Televangelist Summaries October, 1995 Budget

Televangelist Summaries
October, 1995
Budget. ......................................................................................................... 139
Bilingualism..................... ·,· ......................................................................... 13 9
Christians & Politics ................................................................................... 133
Haiti. .................................................................................................... 133, 140
Halloween.................................................................................................... 141
Homosexuality ............................................................................. 128, 129-130
New Age ...................................................................................................... 141
Legal Services ............................................................................................. 130
One-World Government. ............................................................................ 136
Powell, Colin............................................................................................... 136
School Prayer...................................................................................... 134, 136
Sekulow, Jay ........................................................................................ 129-130
United Nations ............................................................................................ 136
700CLUB
10-2-95
The first day of the fundraiser for Operation Blessing's ":flying hospital."
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10-3-95
The second day of the fundraiser for Operation Blessing's ":flying hospital."
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10-4-95
The third day of the fundraiser for Operation Blessing's ":flying hospital."
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10-6-95
This is the fifth day of the fundraiser for Operation Blessing's ":flying
hospital."
[newsdesk]
1. Hurricane Opal hits Florida.
2. Volcano erupts in Russia.
3. Earthquake in Central Alaska.
4. There is concern in Japan that the "Big One" might strike.
[enddesk]
700CLUB
10-10-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Ben Kinchlow and Terry Meuuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. Sabotage causes an Amtrak accident in Arizona.
2. Experts are warning that there could be many more terrorist acts in the
future.
3. Mexico is decimated after a massive earthquake last week.
4. The Supreme Court will decide whether a Colorado amendment barring
special civil rights protections for homosexuals is constitutional.
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Robertson:
"It's not a question of denying anybody any rights. It's a question of giving
special privileges to people on account of how they perform sex acts. That's
what it amounts to. That is the bottom line. It has nothing to do about being
good to people who are of this persuasion. It's giving them special
privileges. And the voters overwhelmingly said, 'No, we don't want to do
that.' And this thing has been blown way out proportion. And I hope the
Supreme Court will rule with intelligence on it."
"Someone could be involved in pedophilia, bestiality, all kinds of
sadomasochism. And none of it's off-limits."
Kinchlow:
"Including snuff films."
Robertson:
"All those things. And then they've got to make this distinctions without
difference. Well, it's this on this case, but it's this on the other. And they
have no basic, fundamental. legal principle to rest the decision on. And I
think this is insane. So the Supreme Court has ruled in the past, 'We are not
about to legitimize homosexuality.' They ruled that. That is a standing
ruling of the Supreme Court already, when they upheld a Georgia law which
makes sodomy a felony. And they would not overturn it. So it is highly
questionable they are going to overturn this Colorado statute."
5. As Congressional Republicans are trying to push their Medicare reform
bill, Democrats are throwing stones and dragging their feet.
FEATURES:
1. Race car driver Ernie Irvin recovers from a horrible crash.
2. GUEST: CBN President Michael Little talks about CBN's prayer
campaign for the 10/40 window, the area stretching from West Africa to
Southeast Asia, where most of the world's unchurched population lives.
3. A look at Gaza, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv, three cities in the 10/40
window that are today's targets of prayer.
4. Phone interview with Chris Feuct, who is heading up Operation
Blessing's team in Vietnam.
5. GUEST: Bob Buford, author of HalfTime.
700CLUB
10-11-95
Hosts: Ben Kinchlow, Terry Meuuwsen, and Lee Webb.
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NEWSWATCH:
1. The GOP's Medicare reform plan receives the AMA's endorsement.
[newsdesk]
2. O.J will give television interview.
3. Hurricane Roxanne and other natural disaster are occurring around the
world.
4. Homosexuals are celebrating "Coming Out" day. Meanwhile the
National Education Association passes a resolution recognizing October as
gay and lesbian history month. And Martina Navratilova has become a
spokesperson for the "gay Visa card."
[enddesk]
5. The Supreme Court hears opening arguments in the case involving
Amendment 2, Colorado's anti-gay initiative.
