Tue 25 Oct 2005
In America, commercial trends in Halloween show a new repackaging of old paganism. The huge display of Halloween paraphernalia in malls, offices, parks, and public schools in America and the extensive Internet activities on paganism testify to a great revival of pagan tradition in the U.S. The Halloween celebration has tremendous influence upon the socio-economic and political life in America.
Modernization has spawned new forms of paganism. There are presently about 970,000 Internet sites on paganism and 50,000 on Halloween. It has been observed that the next generation of children in America will be inclined to the occult due to the current proselytizing of children into occultism through the Internet and the Harry Potter series on witchcraft in American schools. These are major doorways for trapping children into Satanism. The trend towards globalization, where commercial activities lead the way with speed through the Internet, indicates that the repackaged paganism has been globalized . . . .
Witchcraft and occultism have gained official acceptance in American school curriculum and public life, while the Bible and prayer to God are unacceptable. This has a worldwide effect due to the impact of the United States in the world economy and politics. The more Satanism gains strength in higher and strategic places in America, through the new repackaging process of witchcraft and occultism, the more the world is misled. Read More>>