And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; - Romans 1:28
Reprobate in the Greek is
adokimos which means unapproved, that is, rejected; by
implication worthless (literally or morally).
Websters Dictionary defines Reprobate as follows...
Definition of
REPROBATE
1
: to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil <
reprobating the laxity of the age>
2
: to foreordain to damnation
3
: to refuse to accept
: reject
My original plan for writing this entry very much shifted as of recently. If you all can bear with me, I will try to convey my heart to the best of my ability...
A couple of months ago I had a falling out with an acquaintance. The fall out was over Hollywood and my stance on it being that there are people in Hollywood who know what they're doing and who outright reject God. While the other person's stance was that Hollywood is deceived and that they don't know what they're doing. Due to my lack of articulation and lack of wisdom in these drawn out conversations, I used
Jeremiah 7:16,
11:14, and
14:11 as an example.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. -Jeremiah 7:16
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. -Jeremiah 11:14
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. -Jeremiah 14:11
Before I proceed to the meat of this post, I'd like to confess that I do have a
past (past meaning
not anymore) dabbling in the conspiracy theorist arena. It was in 2011 that I came across teachings on the nephiliam (Genesis 6) and the end times. I'd listen to teachings and read articles on how the aliens were once the ancient nephilams and so forth. I studied a little on the Illuminati and even bought into the idea that those "Illuminati-ists" had to be modern day nephiliams, cause, after all, as the nephilam teachers teach
"As in the days of Noah, so the coming of the Son of Man shall be". Which means that since there were nephiliam in those days then well history repeats itself right? It really wasn't until earlier this year that The Lord started to convict me and show me that a lot of those teachings take away from the gospel. Now I will add this, I personally believe what the scripture says in Genesis 6, I think something happened with the angels and the woman. I also believe that giants were very much around, after all David killed one. However, when non-canon extra biblical books such as Enoch and Jasher etc. start to be the focus of where the premise of these teachings are based, or when sin gets swept under the rug as the cause of corruption and replaced with "DNA altering" as the cause, then if you can really read between the lines, the gospel gets compromised, and it's no longer about sin, much less is it about awaiting our Messiah Lord Jesus, instead it gets replaced with waiting for the nephilam to return. (for more on this, please see these two entries
1 and
2)
What does this have to do with this post you may ask? Well, sort of the same principle, if we excuse sin and replace it with them (in this case Hollywood-since that is the gist of my post) being "deceived" and them "not knowing any better", where does sin come into play? Sort of like the DNA altering theory, if you buy into the idea of the reason for one's fall is because the DNA has been altered, then in retrospect they have an "excuse" for their falleness. There is a big conspiracy theory that Hollywood stars are all ultra mind controlled. While I think there may be some truth to it, in regards to some, but I don't think it is true with all Hollywood Stars, but if you buy into the whole idea of it, then these stars have an "excuse" for their sin.
I think the hardest thing honestly, is that it really is hard to wrap our brain around the fact that people can really be that evil. That there really are people who aren't brainwashed, aren't corrupted "DNA-wise", aren't into some weird deception, aren't being black mailed, but simply just down right hate God and are against Him. It's easier to believe that there is good in everybody. Romans 5:10 speaks about how we are all enemies of God and that through the death of Christ we are reconciled to God. But if you reject Him, how can you be reconciled. Judah's son Er, was wicked in God's sight, it does not say he was deceived, he was wicked and God killed him. So that leads us to the reprobate...
Who is an authentic reprobate? Honestly I really don't know. I have my assumptions but as far as knowing the mind of God as to who He has given over to a reprobate mind I don't believe anyone knows for sure at this point. But, as I proceed with this post, it really isn't hard to tell who is going down that road....
Theistic vs. Atheistic Satanism
Atheistic Satanism [also known as La Veyan Satanism] is basically atheism in a nutshell. Their regard for "satan" is not as a deity but a symbol of man's inherent nature. They believe that we're animals and that we should succumb to all of our instincts and urges. Eye for an eye is a biggie for them, and yes loving people too ["if they're worth it"] is viewed as OK. They do not consider themselves part of any religious group, in fact they detest any form of religion. (source wiki and "Inside the Church of Satan" documentary)
Famous Atheistic Satanist are: Marilyn Manson, the late Glen Danzig, the late Sammy Davis Jr., the late Jane Mansfield, King Diamond. I could name more, but I would rather name the few who have admitted and been known to be deeply associated with atheistic Satanism and/or Church of Satan via Anton LaVey.