Sekulow:
"This is the fundamental attack on the family. That's what this case was
about. It's interesting as you listen to everybody's statement about where
this case is going. Here's what we have to understand. These people
involved in this, the homosexual groups, are saying they should be entitled
to superior rights. Everybody in America, Ben, is entitled to civil rights, to
basic rights, to fundamental constitutional protection, everyone. black,
white, nobody denies that. But there's a difference between that and saying,
'We're going to give you special constitutional protection, we're going to
make sure that discrimination, quote unquote,' and by the way,
discrimination the way they use it means homosexuals being told not to
teach about their lifestyle in the schools is discrimination, that's in their
view, that's a form of discrimination. When you've got the National
Education Association coming out and saying October is gay and lesbian
history month, and we should endorse this in our schools. And part of the
National Education Association's propaganda machine is to get this
information out. I'd like to see the National Education Association declare
December Jesus Christ honorary month to show about the mandate that he
did, that the greatest event that ever happened took place in December, well
we celebrate it in December, but do you think they would do that?
Absolutely not. Why will they not do that? Because the separation of church
and state. So here's what you've got. We've got groups in Colorado being
told that the citizens' vote is irrelevant. Fifty-three percent of the citizens of
Colorado said they do not what special protection for homosexuals. Fiftythree percent. And now you've got a group that comes in and says too bad.
And this is not a fundamental right. They're trying to say this is like the civil
rights movement. This is not about the right to vote. This is not about the
right to have access to restaurants and to hotels. Everybody in America is
entitled to that. This is about special rights and special protection, and we
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don't give special rights and special protection by the way people engage in
sexual activity. I hate even saying it that way, but that's the way it is."
"The best way to handle it is we need to protect the families in this country.
We need to protect the children in the country. And we are going to see -and this is what I think needs to be the focus-- what's at stake here."
Kinchlow:
"What is at stake?"
Sekulow:
"Well, you're talking about gay and lesbian marriages being sanctioned by
the state. You're already seeing that in Hawaii, you'll see it in the rest ofthe
states. You're going to see sexual education in the public schools that deal
with homosexuality in a very different light than the way you and I would
like it dealt with."
6. A reduction in the capital gains tax will benefit millions of middle class
Americans.
FEATURES:
1. GUEST: Author and pastor T.D. Jakes.
2. GUEST: J. Harold Smith, pastor of the Northside Baptist Church.
700CLUB
10-12-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Ben K.inchlow, and Terry Meuuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. Medicare reform is making its way through the House, but the GOP's
plan to reduce the deficit is hitting road blocks.
2. An attempt to abolish the Legal Services Corporation, which has become
a left-wing political group, seems to faltering.
Robertson:
"The Legal Services Corporation has been a haven for radicals. They have
brought radical initiatives against elected officials, against families, against
almost everybody. They have been defenders of way-out left-wing causes.
And they lobby like crazy to keep their money. It ought to be abolished. We
don't need it. And this business about this is legal aid to the poor. They are
responsible for roughly 270,000 divorces a year. That's what they do."
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3. The debate among Republican presidential contenders was uneventful.
4. Thousands of women give birtli to drug-addicted babies.
[newsdesk]
5. A woman is found in contempt of court for praising the Lord.
6. O.J. Simpson cancels interview.
7. A Florida jury has found a teen guilty of murdering a woman who
complained about his rap music.
8. The active volcano is New Zealand continues to amaze scientists.
9. The global banking mega-mergers continue.
10. Federal officials are concerned that "smart cards" could lead to crime.
[enddesk]
FEATURES:
1. Robertson interviews Mary Kay Ash.
2. A woman is healed by a "Word of Knowledge."
3. Robertson answers questions from the audience.
700CLUB
10-17-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Ben Kinchlow and Terry Meuuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. U.S troops are one step closer to involvement in Bosnia.
