The hidden, demonic subtext contained in a bookstore sign in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood revealed (photo: mine)
Just when you thought you’d heard it all from the completely and utterly bonkers Pat Robertson and his loony-tunes Christian Broadcasting Network, Americans United for Separation of Church and State points to the latest from America’s Christian right:
In a column on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s Web site, writer Kimberly Daniels asserts that “demons” sneak into bags of Halloween candy at grocery stores.
“[M]ost of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches,” Daniels wrote. “I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.”
The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, urged Robertson and Daniels to lighten up.
“I’ve heard of the devil being in the details, but to think he’s lurking inside a Snickers bar is a little too much,” Lynn quipped. “Pat Robertson has always peddled some scary stuff, but this is over the top.”
(emphasis: mine)
Not one to willingly loosen her grip on the steering wheel of the Christianist clown car, Daniels drives on:
“Halloween is much more than a holiday filled with fun and tricks or treats … It is a time for the gathering of evil that masquerades behind the fictitious characters of Dracula, werewolves, mummies and witches on brooms. The truth is that these demons that have been presented as scary cartoons actually exist. I have prayed for witches who are addicted to drinking blood and howling at the moon.”
No doubt she has.
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