all sweetness and light but beneath is hatred and violence, madness and evil.

They are waging a war against God.
A war in which music and movies, T.V. and sports are the arenas and propaganda and lies are the weapons.

There may be no Satan in reality but the damage done remains.

It has been said that Satan deceives the whole world.
Modern Satanism in our popular culture deceives everyone.

The Book of Revelation.

Far from representing the imminent end of the world I believe that the Book of Revelation which ends the Bible represents the fall of Rome, the end of the ancient world, and the establishment of Christendom.

It is stated that the seven heads of the beast are seven hills - this is the seven hills of Rome.
The ten horns are Roman emperors.
The three little horns are the triumvirate.
The blasphemy is that Caesar is a god.

The cavalry are the barbarian hoards - the Vandals, the Visigoths etc. - who destroyed Rome.

The Christians are then given thrones - the thrones of Europe - following Constantine: Charlemaine, and the Christian kings of England and Germany....

So there is no need to fear the end - it has already happened.

It was imminent at the time of Jesus.

And it established the Age of Pisces.

We are now leaving the Age of Pisces and entering the Age of Aquarius.

But there is no need to fear war, although there is always conflict between the old and the new.

Pray that we can achieve the transition without violence.

Bad Behavior.

Because God does not punish bad behavior does not mean that He condones it.

He withdraws.

Murder, violence, stealing, lies, adultery, blasphemy, greed, oppression.....
God does not condone these things.

But most of them have causes and these causes are fears.

So God does not judge them.

Non-violence, forgiveness, honesty, respect, charity, generosity,.....
God delights in these things.

But most of all God delights in Love.

Tolerance.

Right -wing Christians seem to think that they have a God given right to stop gay people having sex.

They constantly oppose any expression of sexuality between people of the same sex.  And seek to straighten any gay people they make contact with.

They tell us God does not accept us.
And we will all go to hell.

Far from endorsing these ideas God teaches us tolerance.
We are to love our neighbors, not judge them.

God does not punish us.
So there can be no hell.

But rather than embracing these liberal ideas many right-wing Christians feel obliged to interfere with others.  They bully and threaten them.

It is their fear that drives them.
Beginning and ending with the fear of God.

If only they could learn to love God and not fear Him perhaps they would treat others with more tolerance.

Evil.

Some Philosophers call natural disasters and bad experiences evil.

I, however, would suggest that the only evil in the world is deliberate, conscious evil done by people who have rejected the good (God).

The rest is done in ignorance by humans of their own free will.

Natural disasters are accidents caused by the actions of natural forces in the earth.  These natural forces act autonomously - i.e. without the conscious intervention of God.

As for bad experiences; the chances are that if you treat people badly they will treat you badly in return, and if you treat people well they will treat you well in return.

This is not, however, a Law.
People have free will and act according to their will.

People are free to return ill for your good or good for your ill.

God is not responsible for what happens to you in the world.
Other members of the human family are responsible for their own actions towards you.

Our task is to be grateful or forgive.