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The New Dark Ages

The 'New Dark Ages' is a blatant attempt vampires, with 'sexy' and attracted
to implicate its followers down the actors, and the new fact that one can be
deadly wrong path to un-enlightenment and bitten just a little, the once fearful
everlasting perdition. I am quite sure vampire has been greatly reduced to just
that many adults are completely unaware a mischievous young lad.
of all this. Because what I write of is Because of this reduction, evil beast to
just so 'unbelievable' and/or so totally more mischievous lad, there isn't as much
strange and foreign to most adults, many a need for the once brave and feared
will think I am exaggerating things to 'vampire hunter'. The twisting and
make a more exciting and readable tweaking continues with this character;
article. Unfortunately, I am not, but I nowadays, the vampire hunter is simply
truly wish I were. I call to mind, and portrayed as a bumbling idiot or by a
would put 'The New Dark Ages' into the fallen priest. Gone too are the days when
very same unbelievable and ridiculous just any old cross would frighten the
category of the last fad our kids were vampire into a cringe and to a quick
drawn to, called 'The Choking Game'. flight away. In today's new twisted
After all who would be so dopey as to script one must now have a strong
choke another until they passed out, religious faith as well as a cross to
because of robbing their brain of achieve the same results. Do you see how
critical oxygen, just so they would the once all-powerful religious item has
experience a brief, zero cost and drug been reduced to a product of another's
free 'high' upon returning from being understanding instead of simply being
passed out-if they returned? However, full of power from God. Gone also are
police departments across the nation have the days when a vampire had to fear the
reported far too many participants of light of day and the fact that they
this deadly 'game'. Therefore, as a didn't have a reflection in a mirror. In
suggestion please remember that I the old days the vampires stayed hidden
encourage you to stop reading this in their coffin, in some secret room of
article at any time and call the their house, until there was no
non-emergency line of your local police possibility of any sunshine shinning on
department to have them validate and them. Can you now remember the inference
confirm all I am revealing to you today. of just how bad/evil these characters
Until parents and other adults in were? They couldn't tolerate any of the
authority understand this 'new-dark ages' light and would die if left in the
many teens will be in grave danger and sunlight. Remember the inference to all
involved in activities that no one of any the Bible stories about light? The story
intellect would recommend. of how things evil and dark feared all
Fortunately for most, at this time, this things of the light, AKA Jesus the Light
problem is more of a big city problem. of the world? Can you see now the cloudy
However, family's today move around a lot twists and tweaks with the intension to
and children from the 'big city' are deceive? Tie all things twisted together
introducing many 'cool-things' to the to see the hidden intent to deceive. With
local small town kids. Either way, it is the promotion of the vampire to
best to understand the background and mischievous lad; the demotion of the
climate that led to this problem and to vampire hunter to less than respected
know what signs to be on the look out idiot or bad priest as well as the facts
for. of vampires being a bit more accepting of
The climate that this problem has grown the light of day we have one character
out of is the new double standard with that our impressionable kid's can now
regards to Christians and Christianity. have empathy for. All one must do is to
For the rules that apply to many other cultivate empathy a bit and we will get
groups, Jews, Muslim, or Blacks seem to children who wish to emulate as well.
not apply to Christians any longer. We What an amazing twist that has the
need understand that our children are incredible power to make evil more
witnessing a time of 'talking down' appealing for our kids!
Christianity. Popular books and media I truly hope you can see my reason to
services are 'exposing' so called hidden point out the various differences, simply
secrets and down right lies about our to highlight, uncover and expose for you
faith. In this climate it isn't so far what I see as and what I will call the
fetched for someone to claim that they 'hand of Satan'. If not Satan, who then
are not a Christian, and that they are could benefit from such wonderfully
against and not supportive of powerful twisting and tweaking of evil
Christianity because Christianity doesn't things to be more appealing to our kids?
support their group. We are beginning to Surely not God or anything of the Light!