2. More than 400,000 people show up for the Million Man March.
3. The "smart card" is coming to the army.
Robertson:
"In my opinion Big Brother is not far behind. If they can put your entire
medical history, then they can put all of your earnings history. Then they
can put your stocks, your bonds, your banks accounts, your insurance, your
wealth, your property, whatever it is you have-- can put your employment
history, your educational history can all go on one card. And the next thing
would be in order to keep from losing would be some kind of an advanced
laser tattoo, which exactly fulfills the Book of Revelation. It is a very scary
thing that is bring driven by technology."
4. Congress may be on a collision course with the White House over Cuban
policy.
5. Sexy sitcoms have come in to play havoc with family viewing time.
FEATURES:
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1. Robertson answers questions from the audience.
2. A teenager becomes addicted to alcohol and hits his mother.
3. GUEST: Greg Laurie, author of Life: Any Questions?
700 CLUB
10-18-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Ben Kinchlow, and Terry Meuuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. The U.S. will send troops to Bosnia.
2. Stung by criticism of FBI actions at Ruby Ridge, the Clinton
administration says it will change the "shoot on sight" policy of the FBI.
[newsdesk]
3. Bob Dole says his staff should not have returned check to a group of gay
Republicans.
4. Louis Farrakan accuses park police of racism for underestimating the
crowd at the march.
5. Ross Perot's new party is struggling to get place on California's ballot.
6. A House subcommittee will take up the issue of whether to make English
the official language.
7. Wisconsin's religious school choice plan has been halted by the courts,
but it may eventually be given life by the Supreme Court. Clint Bolick is
interviewed.
8. GUEST: Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson.
Robertson:
"It looks like the minority people and the lower income people are
unanimously in favor of it. Of course, we had one Hispanic and one Asian,
but is that across the board true?"
Thompson:
"I really think so."
FEATURES:
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4.
A woman falls ill and recovers thanks to a miracle.
Robertson answers questions about the "word of knowledge."
GUEST: Pat Williams, owner ofthe Orlando Magic.
GUEST: Willie Aames, who plays Bibleman.
700CLUB
10-19-95
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Hosts: Pat Robertson, Ben Kinchlow, and Terry Meuuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. The Senate Finance Committee is close to passing its tax-cut plan.
2. The House will vote on the GOP plan to reform the Medicare system.
[newsdesk]
3. An internal memo reveals that R.J Renyolds knew nicotine was addictive
in 1972.
4. More e-mail is sent than regular mail.
5. Massive rains cause flooding in Florida.
6. Japan has weathered another threat of a tsunami.
7. The human rights situation in Haiti is better, but the economic situation is
still horrible, and the political situation is still volatile.
Kinchlow:
"The basis for democracy has to be a moral power base, built on essentially
what western democracies are built on, the knowledge of Christ. When you
take that out, then you don't have basis for building democracy, because you
take away the regard for humanity that comes with the Gospel."
Robertson:
"The sold that country to Satan in order to get rid of Napoleon III I think it
was, and they have lived with voodoo and all manner of sort of the occult,
intermingled with strong Catholicism-- it's not either/or it's both/and. But
three billion dollars of your money, ladies and gentlemen, into that morass,
and unfortunately, we don't have much to show for it."
FEATURES:
1. Robertson answers questions.
Robertson:
"Those who love God interestingly enough make the best citizens, because
we are taught to pay our taxes, to be quiet, law-abiding, honorable, honest
citizens and to be active, and that's what happening in America right now.
The most active people in America are evangelical Christians. This is the
motive force for political change in America. The so-called left is out of it.
They don't have anything. Their thoughts are sterile. They're not coming up
with new concepts. The new concepts are springing out of the conservative
tradition that is fed if you will by the evangelical and pro-family Roman
Catholics."
2. A look at Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, the world's
largest church.
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3. GUEST: David Yonggi Cho, pastor ofthe Yoido Full Gospel Church.
4. Robertson and Cho sign an agreement for Regent University and Chu
Szen University In Korea to work together.
