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Popular Occulture Series #4
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for
light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
~ Isaiah 5:20 ~
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“The trio of ghost hunters, comprised of
Zak, Nick, and Aaron, investigates some
of the most notorious and haunted places
in the world. The detailed eyewitness
accounts of these paranormal experiences
make viewers feel as if they're actually on
location with the ghost-hunting team. The
interviews with local residents and
historical experts add to the chilling nature
of the show, explaining the history of the
haunted places and some of the horrible
deaths that occurred there.”
TRAVEL CHANNEL
POLTERGEISTS
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“This show features research conducted by university students from Penn State.
It's particularly spooky because they take a more scientific approach when trying to
provide evidence of an actual haunting or to solve some unexplained phenomenon.
They film the entire process of their research, including the gathering of
background information. They always explain the nature of any equipment used to
measure and record paranormal activity, and later show the recorded footage. They
also conduct interviews with the owners of the allegedly haunted homes before,
during and after their findings.”
A&E
POLTERGEISTS
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Jason and Grant may be plumbers by day, but at
night they take to haunted locations with their
ghost-hunting team to collect evidence of
paranormal activity. After founding The Atlantic
Paranormal Society (TAPS), they resolved to help
people understand the paranormal and to
investigate any events that may be unexplained,
no matter the location. This is the original 'Ghost
Hunters' series. Spin-offs include 'Ghost Hunters
Academy' and 'Ghost Hunters International.'
SyFy Channel
POLTERGEISTS
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“This is one of the scariest shows chronicling eerie
events that have occurred around America. The show is a
dramatization of real-life events, but the way the stories
are told are chilling, often involving suicides or murders
that left a psychic impression on the location. Several
people are interviewed throughout the show, discussing
the energy they felt in the place and the legends and
haunted history. After the hour is up, you're left with the
complete story and a sense of amazement at how the
dead can still have such an impression on the living.”
DISCOVERY Channel
POLTERGEISTS
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“This show was originally adapted
from the British television series
of the same name. Paranormal
investigators stay overnight at
haunted locations to investigate
unusual activity. They feature
mediums and parapsychologists
to sense whether there is a
disturbing presence in a particular
house or if there is something that
needs to be communicated from
the other realm. A historian is also
there to provide facts about the
location in question in case it
reveals additional information
about the unexplained events.”
TRAVEL Channel
POLTERGEISTS
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Other Popular Paranormal TV series:
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Dead Files
Paranormal Witness
Haunted Highway
My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera
Scariest Places on Earth
Ghost Hunters International
Haunted Collector
Psychic Kids
Paranormal Challenge
Sightings
MTV’s FEAR
SyFy’s Ghost Hunters Academy
And many more…
What further proof do you need
to see that we are fixated with
the Occult in America?
Most Americans believe in
ghosts. Nearly 1 in 5 American
adults say they have seen or
been in the presence of a
ghost. Almost 30% share a belief
that they remain in contact with
someone who has already died.
Over 1/3 believe that spirits of
the dead come back and that
their presences haunt among us
today. According to one study,
people who go to church are a lot
less likely to see a ghost.
~ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/30/18-ofamericans-say-theyve-seen-a-ghost/
POLTERGEISTS
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A large and growing segment of the
population today are inclined to believe or
at least open to the possibility of
spectral visitation from a dearly departed
loved one. In fact, 18% of Americans claim
to have seen a ghost and often it is
something that bears likeness to someone
or something they loved.
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WHAT DOES SCRIPTURE SAY?
And as it is appointed
unto men once to die, but
after this the judgment:
~ Hebrews 9:27 ~
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And beside all this,
between us and you
there is a great gulf
fixed: so that they
which would pass
from hence to you
cannot; neither can
they pass to us,
that would come
from thence.
~ Luke 16:26 ~
There is an unbridgeable chasm
between the dead and the living. Hell is
an inescapable, permanent abode for all
the unforgiven dead. They do not have
freedom of mobility or the luxury of
roaming the earth to do self-atonement
or to make house calls.
Jesus clearly meant to communicate to
us that the Eternal State of the dead,
whether in Heaven or in Hell, is a
permanent accomodation. Our loved
ones do not return from the dead to
comfort us, advise us, or commune with
us. They remain separated from
influencing the lives of those still living
upon earth.
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“For the living know that
they shall die: but the
dead know not any
thing, neither have they
any more a reward; for
the memory of them is
forgotten. Also their love,
and their hatred, and their
envy, is now perished;
neither have they any
more a portion for ever
in any thing that is done
under the sun.”
~ Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 ~
The dead do not continue to experience
life “under the sun”. That is to say, they
do not have any personal contact with
the realm of the living. Those who are
deceased do not have consciousness of
this realm of the living. (That is not to
suggest that they are not conscious at
all; only that they are presently in
another realm apart from this one.)
