User talk:Haamer/Occult checklist

List of occult materials = often just lists of "things people have told me were scary"

Lists like these are always amusing to me because they often proved exactly how much they did not do the research. Yoga = eastern demon worship? Tarot had origins in a simple card game, and the symbolism on the cards themselves is overwhelmingly christian in origin, not 'occult.' I can see why he would want to restrict martial arts; there is a spiritual aspect of many of them that concerns Ki, Qi, etc. Dungeons and Dragons and punk rock music always make me laugh. What is this, the 80s? And Ikebana, japanese flower arrangement? It's hysterical how he has to explain why it's so-called occult. It's like he was thinking 'flower arranging doesn't sound very threatening. I need to make something up/repeat this ridiculous thing I heard somewhere that scared me to explain why flower arranging is scary and occult. Sun worship. Yes.' ±KnightOfTL;DR^{longissimus non legeri} 14:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

If you think this is hysterical (I think the word you were looking for is 'hilarious'), you should see the actual book. You'll die of laughter. I'm not sure though, I haven't gotten very far. There was something in the beginning about how Bill met a man, and God whispered the word "abortion" to Bill, and Bill repeated it to the man, and the man curled up like a fetus and began to scream. The book is about casting out demons. It didn't make any more sense in context. — Haamer (talk) 14:46, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

(Direct quote: http://haamer.tumblr.com/post/21153014693/ ) — Haamer (talk) 16:43, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Well yes, it is also hilarious. But such rabid behavior is also hysterical in nature. Though, hearing that story reminds me of the kind of things that kids make up to explain stories, except painfully specific and dealing with abortion. Like the 'make anything up' sort of story.±KnightOfTL;DR^{just shut up already} 14:56, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Reminds me of these two. Does this fella run a deliverance ministry, by any chance? Balaam (talk) 14:50, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia calls his Dove Ministries a 'faith healing ministry'. — Haamer (talk) 14:52, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

If it involves faith healing and casting out demons, then it's probably a deliverance ministry - you could cover the book on that article... Balaam (talk) 14:58, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Chain letters, seriously? The list at the fstdt.net link is a riot too. Rubik's Cube indeed. I'm half expecting to see crossword puzzles wind up on one of these deliverance ministries' lists. Secret Squirrel (talk) 16:02, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Chain letters are almost as evil as spam. — Haamer (talk) 16:09, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

When I get chain letters, for some reason they are always from the most religious people I know, and they always contain 'forward this and an angel out of a gift shop display will grant your wish because God loves you!' The next most common chain mail I get is from people about national pride, especially about leprechauns and irish people and being lucky and finding true love, complete with terrible dancing blarney girl gifs. I suspect it is a special kind of person that forwards chain mail. ±KnightOfTL;DR^{more at 11} 16:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)