5. A woman seems to have it all but she lack a relationship with Christ.
700CLUB
10-20-95
Hosts: Terry Meuuwsen and Lee Webb.
NEWSWATCH:
1. The House passes the GOP's Medicare reform plan.
2. Congress is holding hearings on the Religious Equality Amendment to
discuss the many incidents in which students' rights to religious expression,
such as the case in Northern California, where the Mount Shasta high school
wouldn't allow the valedictorian to read her speech because of its religious
content. President Clinton has directed the Departments of Justice and
Education to release guidelines regarding religious expression in the public
schools, but critics say they don't go far enough. Jay Sekulow is
interviewed.
Sekulow on the new guidelines:
"The guidelines are great words. I mean, these are the words we've been
saying for years. But they have no force of law. The fact that the Department
of Education sends out guidelines is great. But ifthere's no impact, in other
words if a school board violates those guidelines, what happens to that
school board? Nothing, unless a group like the American Center for the Law
and Justice holds that school board's feet to the fire and files a lawsuit and
goes before the school board and makes a case for these students."
"So far the impact of these guidelines has not been that significant. We've
had more cases the first month of school, the month of September, than
we've ever had before."
3. Increasingly, drunk drivers are staying on the road.
4. Millions of people around the world are joining the prayer initiative for
the 10/40 window, the least evangelized area ofthe world.
FEATURES:
1. A half-hour with classical violinist Maurice Sklar.
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700CLUB
10-23-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson and Terry Meuuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. Nearly two hundred leaders gather in New York for the 50th anniversary
of the United Nations.
2. Interview with corespondent Lee Webb about the United Nations.
3. Many feel that the next century could in many ways belong to China.
[newsdesk]
4. The Chinese government is offering special perks to farm families that
abide by its one child per family policy.
5. Have drug abusers received welfare while in prison?
6. Foster wins the top run-off position for Louisiana's gubernatorial
election.
7. The mother of all bank mergers may happen.
8. Electronic cash can be used on the Internet.
[enddesk]
FEATURES:
1. Robertson answers financial questions.
2. A woman facing financial disaster is helped by The 700 Club.
3. Robertson gives a teaching on prosperity and the "law of reciprocity."
4. A church in Ohio has developed a display that shows the underworld
exactly the way the Bible portrays it.
700 CLUB
10-24-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Terry Meuwwsen, and Lee Webb.
NEWSWATCH:
1. World leaders celebrate the United Nations' 50th anniversary.
2. Conservative thinkers come together to sound the alarm about United
Nations schemes to enact a worldwide tax.
3. A young soldier faces charges after refusing to serve under command of
the United Nations.
Robertson:
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"I think people don't understand the depth of the concern that there is in this
country about the establishment of an over-arching world government. It is
something that frankly is frightening."
"The salaries ofthe U.N. civil servants are somewhere between 50 and 100
percent higher than United States civil servants. They have a pension
program that is absolutely mind-boggling. There was one give-away -- I
think they were giving three to five hundred thousand dollars per employee
plus long-term benefits. It's just like a big melon to slice up there. They live
in luxurious apartments. They drive big cars. They have elaborate staffs.
They travel all over the world on U.N. expense, and it's just crazy. That's
what it amounts to. It is nothing but a great, big third world rip-off."
4. Several big issues still separate the United States and Russia.
5. The IRS program of random and extensive auditing is coming to an end.
6. Will Colin Powell run for president, and how will conservatives react if
he does?
Robertson:
"Ifhe does [enter the race], it will tear the Republican Party all to pieces."
FEATURES:
1. Robertson answers questions from the audience.
Robertson on school prayer:
"I think right now that we have got the freedom that has won by the
American Center for Law and Justice, right here at CBN, for young people
to pray voluntarily, to meet in Bible clubs in school voluntarily, to pray at
flag poles at the beginning of the day, etcetera. We have fought and fought
and fought against the forces of the left who have been perpetrating a lie to
the American people and to the judges for so many years. We have fought to
overturn a number of rulings and to establish precedents in the courts to give
people that freedom. As far as state-sponsored prayer in the schools, it's
unlikely. But in terms of having a time for prayer and meditation, I think
there's no question about that. And if young people have faith and they want
to express it, the door is wide open for them. They didn't have that privilege
just three or four years ago; they have it now. And so it's up to the
Christians to exercise the freedom that's been given to them."