The departed do not retain their riches
or their mementos. They do not carry
their vendettas or their obsessions with
them to the grave. After death, they are
no more able to cross over from the
realm of the dead to life. “Haunting”
therefore is not possible nor
desireable.
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“Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was
a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not
in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar, and the father
of it.”
Jesus called the devil the “father of
lies” – this suggests that Satan spawns
deceptions and lies to delude and
persuade people to believe against the
truth. He is a clever and subtle
manipulator – distorting and
transforming reality into an innocent,
righteous, and innocuous form.
I believe that MANY people (even a lot
of Christians) have been duped by the
devil into seeing no harm with the occult
portrayals that pervade today’s air
waves and literature.
~ John 8:44 ~
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And no marvel; for
Satan himself is
transformed into an
angel of light.
Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers
also be transformed as
the ministers of
righteousness; whose
end shall be according
to their works.
Jesus called the devil the “father of
lies” – this suggests that Satan spawns
deceptions and lies to delude and
persuade people to believe against the
truth. He is a clever and subtle
manipulator – distorting and
transforming reality into an innocent,
righteous, and innocuous form.
I believe that MANY people (even a lot
of Christians) have been duped by the
devil into seeing no harm with the occult
portrayals that pervade today’s air
waves and literature.
~ II Corinthians 11:14-15 ~
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How most people think about
the Occult in the media…
What is the TRUTH about the
Occult in the media…
I don’t deny that there is a clear
occult/pagan connection, but I’m not
actually involved in the occult. I don’t
believe in it. I don’t accept it. I can still
love God and watch it for
entertainment.
If you are not standing against the occult,
then you are sympathetic with the occult. If
you are entertained by the very things that
God detests, then your heart is far away from
Gods.
The occult connotations are harmless if
I don’t personally believe in them. They
cannot have any power over me or my
children if I do not let them. My children
who watch the “Disney-fied” witchcraft
are not subject to any harm! We don’t
want them to feel left out since other
kids are watching them.
I think that its safe if I take time to
explain to my children that God is true
and these stories are just mythical and
fanciful stories of imagination. There’s
no way they will become confused.
If you think that certain ideas are only
harmful if you believe in them, then you’re
living in a delusion. You don’t believe in idols,
right? An idol is really nothing, right? So you
can hang out in a pagan temple and enjoy
the ceremonies, rituals, and practices of the
pagans around you, and still feel justified that
you’re doing right. Of course not!
Do you really think that you can explain away
to your child what God has explicitly
forbidden?
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“Now a thing was secretly brought
to me, and mine ear received a
little thereof. In thoughts from the
visions of the night, when deep
sleep falleth on men, Fear came
upon me, and trembling, which
made all my bones to shake. Then
a spirit passed before my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up: It
stood still, but I could not discern
the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes, there was
silence, and I heard a voice,
saying, Shall mortal man be more
just than God? shall a man be
more pure than his maker?
Behold, he put no trust in his
servants; and his angels he
charged with folly:…”
Satan is trying to feed us
misinformation about himself. He uses
fear to induce our submission. He
uses lies to manipulate our perception
of what is right and wrong. He distorts
God’s truth and clear commandments
and exploits it to his advantage. He
uses attractive wisdom and appealing
logic to support his dastardly
deceptive reasoning.
His accusations of God are subtle and
yet devastating and we are gullible
and easily won over by his wiles and
tricky tactics.
~ Job 4:12-18, Eliphaz speaking to Job ~
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1.) Fabrications or Hoaxes
Many of the pictures, videos, and accounts
of ghosts and hauntings are contrived by
hoaxes or deliberate deception.
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2.) Hallucinations or Illusions
Many accounts of ghosts can find a
natural explanation based on someone
under the influence or an optical illusion.
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2.) Hallucinations or Illusions
Many accounts of ghosts can find a
natural explanation based on someone
under the influence or an optical illusion.
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2.) Hallucinations or Illusions
Many accounts of ghosts can find a
natural explanation based on someone
under the influence or an optical illusion.
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1.) Fabrications or Hoaxes
Many of the pictures, videos, and
accounts of ghosts and hauntings are
contrived by hoaxes or deliberate
deception.
2.) Hallucinations or Illusions
Many accounts of ghosts can find a
natural explanation based on someone
under the influence or an optical illusion.
3.) Manifestation of demons
There are real manifestations of ghosts
that are in fact demonic apparitions.
These are demons masquerading as
familiar departed.
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1.) Continuous Existence
Life never ends. The spiritual component of
human beings lingers on long after the material
is gone.
2.) Communion of Spirits
Spirits are capable and interested in contact
with the living.
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3.) Endless Progression
Spirits are on a quest to self-improvement
and greater enlightenment.
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