see quite a high level of distasteful Exposing our children to the dark side
rhetoric from the gay community in (evil), a little bit at a time, while
specific lately. Because Christianity changing evil into simply mischievousness
does approve of the 'gay lifestyle' makes evil more appealing, or not as
various gay groups are now overtly affront. Understand that the twisting
disrespectful of all things Christian. and tweaking must be subtle and
Your teen sees his or her 'favorite' non-descript in order to get pass our
actor or actress out-right bashing adult radar. Surely those with devious
Christianity because they are either, gay intent could not come out on the
or very liberal, and simply because it's six-o'clock news and declare that they
the new 'cool' thing to do in Hollywood. wanted to make our children more drawn to
Many local newspapers tend to lean left dark and evil things! Because of how
and are supportive of various subversive subtle their intent is, one appears to be
lifestyles offended by Christianity's a religious nut! Now one can accuse me of
beliefs and so an anti-Christianity over-doing things a bit or accuse me of
disposition comes through whatever they making something wrong out of nothing. I
report or don't report, on purpose. There truly wish I was. However, if I were not
are many 'safety-nets' in place today to telling the truth, than why do our
prevent any actions or speech to come children see vampires in a new light; why
across as 'anti-Muslim'. However, it do they empathize with them and why do
appears to be 'open season' for they actually wish to emulate them? Allow
Christian's and Christianity. I make this me to develop this point a bit more for
point not because my feelings are hurt or clarity.
I wish for things to be different. No, I Simply put, I hope you can now see the
make this point in an attempt to explain devious twisting and tweaking to make
the polluted climate that 'The New Dark evil more palatable for our children. We
Ages' has grown out of. all know and believe that a frequent
Another factor aiding this climate is exposure, applied with various twisting
popular publishing houses. Many recent and tweaking will callus people to the
best-selling books are on or have been on point where the once strange appears
the market taunting the claims of less-than-strange and more 'normal' or
undiscovered secrets and purposive lies acceptable. I can almost hear you
in Christianities history. As when times parents asking out loud as you read this
are tough and supposed lies are being saying, "we are still talking about
'discovered', it isn't difficult for us make-believe here, right"? "This is just
to see a, 'rewriting' of historical fact a fictional story and characters created
as well as a twisting and replacement of to sell tickets for the theatre industry,
the facts with convoluted right"? Yes we are still talking about a
misunderstandings and conspiracy once make-believe character; for me and
theories. Whereas twenty five years ago for most, average Christian adults. Our
if someone would have claimed the same, children however, are being manipulated
they would have been 'locked up' and for devious dark and evil reasons. The
their mental faculties questioned at reason is simply, to make them more
great lengths. accepting of things dark and evil. If
It may be a bit cliché however; it has this can be done, our children can easily
served us all very well up to now. We walk away from God and all things of the
have always understood the general Light. Or as we have seen a recent
unwritten 'rule' that the guys with the rapidly growing trend towards pagan
white hats were good guys and the ones in beliefs and actions as well as the
black hats were the bad guys. We practice of 'white' witchcraft (also
understood this basic 'rule' that dark or called Wicca) by our youth. So yes folks,
black was bad and light or things of the we were talking about make-believe for
light were positive. This 'rule' came you and me. For our children, we did not
from our Judeo-Christian upbringing and know it until recently, but they, our
the general comparisons found in our children, are talking about real things
Bible about light and dark. However, taken from our make-believe! The
today there appears to be so many more following will prove all that I am
shades of grey and things aren't as 'cut saying. If more proof is needed, as I
and dry' as they used to be. Today said back when we started, call your
because of the various shades of grey, local police and hear it directly from
real or not, we are witnessing an almost them! I tell you honestly, if this were
total reversal of the once general not true, the following activities would
opinion of all things dark and/or black. not be happening to our children across
For an example today our children have the country.
witnessed their parents graduate from In just about every major city today
dopey horoscopes in the daily newspaper there are rather large groups of
to having psychic's tell their fortune youngsters who have bought into the new
and pick out more favorable days for twisted and tweaked script for vampires,
certain family events. These activities and in doing so many of our kid's wish to
were once considered dark and are still seriously emulate today's scripted
an activity for Christians to avoid. Pop vampire characters, because they are
culture today has many very popular 'cool', sexy and all powerful! All
television shows during prime time, attributes our children wish to possess.
dealing with 'spirits' or ghosts of the Yes, that statement is rather difficult
dead, who need someone's help in what to take, however it is so very true to
they call 'crossing-over'. This too was our children!
and is still considered dark and not an Now there are varying degrees to all of
activity Christians should partake of. this. However, I know you couldn't be one
However, in pop culture these dark of the few who didn't notice that our
activities are often seen in a 'new children began dressing and acting rather
light', pun intended, as not so very dark strange lately, we all brushed it off as
or scary any longer. The younger some new fad called, Goth or Gothic.
