# Candles are demonic...yes, that's right: CANDLES **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068 "2004-01-01T04:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/21 "2004-01-01T05:44:51Z")
Books on other religions? Like, the Old Testament? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/22 "2004-01-01T05:45:35Z")
I am not nuts.šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/23 "2004-01-01T05:55:48Z")
Ya know that does expalin a lotā€¦ And here I have been blaming all that wierd shit and bumps in the night on the catsā€¦ My sweet little Granny will be sbocked to find out how evil she is with all those owls ā€¦ _Waiter! Lithium cocktail to the couple over there in the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/24 "2004-01-01T06:06:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by presidebt \* > **How many demon-busting bluegrass tunes can you name? :rolleyes:** Calm down. Itā€™s a riff on this self-styled ministry having the same name as a [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/), where a famous scene had a terrific [banjo](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_837466.html?menu=news.quirkies) & guitar duel. But yeah, just perusing the titles to his articles is a jaw-dropper:[ul][li] **Dolls, toys, and stuffed animals - better burn them too** (just not with candles, I suppose)[/li][li] **Diabetes - Squid like demons attack ten parts of your body** (Cthulhu is real!)[/li] **Electronic Malfunction demons** (heh, _Office Space_! ā€œPC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?!ā€)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/25 "2004-01-01T06:26:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Getting back to symptoms, everyone has some symptoms of DEMON activity INSIDE. It would be nice to say we did not have any demons, but only JESUS can and did make that statement (John 8:49 & 14:30). Do you have a temper? Thatā€™s a symptom! Do you eat too much? Thatā€™s a symptom! Do you lie? Thatā€™s a symptom! Almost anything that is going on in your being is the symptom of a DEMON. Yes, I said a DEMON. Remember, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, etc., then call it what it is, a DUCK. Every time I tell someone about DELIVERANCE, they seem to be fine until you mention that word DEMON. Do you compromise the Word of God and not use the word DEMON because you donā€™t want to offend someone? If the true Agape Love of God is flowing in you, it is your duty to tell the truth and call it for what it is, a D-E-M-O-N. How can you be in the demon buster business if you call the duck a cat? Butā€¦ butā€¦ what if the duck is indeed a [spawn-of-Satan cat](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/103091090kEgeWe)??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/26 "2004-01-01T06:38:40Z")
I think this should be reported to a mental institution; really, IMO this guy has a high probablility of snapping and doing harm to other people. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/27 "2004-01-01T06:50:46Z")
Itā€™s all true I say! You start out with Candles, next thing you know you have heating in your home and cooked food! _Fire is Eeeeevvvvuuuullll!!!_ It is hot and red. It must be a demon! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/28 "2004-01-01T06:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Butā€¦ butā€¦ what if the duck is indeed a [spawn-of-Satan cat](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/103091090kEgeWe)??? :eek: \*\* ALL cats are spawn-of-Satan. Didnā€™t Jesus say, ā€œSomeone get this damned cat offa me?!ā€ I think so. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/29 "2004-01-01T07:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ale \* > \*\*I think this should be reported to a mental institution; really, IMO this guy has a high probablility of snapping and doing harm to other people. \*\* Or, it could be part of the holy Zen of unintended consequences, that so much grim schizophrenia should provoke so much laughterā€¦ainā€™t nothing more healthy than laughter, except maybe watching babies sleepā€¦ a gift of the Ironic Buddha _Ommmmm Ommmm On the rangeā€¦_ ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/30 "2004-01-01T07:07:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*Hm. > I do believe there are demons and they can come in if you ā€œinviteā€ them by reading occult lit, or some such. > \*\* May I ask how these ā€œdemonsā€ you believe in a-Manifest themselves and b-What form they take? Of course, if they are of the flesh and blood variety, no further comment is needed as I am ā€“ unfortunately ā€“ well acquainted with them myself. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/31 "2004-01-01T07:10:17Z")
Unless the wacko one day looses his last marble and starts delivering _deliverance_ one bullet at a timeā€¦ IĀ“m not saying the fruitcake should be thrown into an asylum, just that it has to be watch over. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/32 "2004-01-01T13:55:50Z")
