Code Pink Crosses the Line

There’s some ‘baggage’ that comes with being a Christian and believing in the exisitence of God and goodness. By default, most believers have to acknowlege the existence of the devil and evil.

For those of us who grew up in the pentecostal, charismatic and even catholic traditions, our exposure to the manifestations of evil in this world are perhaps a little higher than for those in more conservative christian traditions. Almost all of us however, acknowlege that witchcraft, hexes, curses and demonic oppression and possession are not only possible, but are actually a part of the spiritual reality of our world.

This is why I read with absolute horror, and righteous anger, that the anti-war protest group Code Pink, had ended their latest week of protests, with an open invitation to witches to to cast spells on the location and occupants of a recruiting center in California. I believe they are planning another session for Mother’s day.

Code Pink members unfurled a pink banner reading “Troops Home Now” and waved signs as they began the protest, which they promised would include incantations and pointy hats for a “witches, crones and sirens” day.

“Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re going to end war,” Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.

The attitude of many, including some in my own family, was to laugh at their ‘antics.’ Their concept of witches is limited to the halloween hag or fairy tale bad guy, or the hot babes of ‘Charmed.’ Few, very few recognize the spiritual implications of having a ‘real’ witch speaking a curse into the lives of unsuspecting indivduals.

If you don’t ‘believe’ in poison, and you drink it..it will still kill you. Not believing in the power of evil to destroy a life, won’t stop it from happening.

My dismay hightened when I discovered that the only reponse to this spiritual assault was people putting a ‘ring of salt’ around the recruiting center.

May God help us…

Where were the believers to plead the protection of the blood of Jesus for those who were present.. where were the spiritual warriors who could speak the Word into the atmosphere and command angels to war against the forces of darkness that would show up to carry out a witches decree?

I know I’m probably freaking people out writing like this… but I come from a spiritual tradition that teaches us to recognize our spiritual authority. We are nothing in ourselves, but the authority of Christ that dwells in us as believers has given us the right to bind and loose things in the realm of the spirit that would seek to harm those covered by our sphere of influence.

I cannot put into words the intensity of my concern when it is considered acceptable in America, to openly dabble in witchcraft in an effort to influence the direction of government policy. Is there no shame anymore… is paganism now the currency of the day?

I know there are those who will say that this was a harmless exercise in pagentry.. like Halloween in May. That may have been the case for the vast majority. But I guarantee you..absolutely…that some who turned up were active practitioners of witchcraft, and used the activity of the ‘themed’ protest to do real spiritual damage. A reporter familiar with the area observed:

Code Pink’s request to have witches join the anti-war protest in Berkeley is probably tongue-in cheek. But I lived in Berkeley for many years, and I know for a fact, that there are covens in that fair city. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few real witches show up and conjure some anti-war magic.

Saints.. these are dark days. Evil in all it’s forms is lurking in the weeds, waiting for the structures to be be put in place for it to come out into the open and be accepted as the norm.

I hesitate to label individuals as evil.. but I can certainly identify the ideologies that would foster its presence. The extreme libralism of ‘any thing goes’ and ‘there is no such thing as right and wrong’; the era of ‘reletavism’ that would be ushered in to our lives if this philosphy is allowed to be the dominant shaping force on our domestic and foreign policy, will only bring catostrophic regression of the value system that has made America what it is.

There is much more at stake in this election than a ‘presidential nomination.’ We are on the frontlines of a battle for the spiritual and cultural identity of this nation. And you’d better believe, if the liberals win.. I’m heading back to the islands.

God be with us.

His Handmaiden

References:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354689,00.html

http://newsblaze.com/story/20080510090143reye.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html