Theistic Satanism is a belief that satan is a deity or force to worship or revere. Unlike Atheistic Satanists, Theistic Satanists do not view satan as a symbol but rather a being. Luciferianism revers "Lucifer" as opposed to satan because of their view of him being a light bearer and the more "positive" aspects of it. Luciferianism delves more into the occultism of myths from various regions etc. (source wiki)
Famous Theistic Satanist are: Aleister Crowley and Kenneth Anger (who now considers himself more a "pagan" than a Satanist). While I could name Led Zepplen guitarist Jimmie Page, he never admitted to it. His only admission was his fascination with Aleister Crowley. Dave Navarro is another who has clear fascination with Crowley stuff, via the Crowley symbol tattoos he has on his body. James Franco, another one who has not openly admitted to being a Satanist, has made no secret of him being influenced by now "pagan" Kenneth Anger.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. - Genesis 3: 1-5
Going by the scriptures, I don't believe one has to worship satan to be a satanist. The first lie was that
"ye shall be as gods". In
Isaiah 14 it speaks of Lucifer (before he was referred to as satan) as wanting to exalt himself and
"be like The Most High". In an interview with Szandora La Vey she says "I worship myself." Crowley followers have defended him saying that all Crowley was trying to do was "to teach us to embrace our own divinity". Of course Crowley was more into the mystical side of satanism with his black magic and reverence to Egyptian false gods etc., but it was still the same concept. So I believe it is fair to say, that while one may not bow down to satan himself, but the fact that they follow his original lie and principle of "wanting to be like god" and/or "embrace our divinity", that they are following the ways of satan. As much as that may offend people, it is what it is...
Both branches of Satanism in Hollywood
I won't get into Aleister Crowley, in fact I had posted this article
here by Vigilant Citizen on my original web site. Please refer to the article for more of Crowley. But I will get into Kenneth Anger...
"It was while at high school that he began to get interested in the
occult, which he had first indirectly encountered through reading
L. Frank Baum's
Oz books as a child, with their accompanying
Rosicrucian philosophies. Kenneth was very interested in the works of the French
ceremonial magician Eliphas Levi, as well as
Sir James Frazer's
The Golden Bough,
[18] although his favorite was the writings of the English occultist
Aleister Crowley. Crowley had founded a religion known as
Thelema based upon a Spiritual experience that he had in Egypt in 1904, in which he claimed a being known as
Aiwasshad contacted him and recited to him
The Book of the Law. Kenneth subsequently became a great fan of Crowley's work and converted to Thelema." (
source)
I really do not want to link any of Anger's films to this entry, because they are disturbing at best and very much hypnotic and seductive. From the homosexual bikers humping each other in the "Scorpio Rising" film to the eerie tone and spirit prevalent in his "Lucifer Rising" film. Tons and tons of occult symbolism in his films as well, from the eye of Horus to the glorification of Egyptian symbols and just on and on. Personally I like to call the symbolism as it is,
occult, forget renaming it this whole "Illuminati" conspiracy stuff,
it is occult, call it like it is. IF by some chance you feel you must view these films, they are on YouTube, however
I caution you to really pray before viewing them. I viewed them back in May while I was researching Anger and I was left very demonically oppressed a few nights. The spirit behind his films are no joke, evil.
James Franco's occultism
Hollywood actor James Franco who's fame seems to be rising and getting more notoriety, isn't shy about his admiration of Kenneth Anger. He has been in several films, with many "A-list" actors and even in the "children's" film "The Great Oz". What I don't think a lot of people realize is his extreme occultism. Satanist? Well he has never come out and said it, but his "hero" Anger has a past in satanism, but of course he now calls it paganism, but regardless the titles they're no less demonic.
Before I share these links, IF you truly feel lead to see for yourself, I caution you, these videos are extremely disturbing. From nudity to demonic/evil images. However, being is this is an attempt to show the demon-ism prevalent in this man's work I must provide the links to prove my point. Below though, are some pictures from the video Franco did for his band Daddy (yes Franco has a band) the song "Love in the Old Days", which featured Kenneth Anger performing the occult "wedding" ritual. Also among the pictures are the weird occult like symbols that are featured through-out the video off and on...