> [@](#): > > a gift of the Ironic Buddha > > Ommmmm > Ommmm > On the rangeā€¦ **elucidator** , you are _ **so** _ going to fry: > [@](#): > > ā€œRecently the Lord told me to get rid of my 3 generation old game called MAH-JHONNGā€¦ This game has tiles made of ivory and bamboo or bakelite, that are hand carved in China and are demonized. My children said they felt like something was watching them or following them up the steps when they were in the basement, and I continued to bind and deal with a HUGE spirit of FEAR when I tried to pray in this same environment. The Lord exposed this DEMON and told me to get rid of MAH-JHONNG. I researched the game on the Internet and found through the ā€œInternational League of Mah-Jhonngā€ in New York, that the spiritual aspect of this game is designed to WORSHIP BUDDHA! There are actually BUDDHA discs that accompany some of these games, mine didnā€™t. PRAISE GOD for HOUSECLEANING! I burned the game in an All-Church EPHESUS burning.ā€ Demons lurk _everywhere!!!_ > [@](#): > > The ā€œDARK BLUEā€ POKEMON figure has a COIL on his belly. The COIL is the OPEN DOOR to the DEMONIC WITCHCRAFT attack being brought into homes. The COIL is also appearing on the BURGER KING sacks at present and I am seeing this COIL on many products in the store. > > LAWRYS SEASON SALT has it! Isnā€™t this bizarre??? We were even in Red Lobster and the plates we were being served on, has the spiral COIL throughout the center and on the outside edge were 8 fish with spirals in their belly. Uh, yeh, bizarre is one wordā€¦ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/33 "2004-01-01T14:18:26Z")
This must be why the number one rule at most convents is: Lights out at ten, candles out by eleven. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/34 "2004-01-01T14:21:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*Or, it could be part of the holy Zen of unintended consequences, that so much grim schizophrenia should provoke so much laughterā€¦ainā€™t nothing more healthy than laughter, except maybe watching babies sleepā€¦ > > a gift of the Ironic Buddha > > _Ommmmm > Ommmm > On the rangeā€¦_ \*\* God bless Vespucciland!! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/35 "2004-01-01T15:03:25Z")
_Looks around apartment, counts cats, stuffed toys, and candles_ Hmm. I think we may have a problem. I always thought that stuffed duck was ominous. What the hell? Candles? Stuffed toys?? _ **Coils??!** _ **Guin** , this is exceptionally bad. I salute you. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/36 "2004-01-01T15:22:41Z")
Damn! Everytime I throw away my candles, a little stuffed toy frog with owl wings brings it back, lit of course. The candle, not the frog. On second thought, the frog does seems a little tight. Damn drunkard demon amphibians. I canā€™t help but think that the site is one big joke and weā€™re all being wooshed. Who could possibly believe all that stuff and still function in modern society? ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/37 "2004-01-01T15:41:15Z")
ā€¦and every time I see something like this, I think about the argument I had with the guy who said that every time the Bible says ā€œwineā€ it REALLY means ā€œgrape juice.ā€ ā€¦although this link may well take the place of that. Never knew that candles, paisley, and gift items from Pier One could be Satanic. There is a difference between ā€œfaithā€ and ā€œself-imposed insanity.ā€ And some of us donā€™t know thatā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/38 "2004-01-01T15:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > **I knew a lady who felt that if say your landlord came in, or relative,it was okay, that couldnā€™t be helped,but if you invited a Guy in and he had demons, well, it was your fault.** I _only_ invite guys in if they have demons . . . ---
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/39 "2004-01-01T16:29:46Z")
I _may_ be in trouble. _Owls, frogs and unicorns_ are everywhere in my house, as are about 100 candles. I canā€™t stand to listen to songs about blood and Iā€™ve been thinking itā€™s time I read a few Harry Potter books. Iā€™ve also been thinking about getting a cat. I tried to get on the website **guin** linked to but it keeps freezing my computer up. Now the doors and window wonā€™t open and the phone doesnā€™t work!!! Augh!! Could it be demons? :eek: Funny, StraightDope still works. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068/40 "2004-01-01T16:58:06Z")
ā€œThe Real God of the universe, the Creator of Heaven and earth and Adam and Eve, sees all human beings the same, no matter what color or race. Being a racist would be a sin. Teaching racism would be a sin. If you donā€™t even believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, racism is still wrong. There is no racism on our website, no matter what your demons have you thinking. Our website teaches about demons IN humans, not the humans themselves.ā€ A lot of you guys are posting what your demons want posted, not what you really want to post. (Me, I been demon-free for years) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-are-demonic-yes-thats-right-candles/222068.md?page=3)