DAYS OF THE DEAD

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="002a11c3.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U>HOME</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Page"><U>BOOKS   </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U>HOME</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Page"><U>BOOKS   </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U>ARTICLES</U></A></div> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tapes"><U>TAPES</U></A>   </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spiritual Warfare/Occult "><U>SPIRITUAL WARFARE, OCCULT   </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sexual Abuse Issues"><U>SEXUAL ABUSE ISSUES</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exposing the Darkness Seminar"><U>***EXPOSING THE DARKNESS SEMINAR***</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:greid@elp.rr.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:greid@elp.rr.com"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-988/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="67" height="50">  </U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#A0A0A4" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>DAYS OF THE DEAD...INDEED</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Let me give you a little history course so you will understand the relevance of the rest of this article.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In 1987, myself and about 250 others, in a loosely knit coalition, were knee-deep in fighting the wave of occultism, satanic crime and occult infestation that was devouring kids and infecting the church as clearly documented in my book </B><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Devil Hunter Intro"><U><B>Diary of a Devil Hunter.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>In the early 1990's, out of nowhere, several articles came out of JPUSA/Cornerstone, a "Christian" commune cult out of Chicago that systematically "exposed" Mike Warnke, Lauren Stratford, and anyone else who said that organized satanic crime was real or the occult was a threat. (They were probably the ones that coined the now-famous phrase, "satanic panic.") They were so CONVINCING, so adamant that all of us were either lying, fraudulent or just sensation-seeking panic makers. The problem was, even though we had documents and cases far and wide that could absolutely discredit their assertions, by the time they got through broadcasting their message throughout the church, no one in the church cared to see it. If Cornerstone said it wasn't real, by golly, then it wasn't real.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Some very big questions troubled me:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(1) How could people trust Bob and Gretchen Passantino, who were the authors of most of the material Cornerstone produced on these subjects, when they stated clearly in their book </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The New Inquisition"><U><B>"When the Devil Dares Your Kids" that the average teenager is in no danger from dabbling with the "goddess religion" -  Wicca</B></U></A><B>?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(2) How did Christian Research Institute, Walter Martin's ministry, go from an organization that Martin stated was going to go after the very real problem of satanic crime, to, under Hank Hannegraff's "leadership", becoming the worshipful sponsor of the Passantinos, who claimed no such crimes existed? Felt like someone made a deal with the devil to me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(3) Why was no one questioning the authors of these articles: Passantinos, Hertenstein, Trott, etc. about their own beliefs about the occult, or even about their own sources for the articles everyone assumed were true, but no one could know for sure, since they always hid behind their obligation to "protect their sources" when their sources were questioned?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Well, all of that was a long time ago. They succeeded in decimating and disabling several ministries and lives, and wittingly or unwittingly being part of a massive national effort by occultists, satanists and false memory pundits to dismantle our network. Very few people believe the occult is a threat anymore, thanks in part to their dogged work.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So now we're up to date. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Come and observe the fruit and true nature of our Cornerstone friends. </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Cornerstone Festival: Babylon for Your Christian Kids</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>This year at the famous Cornerstone Festival, which sees tens of thousands of Christian teens come through their gates, hear their bands and attend their "workshops", looked like a full-on pagan festival this year. In addition to the full gaggle of new age friendly classes and bands that consistently flashed the "hail satan" sign (the sign most of them mistakenly think means "rock on"), there was a labyrinth, (</B></FONT><B>In </B><B>Greek mythology</B><B>, </B><B>the </B><B>Labyrinth</B><B> was an elaborate structure constructed for King </B><B>Minos</B><B> </B><B>of </B><B>Crete</B><B> </B><B>and designed by the legendary artificer </B><B>Daedalus</B><B> </B><B>to hold the </B><B>Minotaur</B><B>, a creature that was half man and half </B><B>bull</B><B><U>)</U></B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B> a kissing booth (for donations) a shirtless guy with "free hugs" written on his body (would you want your teenage girl being hugged by a half naked stranger?) and classes such as:</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>- Being holistic</B></div> <div> <B>- Celtic monasticism</B></div> <div> <B>- The secret of homosexuality must be explored</B></div> <div> <B>- Literature of the oppressed: American women authors</B></div> <div> <B>- Native American Flute</B></div> <div> <B>- Rape Culture: