Ray's X-Blog

Overexorcising Or Overstating? Bob Larson. He’s still at it. Traveling around the world, rescuing demon-possessed people, driving evil entities back into The Pit! I’ve followed Larson’s impressive career over the years, first on his radio program, then on TV. Then he seemed to have dropped off the spiritual map. But the other day I found an article about him online, an uncritical piece featured in the Toledo Blade by David Yonke, Blade Religion Editor. ("Pastor feels called to fight demons," Saturday, February 11, 2006.) If you want to win the reader’s attention, you have to have a good hook, grab them right from the first line. Here’s how Yonke opened his article: “The Rev. Bob Larson has been kicked, bruised, choked, and spit upon. His ribs have been broken, he has been scratched and bitten, and he's received death threats.” Wow. And it’s even more startling when it is stated that Larson is 61 years old! In the article Larson proclaims that he’s “The Exorcist.” That’s...

Cartoon Violence Recently I received an email from a friend, a visual artist, about the Danish cartoons that have led to violent clashes with Moslem demonstrators in some parts of the world. He wrote: Is this what all the fuss is about? find attached a copy of the danish cartoons in question. pretty lame if you ask me. And I replied: There was a segment about this story on TV last night (60 Minutes). The cartoons included in your email were the only ones that appeared in the Danish newspaper. Apparently an Islamic cleric in Denmark send those along with other ones that were very offensive to his contacts in Iran, implying that all of them had been published. So this hatemonger went out of his way to stir up trouble. But I can understand why some Moslems are reacting in such a severe way. (I understand why; I don't agree with it.) Look at how a nation's flag, especially in the US, is considered to be sacred by a majority of its citizens. People have been brainwashed by those in ...