Kenneth Anger (left), James Franco (center), Brian Butler (right)
This article
here discusses Anger's influence on Franco, as does it have this video posted in the article,
again I caution you the video is disturbing and contains nudity. Another Crowley follower involved with the video is Brian Butler. Franco evidently attended Butler's ritual of Aleister Crowley’s “Bartzabel Working” on Dec 4 2012. (
source). This
link here is a first hand look at what this "Bartzabel Working" was, it's only a 46 second video, but it is very disturbing [browse that Vimeo channel he has and you will see just
how demonic he is]
Here Butler discusses how his conjuring that demon Bartzabel is "art".
Ironically, Franco did another video to the same song except another remix version of the song. Below are pictures of the video. Same thing, very disturbing stuff, while no nudity in this one, it is filled with blood and gore and people being mutilated and eaten by demon like people and those weird occult symbols. Again, IF you don't want to take my word for it and if these gross pictures aren't enough, and you have to see if I'm lying,
here is the link to the video, again it is bothersome!
Lastly regarding Franco, and this I do feel strong conviction to not link, is his recent documentary about pornography called Kink. [If you are that curious you can Google and I am more than sure you will find it] In the previews to this documentary it shows images of burglars brutally raping a woman, S&M bondage, people tied up getting whipped and on and on.
Hollywood gets more and more Satanic
Even sites like the Daily UK have been posting about Hollywood's fascination with satanism and/or Aleister Crowley (
source). Bob Geldof (who founded the 80's group Band-Aid to raise money for Ethiopia) has a daughter Peaches Geldof who took to Twitter to promote Crowley's books. (
source)
Tons of young Hollywood stars are wearing clothing that has Aleister Crowley images. From Jonas Brothers, to Adam Lambert, to Taylor Momsen, to rapper Tyler, and on and on....
A Crowley t-shirt up close
Member of Jonas Brothers wearing Crowley t-shirt (2nd to the right)
Adam Lambert (right) wearing Crowley t-shirt
Tyler wearing a Crowley t-shirt
Taylor Momsen wearing Crowley t-shirt
What is the fascination with Crowley? Why would anyone revere someone who admitted to eating human feces, called themselves "The Beast", admitted to child rape and sacrifice, and died a heroin addict? Are these people all just merely deceived, or is it simply easier to live by the "law" of "do what thou wilt"? Crowley admitted to being a God hater. He wanted to destroy anything Christian. Is that really just deception or is it merely the matter of the heart being wicked? Let's face it, the easy road is to do whatever you want without any sort of conviction. Sleep with as many people as you want. Do as much drugs as you want. Attain whatever your goals in life are by whatever means possible even if morality is compromised...
"do what thou wilt".
Earlier this year I wrote a little bit about the negative affects of music for the youth in this article
here. But I think if you really look at the bigger picture, especially in light of Franco as well, it is
everywhere in Hollywood. It's like "It's cool to be Satanic". Is it a phase? Is it a deception? Is it a choice these people are making on their own? Are they being mind controlled to follow this stuff? Unlike the Reformed folks who follow Calvin, I believe the Bible is very clear that we all have free will. I do not believe in this whole "Jesus died for the elect and doomed the others to hell", unless someone is indoctrinated in that mindset, there is no way one can read the scriptures from beginning to end in their
exegetical context and come to that conclusion of a god that would make some for hell and some for heaven. Even in
Deuteronomy 30:15 when God is talking to the Israelites he says
"I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil". Of course afterwards He sets down commands, but just because God set commands, doesn't mean He made them keep them. If you keep on reading the rest of the Old Testament, you will see example after example of how they did not keep God's commands. They'd come back to God, then they'd abandon Him, come back, then abandon, on and on.
I confessed earlier in this post about having a past in the conspiracy theorist camp, however, the fact that these Hollywood people are satanic is not a conspiracy theory it is a
bonafide fact. I believe the biggest frustration I have, is warning people, and yet when I show them (like the links in this post) they still choose to not accept it. It's easier to want to believe that someone so talented and handsome like James Franco is cookie cutter clean. Or someone so pretty and cute like ex-Disney star Taylor Momsen is cookie cutter clean as well. But reality is, that just isn't the case.