2. A woman saves $250,000 over the course of her lifetime and gives
$150,000 of it to the University of Southern Mississippi to help give people
the education she never received.
3. GUEST: Grammy Award winner Cece Winans.
4. Braves pitcher Greg McMichael has forgotten God.
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700 CLUB
10-25-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson
NEWSWATCH:
1. Debate begins in the Senate over the GOP's plan to balance the budget.
2. A string of disasters, natural and otherwise, have hit the United States.
3. GUEST: Elizabeth Dole, head of the American Red Cross.
4. Both houses of Congress have voted to move the U.S. embassy in Israel
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
5. A minister in Kenosha, Wisconsin is told by the state that he could not
require the girls in his home for unwed mother to participate in Christian
counseling.
6. GUEST: Jay Sekulow.
FEATURES:
1. GUEST: Robert Schuller discusses his new biography.
2. Inside Entertainment: some recommendations for family-friendly movies.
700CLUB
10-26-95
Hosts: Terry Meeuwsen and Lee Webb.
NEWSWATCH:
1. Three world-renowned hand-writing experts have concluded that Vince
Foster's suicide note is a forgery.
2. Senate Republicans are taking to the floor to promote their seven-year
plan to balance the budget.
3. American joins the celebration of Jerusalem's 3000th anniversary.
4. Interview with CBN correspondent Gary Lane.
[newsdesk]
5. Colin Powell has gone into seclusion to decide whether to run for
President.
6. The FBI and the CIA are involved in heading off terrorist threat at the
Olympics.
7. African countries will face a food crisis.
8. El Nino has stopped.
9. In China, earthquake kills dozens.
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10. Mercy killer Charles Griffith is released from prison.
11. Christian ministers are expressing concern about a planned
demonstration by witches the night before Halloween.
[enddesk]
12. A disease known as GERD feels like heartburn, but is much more
senous.
13. Christmas tree-growers are already hard at work.
FEATURES:
1. The prayer initiative for cities in the 10/40 window focuses on three
major cities in China, all in desperate need of prayer.
2. A troubled woman succumbs to the spell of a psychic.
3. A boy worships Satan until a couple of Christians show him the way.
700 CLUB
10-27-95
Hosts: Lee Webb and Dale Hurd.
NEWSWATCH:
1. The House passes the GOP's plan to balance the budget in seven years.
2. White House press secretary Mike McCurry accuses Republicans of not
caring about senior citizens.
3. Boris Yeltsin falls ill again.
4. SAT scores rose, but critics, like Gary Bauer, point out that these
supposed gains are due to changes in the test.
[enddesk]
5. The economy was stronger than expected in the third quarter.
6. Stocks are taking a beating.
7. Can airbags kill children?
8. The HIV virus has been spread through a bite.
9. Bill Bennett and Sens. Joe Lieberman and Sam Nunn condemn television
talk shows.
[enddesk]
FEATURES:
1. Evangelist T.L Osborne delivers his message at CBN's tent revival
meeting.
2. Hanoi, Vietnam, Vientiane, Laos, and Phnom Penhl, Cambodia are
today's targets of the "Praying Through the Window" campaign.
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700CLUB
10-30-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, and Lee Webb.
NEWSWATCH:
1. Republicans in the House and Senate work out the differences in their
respective plan to balance the budget.
Robertson:
"The big scam, and it is a scam, is that they're slowing the rate of spending
growth. Nobody is really cutting anything. That's what is so ridiculous.
They're not cutting, and in many instances that are being talked about, they
are actually increasing dramatically the amount of money being spent. But
you can't get honesty out of Washington."
