"Walmart has come under fire -- the fire of hell -- for selling satanic products. Their online catalog has 22 pages -- around 440 items -- of demonic merchandise...The products include demonic sculptures and figures; satanic pornography that blasphemes Christ's crucifixion; numerous products and jewelry with pentagrams and other demonic images, and books that include the Satanic bible and books on spells."
The company has come a long way (down) since its founder, Sam Walton, was giving motivational speeches and Christian testimony at American churches. Walton was a devout Presbyterian of the old school and donated much of his fortune---which he made as an entrepreneur---to Christian causes. If he were alive today, he'd no doubt sign the online petition against Wal-Mart's promotion of Satanism.
Wal-Mart isn't the originator of this revolting cultural trend. The Corporate Media---where Satanism isn't exactly an unknown phenomenon---are the ones leading the charge. The media's been building up to this for a long time: a few years ago, witches were all the rage; followed by a fascination with vampires and werewolves. By 2015, the Devil got his own TV series Lucifer, where his sooty highness is depicted as the hip and cool owner of an LA nightclub (seriously) who aids the Los Angeles Police Department (something that Christians presumably would never do).
Which is a far cry from how our more enlightened forefathers depicted the Infernal Kingdom:
Contrary to what Snowflakes want to believe, the Devil is not the ally of the human race. As St. John tells us, "the world lies in the embrace of the Evil One." The Devil is the author and instigator of the world's worst elements. Just as the Apostles tell us that there are Fruits of the Spirit, so there are fruits of the devil. St. John notes that some of these are hatred, fear, divisiveness, etc. The Devil rules his kingdom with fear, force, and fraud: God says that 'whoever will may come' if they are drawn by Love---for, as St. John tells us again, "God is Love'' and that "A perfected love dispels all fears."
So, why is Satanism a growing phenomenon in the US? The Los Angeles Times published an informative, albeit biased, article about a year ago on the subject. The Satanists interviewed in the article speak of the Devil as a symbol of resistance. A quote from one of them, referring to one of their rallies, I think, hits it perfectly:
"It was a great night for a heterodox generation of new self-described Satanists who are upending old "Rosemary's Baby" and "Helter Skelter" stereotypes in service of radical politics, feminist aesthetics and community unity in the divisive time of Trump."
Let that statement sink in.
Satanists thus admit two things: their natural affinity with postmodern Liberalism and that Satan represents resistance to the Trump Administration's reforms. That alone should remove any doubt that Trump is taking us down the right path.
Good post. I grew up in the 70's and 80's, so heavy metal and satanic symbolism was everywhere, but not like it is today, not so prevalent and normalized that you find it at Wal Mart and even on children's clothing. The consequences are devastating, I mean people call evil good and good evil, and satan is now romanticized, no longer understood to be the bad guy. The enemy comes only to steal, kill, and destroy and people now idolize the one who comes to destroy them. Given those cultural narratives it should be no wonder that people today often vote against their best interests, date all the wrong people, chase all the wrong things. Kind of tragically comical but step one to having a thriving community and good relationships is understanding that satan is the bad guy. Get that part wrong and it will impact every other area of our lives.
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