Taylor Momsen
Hollywood professing "fake" Christianity
As I documented in my
article about Brian "Head" Welch, of his profession of Christianity and yet going back into the main stream, there are others who
never got out of the main stream who profess "Christianity". Lil Wayne who displays nothing short of vulgarity and the demonic, has claimed to be a Christian. Wayne even has "fear god" tattooed on his eye lids (see the pics below). The photos below the first set are from Wayne's video "Love Me" where some of the girls are caged, portrayed as monster-like and Wayne's eyes are like a possessed man.
"Fear God" tattoo upclose"
Kanye West, another who "claims" to be a Christian, has sported nothing but blasphemy. From wearing clothing with clear occult symbols, to his mockery of Jesus with his "Yeezus" title and art accompanying the CD (see photo below) to even his mockery of Jesus on his Rolling Stone cover a year or two back.
West's Rolling Stone cover (left) and blasphemous CD picture (right)
West wearing clear satanic symbols on his pants
Picture from West's "Power" video, clear occultism portrayed here
In conclusion
I really don't know what else to say regarding all of this. I use to be one that loved Hollywood movies, that loved main stream music. However now it is nothing short of unbearable to watch or listen to, much less support. My motive for writing this entry is not to judge their hearts and assume that these people are going to go to hell. The Bible says in
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. The only thing is, first you gotta realize that you're a sinner. If you think you're a god, then how can you even come close to thinking you're a sinner in need of forgiveness....
I mentioned earlier my falling out with someone over this, and her thinking (due to my lack of properly articulating myself) that I was unsympathetic towards these people. I quoted those scriptures above from Jeremiah. And yes granted the context is that God was telling
Jeremiah this, it doesn't necessarily pertain to us to not pray for them (the wicked). However, while yes, these people do need prayer,
it all needs to be weighed out. The Bible is clear that God gives people over to their wickedness. The Bible is clear that there is no excuse for sin. How do we determine is someone is reprobate, honestly I really don't know. I believe it would take something of the work of God Himself to reveal to someone, possibly either by lack of burden for these people or what have you, I don't know. But where I do think the danger is though, is to fall into deep conspiracy theories that undermine sin which in turn undermines the gospel. To assume that God caused the flood because people's DNA was corrupted due to mingling with the angles hence bringing forth the nephilam, in Hines Sight it undermines sin therefore it undermines the gospel. To assume that the "higher up's" meaning the "Illuminati" people or whatever, are nephiliam, then in retrospect they have an excuse for their wickedness,
it takes away from sin. To assume that
all these Hollywood people are ultra mind controlled, which I will add as I did before,
it has come out that some have been (especially among the Scientologist folks who undergo weird mind sessions and stuff of that nature), then again in retrospect they have an excuse for their sin. At the end of the day, regarding a lot of these famous people, it's all about money! People will sell themselves out for money, this isn't a new thing, or a conspiracy thing, people obsess over money. If someone is given a choice to be adored, more famous, richer and all they that gotta do is ____, let's face it, most people jump at it. Again, it's about balance. Compassion? Yes. But when the compassion starts to make excuses for people's sin, then it undermines the gospel. We all have free will, we are all given a choice! And too, we must not forget what the Bible says....
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. -Romans 1:18-32
My last and final point in this entry, is pay attention to what you are watching and who you are supporting. Irregardless of why they do what they do, by watching and supporting this garbage you are approving it. I mentioned Kanye West earlier in this post. Well I am sure most people know his significant other is America's beloved Kardashian family member Kim. Millions of people tune into watch this family. From the inception of their show in 2007 to present day, the popularity of these people is astounding. But what is most alarming is the difference in these people from then until now is most alarming. Have they always been about the money? Yes that is given. But flipping through stations the other night in boredom and coming across their "Christmas Special", there is something wrong with these people. They're different. How? I don't know. But something seems off about them. And of course as you view the closing pictures below, the occult symbols in their famous annual [2013] "Kardashian Christmas Card" gives a clear indication of them too, drinking the kool-aid of "Satanism being trendy" in Hollywood.
Is Hollywood reprobate? Only God knows for sure....but I'd say it's heading there more and more.
The youngest of the Kardashian family Kendell and Kylie Jenner. Notice the occult symbols behind them and even Kanye's Rolling Stone magazine on the ground between them.