generation that always seems willing to Whereas that is partly right, a group of
challenge the older generation's rules our children equate looking Gothic as
and guidelines can find something that looking like a vampire. So now with the
someone is going to take offense to. want to look as Goth and as a vampire, is
Therefore, the younger generation that to dress in all dark/black clothing and
takes offense to the unwillingness of the to wear long black top coats. Strong
older generation, to accept things that overly done, large buckets on super thick
are dark. This gives the younger and strong looking combat boots, and
generation something to be offended over things such as coloring their faces pale
and something to shake their head over. white with dark sunken eyes and to have
As you can now see the unwillingness is black painted finger nails, all in order
the issue and not the dark or negative to look more like a vampire and/or the
action(s). Just a simple quick twist and Gothic characters of today's screen
the issue is lost in the emotions. I'm stars. Multiple body piercing and tattoos
sure you now can see that within this go hand-in-hand with this new look to
type of polluted and 'cloudy' climate vary degrees of intensities, and those
something dark, something bad, something children who would have shunned this type
very bad, could thrive long enough to be of behavior and dress at one time, are
a problem, with just a bit of tweaking to now falling right in step. Unfortunately,
the over all 'script' of things. Allow me we parents in general, sat back and
to now clarify the things of days past watched it all happen shaking our
with the new twist and tweaking to parental heads at the new fad.
produce desired results in and with our The most extreme of this group are found
children. hanging out in 'underground' or 'secret'
In our generation, back when we were unknown to most parents, Gothic/vampire
teens, mostly all of us enjoyed going to nightclubs and/or youth centers depending
the movies and being frightened by some on the age of the kids involved. Out
spooky, dopey and completely fictitious east, police have found 'secret' club
monster. Knowing that it was unreal rooms behind normal corner bars that the
didn't lose its scariness with most of locals (adults) didn't know anything
us. The most frightening and about it. To stir the pot a bit, so to
serendipitous of characters for most of speak, we now even have several Hollywood
us was that of the vampire. There were stars who also dress and act like this
many others however, the vampire seemed and their contribution to the vampire
to be the scariest for most of us. A culture is very strange and violent
completely fictitious, dark and evil lyrics in their popular songs. Some claim
character that took what they wanted that these stars fuel this new pop
without ever asking! This was seen and culture; others see it as just a passing
held to be almost as brash and fad in music and filling a need. Simply
distasteful and even looked upon as rape. because of how 'cool', how sexy and how
Because vampires 'needed' and wanted much in control, yet untouchable and
blood to drink was even scarier and powerful the modern immortal vampires
totally gross to us. are, they now have a new and very serious
The reason I used the word serendipitous following... Our teen children in the
is because today's pop culture is again form of Gothic vampires.
resurrecting, so to speak, and no pun You are now welcomed and even encouraged
intended, the character of the vampire, to call your police and validate
once again. This time though the facts of everything I wrote here. I know it sounds
this character are being deviously very strange, bizarre and too difficult
twisted, tweaked, convoluted and to swallow. I also know that I am
portrayed completely untrue and different beginning to sound like a 'conspiracy
than originally intended in days past. theory expert' and a 'right-wing' nut,
However, because we are talking about a who sees 'the devil' around every corner
fictitious character, many of us adults as well as in the details! However, I
don't find the need to argue the fine merely attempted to provide you with as
points; we state that it just doesn't much of the background and the climate
matter. Rather, I suggest we need to that lead to this, as well as to the over
understand that because of this twisting all devious reasons. I truly wish it all
and/or replacement of the commonly held was untrue! Your local police can fill
facts that it truly is important because you in more and validate what I have
it is now being done purposely twisted so stated.
