Helen, demonic is the right description and too, just look at all the psychotic drugs being prescribed today to not only adults but children as well. Makes you wonder how we all survived way back when and our parents as well but you rarely heard or saw anyone that would have needed them.
One thing we did have though were the mental hospitals and those committed at the time may very well have been possessed with demons. I can remember one man in our community who was probably possessed although he never harmed anyone. He would go around muttering and talking to himself but I don't remember anyone being afraid of him but he was never institutionalized. Too bad most of the mental hospitals have been closed or at least the ones I remember have been.
As for my stepson, he has compression fractions in his back and is in constant pain. Sadly he doesn't have a life anymore. He has been to numerous doctors over the years and they all tell him the same thing, there is nothing that can be done for him.
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Hi Evelyn
When our kids grew up, the movies and cartoons, for the most part, weren`t near as bad as they are today. I think some of them today are actually demonic. Even worse is some of the video games. One boy was so deeply into video games he wouldn`t even leave them to come and eat dinner. The parents tried everything to break his habit but were unsuccessful. He lost weight and his grades slipped. They finally took him to their pastor. The pastor suspected demons so as he prayed over the boy, he asked the name of the demon. The demon replied, ``Suicide``.
These games do not affect everyone in the same way but who wants to take the chance. My nephew tried to commit suicide. He didn`t succeed, thank God. Apparently his favorite pastime was listening to heavy metal music and rap some of which actually encourages the listener to commit suicide. We as parents don`t know this because we can`t stand to listen to the noise of it long enough to find out what the lyrics are and the kids wear earphones so parents don`t realize how bad all of this stuff is and how much listening they are doing. One could argue that a lot of kids listen to this stuff and they don`t try to kill themselves and they would be right. Actually, psychiatric drugs cause most of the suicides (or attempts) of teenagers.
Someone else mentioned that God told her that He withdraws when Star Wars was on TV. My daughter watched it all the time. I didn`t pay attention to it because I didn`t particularly like Star Wars. Now my daughter is into the New Age scene, astrology etc., which I consider to be demonic. Did it have to do with watching Star Wars? I have no idea.
Some of the worst things on TV and the internet are the more subtle shows because it is hard to tell if it is ok or not. I don`t have all the answers. I just know that I would hate to have to raise a kid today.
You mention toy guns. I don`t think it is the guns per se but then I don`t have the answer. All I know is that I was amazed how the little guy in the video copied almost all the dancers moves. It must have been a DVD he saw before because he would kick when they kick, lift his arms when they lifted theirs and he even bowed at the end when they bowed. He was hilarious. I think it was a Lawrence Welk show which one would think is harmless enough.
Taking your kids to church was probably what made them into the find adults they are today. I hope they are doing that with their families, too. Of course, it must have helped to have such a fine mom, too.
Question: What caused your step-son to become incapacitated?
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Helen, what puzzles me is my kids watched action movies, cartoons and etc where guns were almost always part of the action, as did my nieces and nephews but none of them ever tried to harm anyone with a gun. They knew it was just that, part of whatever they were watching. I have photos of my son and stepson with their Christmas gifts of toy guns strapped around their waists in the holsters.
I think a big part of what is going on in today's world is because we have gotten so far away from God. I took all three of mine to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night prayer service and now my son and daughter and their families still go to church but my stepson is disabled and not able to do much of anything. Now a lot of churches don't have the Sunday night and Wednesday night services.
Is it any wonder we've gotten to the point where so many now believe that right is wrong and wrong is right??
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This one of those cute ... not from YouTube
This proves why we should be very careful what our babies
watch on TV. They copy everything. What he is watching on
TV is pretty harmless but imagine what this kid might be doing
if he saw violence. Granted he may not act out the violence
...yet ...but what about later.
Anyway, this is a fun video. Enjoy!
http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WY7WPLNX
Helen
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