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This was an actual letter sent out by the St. Mary's Church.

If Your Child is a Gothic, Reform Through the Lord!

Listed below are some warning signs to indicate if your child may
have
gone astray from the Lord.

Gothic (or goth) is a very obscure and often dangerous culture that
young teenagers are prone to participating in. The gothic culture
leads
young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness,
and
violence. Please seek immediate attention through counselling,
prayer,
and parental guidance to rid your child of Satan's temptations if
five
or more of the following are applicable to your child:

-Frequently wears black clothing.

-Wears band and/or rock t-shirts.

-Wears excessive black eye makeup, lipstick or nailpolish.

-Wears any odd, silver jewelry or symbols. Some of these include:
reversed crosses, pentagrams, pentacles, ankhs or various other
Satanic
worshipping symbols.

-Shows an interest in piercings or tattoos.

-Listens to gothic or any other anti-social genres of music. (Marilyn
Manson claims to be the anti-Christ, and publicly speaks against the
Lord. Please discard any such albums IMMEDIATELY.)

-Associates with other people that dress, act or speak eccentrically.

-Shows a declining interest in wholesome activities, such as: the
Bible,
prayer, church or sports.

-Shows an increasing interest in death, vampires, magic, the occult,
witchcraft or anything else that involves Satan.

-Takes drugs.

-Drinks alcohol.

-Is suicidal and/or depressed.

-Cuts, burns or partakes in any other method of self-mutilation.
(This
is a Satanic ritual that uses pain to detract from the light of God
and
His love. Please seek immediate attention for this at your local
mental
health center.)

-Complains of boredom.

-Sleeps too excessively or too little.

-Is excessively awake during the night.

-Dislikes sunlight or any other form of light. (This pertains to
vampires promoting the idea that His light is of no use.)

-Demands an unusual amount of privacy.

-Spends large amounts of time alone.

-Requests time alone and quietness. (This is so that your chid may
speak
to evil sprits through meditation.)

-Insists on spending time with friends while unaccompanied by an
adult.

-Disregards authority figures; teachers, priests, nuns and elders are
but a few examples of this.

-Misbehaves at school.

-Misbehaves at home.

-Eats excessively or too little.

-Eats goth-related foods. Count Dracula cereal is an example of this.

-Drinks blood or expresses an interest in drinking blood. (Vampires
believe this is how to attain Satan. This act is very dangerous and
should be stopped immediately.)

-Watches cable television or any other corrupted media sources. (Ask
your local church for proper programs that your child may watch.)

-Plays videos games that contains violence or role-playing nature.

-Uses the internet excessively and frequently makes time for the
computer.

-Makes Satanic symbols and/or violently shakes head to music.

-Dances to music in a provocative or sexual manner.

-Expresses an interest in sex.

-Masturbates

-Is homosexual and/or bisexual.

-Pursues dangerous cult religions. Such include: Satanism,
Scientology,
Philosophy, Paganism, Wicca, Hinduism and Buddhism.

-Wears pins, stickers or anything else that contains these various
phrases: "I'm so gothic, I'm dead", "woe is me", "I'm a goth".

-Claims to be a goth.

If five or more of these apply to your child, please intervene
immediately. The gothic culture is dangerous and Satan thrives within
it. If any of these problems persist, enlist your child into your
local
mental health center.

~St. Mary's Catholic Church

What I found really funny about that, is the thing about Philosophy being a "cult religion". I guess Logic is teh devil now!

We're all going to hell! xd I mean...

-Expresses an interest in sex.

If we didn't, then how would the close minded christians continue to grow?

No offense to christians x.X Just most of them are close minded..It's their way or you're going to hell

Wow... Just wow.

- Shows an interest in piercings or tattoos. ( I sometimes think about getting a tattoo.)
- Is excessively awake during the night.
- Complains of boredom. (Sometimes.)
- Sleeps too excessively or too little.
- Requests time alone and quietness.
- Watches cable television or any other corrupted media sources.
- Plays videos games that contains violence or role-playing nature. (RPG games are all I play... eek )
- Uses the internet excessively and frequently makes time for the
computer.

I don't wanna read all that....So...

D4ND3LI0N5 VS. CL4M5. WH03V3R WIN5. W3 L053

yich, you are starting to lose ur mind

Well i am a christian, although very liberal. As far as im concerned the only ones in the wrong here are the ones who posted that christian news letter. First of all twisting common traits of the body in teenage years such as

-Sleeps too excessively or too little.

-Is excessively awake during the night.

and labeling them as signs of being satanic is the only wrong here. Also i do not belive shoving christianity down anyones throat is going to turn them anywhere but further from god =P.

And fourth, no christian agrees on anything, so dont listen to us. Go with what your heart thinks and generally thats probably what god thinks to IMHO =P

Those all apply to me.
Whee! I'm evil!
*Goes in a killing frenzy and tries to teleport, fails miserably*


Those apply to almost all kids, they're all hellspawn! xd