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People Describe The Stupidest Thing They've Seen A Religious Person Call 'Satanic'

People Describe The Stupidest Thing They've Seen A Religious Person Call 'Satanic'
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Religion is not that hard, people.

Attend whatever service you feel is right, take the lessons to learn how to better yourself, and then use those lessons to better yourself. That's it.

It's when religious people start policing the world that problems tend to arise. Satan isn't everywhere, regardless of what some of these people might think.


Reddit user, Dreammare56, wanted to know when someone's values crossed the line when they asked:

"Whats the stupidest thing you ever seen a religious person call "satanic"?"

You wouldn't expect your food to be accused of being a satanist, but, this is the world we live in.

Lost In Translation

"Godzilla" because god's name shouldn't be used like that. Told his kids there was a spelling error and it's actually called "Goodzilla"- Odoacker

Everyone Knows Satan Isn't A Scorpio

"I knew this Christian lady that refused to eat deviled eggs."

"Edit: my wife said her cousins weren't allowed to eat candy on Halloween when they were kids because their mom didn't want to celebrate the "devils birthday"."- whateva_iGuess

It's The Fire, Isn't It?

"Without a shred of sarcasm I once heard an evangelical describe hot Cheetos as a product of the devil"- PM_meurbewbs_nbutts

Chester Cheetah GIF by CheetosGiphy

The devil can come out at you anywhere, they might think. Technology is no exception.

Imaginative Gaming Takes All Kinds Of Form

"The same teacher who taught abstinence only sex-ED class took away my deck of Magic cards because they were satanic."

"How am i supposed to keep my virginity without my Magic cards!?"- pixelfixation

Listen To Your Heart, And You'll Find Satan, Apparently

"My wife's mother pulled her out of the carebears movie when she was a kid because the bears were casting satanic spells out of their stomachs. My wife still holds a grudge."- BlumpKeto

Wait For It...

"Back in the 90's my family had a home pc."

"We didn't have much so this computer was a big deal to my brothers and I."

"For school work and some good ole fashioned DOS games."

"My dad managed to figure out how to get a screen saver with sound onto the computer, was quite proud of himself too."

"He failed to mention this screensaver to my mother who is VERY religious."

"So one day I am sitting in high school and get called to the principals office mid 2nd period."

"Now I am a darn near straight A student, who didn't get in trouble ever."

"So this isn't something that has ever happened to me."

"I get to the office, and I was told my mother called and was very very distraught and I needed to head home to be with her."

"I hear the secretary telling another office staff that she was losing her mind, and a few variations to that effect."

"I rush home to find the pastor from church, performing an exorcism on our computer."

"My mother praying fervently through gasping sobs."

"The pastor and my mother prayed for sometime, before my dad came home."

"My dad gets home mad he was called home then he just starts laughing hysterically."

"Calls my mom a few variations of dumb, goes and wiggles the mouse to bring the computer up and plays the darth vader screen saver he added to the computer. "

"'Give in to your anger'."

"'With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant'."

“'I find your lack of faith disturbing'.”

"'You underestimate the power of the Dark Side."

"'If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny." "

"You know all the come to the darkside quotes."

"With a picture of Darth Vaders face."

"Of course my mother couldn't get the computer to do it again because she kept messing with it, and it never went back to sleep mode."

"So of course her first thought was we had an evil satanic computer possessed by the devil himself."

"The pastor just quietly snuck out with me during my dads laughing and my moms sobs."- Tahitisummer

Star Wars GIFGiphy

You would think you would know if your body was possessed by the lord of darkness, wouldn't you? Especially if it was in your mouth.

What?

Roots In History

"Being left handed...a church I visited wouldn't let me play music bc of it"- boogboi89

Just Keep Smiling...

"A toothache."

"The devil is trying to enter my body' Was the quote."

"Initially I thought they were making a weird joke."

"They were serious."- RoniCorningstone

Hence, The Plot Of "Footloose"

"Back in the 70s it was a lot of stupid: bar codes."

"The little symbol on Proctor & Gamble products."

"Yoga and/or meditation."

"Lots of different music by different artists."

"My small town Christian private school had a particular teacher who was absolutely dying mad about his students' fondness for Michael Jackson, AC/DC, and other bands of the time."

"The funniest one of all was dancing."

"The joke around my (conservative Christian) college in the 80s was that sex was outlawed because it could lead to dancing."

"For some bizarre reason the administration thought dancing was totally evil."- SociallyAwkardTurtle

kevin bacon dancing GIFGiphy

How long have you got?

"I have so many."

"I was raised in a religious cult."

"So I’ve heard the most normal everyday things called satanic, but my favorite is probably Barbie."- helicopterhamster

A link straight to hell

"In my country old people think that internet is a spawn of [the devil]."- RHYEME.

They do more than just rot your brain.

"Heard someone say video games are satanic because they all have violence."- MoonKnightPlzHurtMe·

Pete Davidson Snl GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphy

"If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will..."

"The live action Cruella De Ville movie."

"Same woman admitted to liking the Disney version and her kids having already watched it."

"Like, honey, her last name didn’t change."- ElizaWil02

Are you sure those books are science fiction?

"Cthulhu."

"He’s a great old one, not a demon."

If children love it, the devil made it!

"Okay so I'm a Christian and go to a Christian school, K-8, I'm year 8, that defiantly follows stricter Christian guidelines than I do, but, is not crazy religious."

"A couple times a year a speaker, usually a pastor but as in this stories case, not always, would speak for a few minutes in the morning each day during the school week."

"The things they talked about would usually be uplifting and spiritual things often singing praise songs, too."

"But this time, my 3rd grade class would be doing no singing, no."

"For this week of prayer the grandmother of one of my classmates spoke, or should I say lectured."

"And the things she talked about were things only parents should be discussing with their children, not some crazy conservative lady."

"I'll list some of the things she talked about, and these are just the things I remember, there were more that I have forgotten."

"Frozen has satanic messages/is teachings of the devil."

" Star Wars has satanic messages/is teachings of the devil."

Harry potter has satanic messages/is teachings of the devil."

"Detailed descriptions of naked cultists sacrificing kittens to the devil, we were in 3rd grade and there were younger grades in the room."

"And More!"

"During the frozen lecture, one girl said that her parents were okay with it and said it was okay to watch and was abruptly scolded by the crazy grandma and told to basically not listen to her parents."

"I know, what the f*ck."

"The scary part is that her lectures actually worked."

"I, for a while, genuinely believed some of the things she said and listened to them for a while before eventually forgetting about it and moving onto the next interest my 3rd grade mind decided to like."

"It wasn't until I was older and remembering about it that I realized how manipulative she was."

"She would be a great cult recruiter."

"According to my mother, after some of the parents heard the things their children were being taught they complained to the school and I can only presumed the crazy lady was invited not to speak at the school again since I've never seen her since."

"Her grandchildren eventually left the school."

"I wonder if the lectures were partly why."

"That grandma would certainly be disappointed in the un-Christian like boy I am now."

"Shame on me for not following here wise teachings and taking them to heart."- Disastrous_Pattern_3

frozen disney GIFGiphy

All I had to do was look in a mirror

"Me."- Gurke747

The Devil's Cover

"A red bed cover."- ollie_innit197

As if he doesn't put up with enough.

"The fact that my brothers gay."- Key_Conversation2230

Lgbt Love Wins GIF by Capital Pride | Have Pride 365!Giphy

The devil is in the details, and his greatest trick was convincing us he never existed.

Odds are he's never been in "The Care Bears Movie." Just for the record.

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