2. Voters in Quebec will decide whether or not to secede.
Robertson:
"We should learn that this concept of bilingual education and Spanish-only
and all the rest of it is really bad. Minorities should be assimilated into the
dominant culture. They should learn English. They should learn to function
as English. They should not think of themselves as Mexicans or Cubans or ,
Colombians or some other nationality. They should think of themselves as
Americans."
"If there's anything we ought to learn [from Canada], we should vote for
English-only as fast as we can and insist every child learn as fast as possible
how to function successfully in the dominant culture. If you love people,
that's what you'll do, give them a leg up into --because we're not a Spanish
culture, we just aren't."
3. The nation's largest retailer, Walmart, is facing opposition in some
communities.
[newsdesk]
4. A new poll shows that Colin Powell would become the GOP frontrunner.
5. Elizabeth Dole will work for her husband's campaign.
6. Rep. Studds (D-MA), one of three openly gay Congressman, will retire.
7. A New Jersey Appeals Court says a lesbian should be able to adopt her
lover children.
8. The Islamic Jihad says it will seek revenge for the death of its leaders.
[enddesk]
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FEATURES:
1. Robertson answers financial questions.
2. GUEST: Shawntel Smith, the new Miss America.
3. Today's cities in the "Praying Through the Window" initiative are
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sapparo, Japan, and Pyongyang, North Korea.
4. GUEST: Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church.
700 CLUB
10-31-95
Hosts: Pat Robertson, Ben Kinchlow, and Terry Meeuwsen.
NEWSWATCH:
1. Voters in Quebec narrowly reject a referendum calling for secession.
2. There is growing debate over what role the United States should play in
the Bosnian peace process.
[newsdesk]
3. Newt Gingrich says Iran could be the most dangerous country in the
world.
4. Jesse Jackson says under certain circumstances he could support Colin
Powell.
5. A new poll shows Powell leading in New Hampshire.
6. The beer industry is using Halloween symbols to get youths to drink.
7. There is a trend away from Halloween celebrations in the public schools.
8. Organizers say this year's homosexual party in San Francisco might be
the last.
[enddesk]
9. In Haiti, where voodoo plays a very big role, the world of spirits and
demons is very real.
Robertson:
"That's where your tax dollars are going, ladies and gentlemen. Threebillion dollars spent on Haiti to put Aristide back in power courtesy of the
current administration. Three-billion dollars to back up somebody [Aristide]
that says he doesn't believe in God and he has a voodoo ceremony in his
palace ... We have a fact sheet called 'Voodoo Nation: Haiti's Dance With the
Devil." And it's been going on a long time ... one of the greatest tragedies in
our western hemisphere."
FEATURES:
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1. Robertson answers questions.
Robertson on New Age and the public schools:
"There's no question that the New Age is demonic. It founds [sic] in
religions that are themselves worshippers of Satan and various Satanic gods
and goddesses. It promises things that will lead into spiritism and that kind
of thing. And is it moving into the schools? It made a great attempt. People
were doing certain kind of transcendental meditation in certain schools. I
believe in New Jersey, they had imaging and astral-projection going on in
certain schools, as I understand in Arizona. We've had all kinds of reports of
attempts by people to introduce New Age as a form of relaxation therapy
and all the rest of it, but it is very dangerous."
on Dungeons and Dragons:
"There has been any number of suicides and even murders. We had a murder
down here in Virginia Beach. It was a highly publicized murder. A young
man was at the last stages of Dungeons and Dragons role playing and he
wound up murdering some ofhis little friends .... [B]ecause of the Occult
involvement, this game is not like playing Parcheesi or Monopoly or Hearts
or something like that. It absorbs the minds of the participants. And there's
been quite a few, and I mean quite a few have become unhinged."
on Halloween celebrations in the public schools:
"Christians do not need to have the Occult imposed on their children in the
schools. If we can't pray and read the Bible sponsored by the school, the
school has no right to sponsor the Occult. And you have a perfect right to
stop that."
2. A former witch once celebrated Halloween in a extraordinary way.
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