Heirarchy and Violence </B></div> <div> <B>- Songs and stories from Native America</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here's one that was no surprise to me, by Gretchen Passantino:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"- Who put the Hallow in Halloween? Boo! Some Christians are afraid of Halloween! An odd response to a holy-day, especially for a religion that does not shirk from death and a church that t</B><I><B>raditionally assimilates even pagan traditions</B></I><B>. (Emphasis mine - GR)This seminar explores these mysteries!" </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"- Memento Mori:  An essay aimed at tying together the diverse threads of Imaginarium 2006 has somehow evolved into a seminar now bearing the dubious title "Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Bacchanals?" (</B><B>T</B><B>he </B><B>Bacchanalia</B><B> were wild and mystic festivals of the </B><B>Roman</B><B> god </B><B>Bacchus - GR.)</B><B> touching on pagan gods and revels, Medeival carnival and leading us back (as always) to Narnia."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mike Hertenstein, one of the co-architects of the slew of Cornerstone articles I mentioned, is the overseer of much of this, and besides Passantino, Jon Trott, one of the other authors, did the workshop on "Rape Culture". You can get a clear picture of his disturbing class material here:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> (Ed. note: My apologies, as the link we had to this has been taken down, no doubt to cover their bases. However feel free to write to us at YouthFire, Box 370006, El Paso TX 79937 and we'd be glad to send you the information.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Which leads me to the "Imaginarium", the late Bob Passantino's "favorite" Cornerstone exhibit: it truly was the "cornerstone" of this years' festival. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This year, they called it "Days of the Dead", and the web ad had a "deadhead" type skeleton with a flower hat. Here's their own intro:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Keep the Hallow in Halloween! (aka Saints Preserve Us!)</B><B> The 2006 Imaginarium at </B><B><U>Cornerstone Festival</U></B><B> honors Saints, Souls (and </B><I><B>Bodies</B></I><B>) in a series of Feasts of the Dead — from </B><I><B>Dia de los Muertos</B></I><B> to the Celtic harvest revels (did you catch that? They were celebrating DRUID FESTIVALS at a CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL! - GR) that became All Hallows' Eve. We'll also explore the darkest heart of the hit TV series </B><I><B>LOST</B></I><B>, survey the stylish and subtle horror films of Val Lewton, (re)acquaint ourselves with Dr. Who, and dig deep into the science, politics and even poetics of archaeology. Indeed, the imperial ruins of time and the grinning skulls of the feasts of the dead have much in common: human history has its own cycles of life and death —a continual reduction to rubble, a continual digging out. This year's Imaginarium explores both ends of that spectrum, reflecting on the transience of the City of Man and the more lasting legacy of citizens of the City of God. We've long claimed for our patron saint, G. K. Chesterton — and St. Gilbert may well have claimed for his own, Francis, that "jester of God." As a part of our All Saints focus, we'll examine what it means to be a saint, with a special emphasis on the Poor Man of Assisi. Our aim is to get beyond the popular sentimentalization of the saint and recover what it means to be such a "knight of faith." We'll also pay our respects to St. Leibowitz, the centerpiece of a classic science fiction novel which makes an unforgettable survey of history and humanity within it. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Within, there were these items:</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3f0d1020.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3efd5d60.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Those of you familiar with hispanic culture will recognize this setup: it is a celebration of the "Dia de los Muertos", or Day of the Dead, an occultic celebration in which people eat skull candy and have a picnic on their loved ones' graves and leave them gifts, etc. Here is the Wikipedia definition of that day:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"The origins of the celebration of The Day of the Dead in Latin America can be traced back to the indigenous peoples of the Americas, such as the </B><B><U>Aztec</U></B><B>, </B><B><U>Maya</U></B><B>, </B><B><U>Purepecha</U></B><B>, </B><B><U>Nahual</U></B><B> and </B><B><U>Totonac</U></B><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Rituals celebrating the lives of dead ancestors had been performed by these </B><B><U>Mesoamerican</U></B><B> civilizations for at least 3,000 years. It was common practice to keep </B><B><U>skulls</U></B><B> as </B><B><U>trophies</U></B><B> and display them during rituals to symbolize death and rebirth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The festival which was to become </B><B>Día de Muertos</B><B> fell on the ninth month of the Aztec Solar Calendar, near the start of August and was celebrated for the entire month. Festivities were presided over by the </B><B><U>goddess</U></B><B> </B><B><U>Mictecacihuatl</U></B><B>, known as the "Lady of the Dead". The festivities were dedicated to the celebration of children and the lives of dead relatives. The Aztec tradition included the making of bread in the shape of a person which is perhaps the origin of the </B><B>pan de muerto</B><B>."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Apparently a skull was placed on an altar to honor Bob Passantino, which I think is entirely appropriate, to honor someone who did so much harm to those trying to STOP the occult from ruining our kids - it is a fitting pagan send-off.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Imaginarium had a weeklong film festival as well, that included films like "I walked with a Zombie", Marcario, The Body Snatcher, Curse of the Demon, Donnie Darko (a totally inappropriate movie for kids) and Dancing at Lughnasa, a movie about a "magical Irish summer teetering on the brink of the pagan harvest festival of Lughnasa."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>THIS is what unwitting youth pastors and parents are sending their kids off to when they go to Cornerstone Festival.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Welcome to Babylon, folks. You were warned in the eighties, and then the nineties - if you don't WAKE UP and stop the infiltration of occultists and occultism in the church, it would get worse and we would be sacrificing a whole generation of kids to its gods. We are there. As one who was exposed to pagan festivals growing up and seen many since, I challenge anyone to show me how this was any different than any other wiccan/satanic/pagan celebration. In fact, any wiccan or satanist or pagan would feel right at home here, and in fact would not see it as "Christian" at all. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I challenge Hank Hannegraff of Christian Research Institute to explain how he can support Gretchen Passantino in the light of these clearly occult-friendly activities and philosophies. What about it, Hank? Get off the fence or throw in your hat with this Bacchus-loving crowd.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I challenge Gretchen Passantino to answer the question I posed to her and Bob by phone year ago: ARE YOU A WICCAN? Because, you know, if it walks and quacks like a duck... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And one more question to all of them: WHY should we believe a single word you wrote about the occult "satanic panic" in the 1990's when it is now </B><I><B>so</B></I><B> evident where your religious leanings and loyalties lie - not with Biblical Christianity that forbids all things occult, but with pagan-friendly philosophies, teachings and outreaches? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I can only hope they continue to come out of the occult closet so we can see who they really are, and maybe people will stop sending their kids to get "passed through the fire" of the Cornerstone occult festivals.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Welcome to the Emerging Church, folks.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gregory Reid</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3f21dd00.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>A Cornerstone Booth </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What is Anam Cara? "</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Anam Cara or Anamchara, pronounced (“ahn-im-KAR-uh”) is an Irish (Gealic) word meaning “soul friend”. Anam means “soul” or “Spirit”, while Cara or Chara means “friend”. In Celtic Spiritual tradition Anam Cara refers to a spiritual belief of souls connecting and bonding. It is believed that the soul radiates all about the physical body, what some refer to as the Aura or energy field. It is thought that we search all of our lives for our Anam Cara and when and if we connect with another individual our two souls begin to flow together, and should such a deep bond be formed it is said that you have found your Anam Cara or soul friend; someone who always accepts you as you truly are, holding you in beauty and light. In Celtic philosophy it is thought that friendship will help your awareness of your own inner light your own inner friendship to yourself, and to awaken your own passionate sense of the Divine, that embraces nature, divinity and the human world. Your Anam Cara provides to you support, direction and guidance to help you grow spiritually. And truly touching the soul of another allows us to become Anam Cara." (From "A Handful of Health")</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e3f44c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="332" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Not sure who this is, but SOMEONE needs to tell kids AND all the bands that this is not the "hook-'em-horns" and it does NOT mean "rock on." Check out this picture from the cover of the satanic bible:</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3f4b03e0.png" border=0 width="432" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The little hand signal La Vey is using is called the "Il Cornato" and is an ancient "mudras" or sign language in the occult that means "Hail Satan." Got it? It's not a GOOD thing for believers to use.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3f7d2a00.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Cornerstone Labyrinth (See definition above)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e44ff40.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3e54ff40.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3e64ff40.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>All hail who? Not King Jesus.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e7f44f0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="335" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>What the heck is this? It's not an angel.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e8f44f0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="335" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From P.O.D. concert</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e94cf40.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3eaf44c0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="332" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3eb4cf40.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3ec4cf40.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                     </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3ed4cf40.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Besides your teens getting free hugs from an unknown shirtless guy, they could also go to the "kissing booth" where they would be kissed for a donation - and later for free. </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>