that once fearful dark and evil However, before you go, allow me tell you
characters are simply now more appealing that there are two major groups of Goth
to our children. The why of this in the vampire cults. One, unfortunately, do
first place, is because this has lead to actually drinks each others blood! The
many misunderstandings and a reversal of fear of Aids or Hepatitis isn't a real
things dark and once considered evil. issue for these 'all powerful vampire
If Hollywood can somehow and in someway kids'. The other group of Gothic/vampires
twist things just a bit, then this bad, are called 'psychic energy-vampires'! The
evil guy, in the black hat or not, isn't extreme group, however small, who
so bad or evil any longer. Now because he actually drink blood, do so by various
isn't so evil any longer, he is purposely blood letting rituals found in occult and
made to look tough and attractive to the satanic books. This radical group usually
ladies. So then maybe it wouldn't be so wish to 'hide out' or sleep most of the
bad if one of us wanted to look like him day away and then to come out 'only at
or dress like him, in an attempt to also night' to hang out in local 'secret'
be popular with the ladies. This twisting Gothic clubs. The other group is a bit
and tweaking must happen; because, no one less dangerous and do not drink blood but
would ever consider emulating such a do go around sucking 'energy' from people
totally evil character unless they were and younger children, so they confess.
deranged. Therefore it becomes sort of With both groups and with some of the
okay to twist and re-write the character 'Goth only' kids, a good majority of
description to a more fitting 'modern' these youths do not want anyone to label
one. them good, Christian or even simply
This twisting is a bit difficult to average. No, they would rather we call
completely understand. However, as with them evil, Gothic and/or a true vampires.
most deception, if one takes notice of Just about anything in line with son of
the results, positive or negative, and the devil or Satan's son and wicked would
then follows those results back to the be preferred. As well as the fact that
intension, they can make a determination school violence goes hand-in-hand with
based on the results. Bad results equal this vampire/Goth culture so does
bad intension; Good results equal good inverted pentagrams, the number 666 and
intension. Why would Hollywood want to other occult and Satanic symbols that are
re-write, twist, and tweak an evil used and truly cherished by these youths.
character into a 'not-so-bad' guy with a The so-called 'new age', Wicca or white
lot of good-looking lady friends? Simply witchcraft appears to be another on-ramp,
because it makes things evil more not the only way to this Goth/vampire
appealing and acceptable to our culture due to the amount of pagan
impressionable children. Allow me to practices and beliefs that have
continue and if you begin to have trouble infiltrated. Statement such as, the
following, come back and re-read this triple goddess as well as the 'horned'
paragraph again. Let's apply this god of the hunt are phrases tossed around
understanding to the new twisted as though the meanings were universal and
character they intend for our children to understood by all.
emulate. Your local police will inform you if
Vampires of the past were held to be evil there are any groups like this in your
and inhumanely cannibalistic by just town or if it hasn't hit there yet, you
about everyone. Vampires were creepy can take it as being fore-warned. Lastly,
looking and acting characters. In our while I am speaking of warnings you need
day, vampires had to endlessly roam the to know that there is one group of male
night looking to drink the blood of their adults predators that hang around these
next unwilling victim. Vampires were kids. There appears to be many forty and
damned souls destined to roam the earth fifty year old males dressing and acting
and to never experience the final resting like the most extreme kid's, in order to
place of heaven. Additionally, the only be able to be close to the young
thing a vampire really had to fear was impressionable girls. Buying alcohol and
the shape of a cross and/or a wooden teaching the younger girls how to be Goth
stake that was to be driven into their vampire as well as other activities such
heart as they slept in their coffin (uh, as Tantra sex magic (magic spelled with a
gross) during the daytime. Women were not k) being propagated by these 'adult'
drawn or sexually attracted to vampires, predators. A popular reality television
on either side of the big screen. show recently had a contestant that would
Vampires were not 'sexy' or seen as fit the description of an adult male in
attractive because they were completely his forties or early fifties, acting and
disgusting, gross and evil beasts that dressing as one of the kid's in some
slept in coffins! Pretty much a total vampire/Goth cult. He favored dark
turn-off for most if not all women. Women clothes, body piercing, multiple tattoos
would and could fall under the 'spell' of and being called evil, wicked and so on.
the evil creature of days past; sort of I only point him out as an example. I do
an unwilling hypnotic trance, but surely not know if he hangs around the kids or
not because of any sexual attraction was not in his home town or is guilty of any
implied or ever existed. Now again propagated actions. However, every town
follow closely for a moment this is a key seems to have a large enough group of
point. Yes, even in days long ago, adult males in very close with the local
vampires would 'penetrate' the neck of females. Be on the watch for this type.
their victims in order to drink their Their in is 'just how much they
blood; however, there was no sexual understand while your parents don't'!
connection via the 'penetration' Similar enough to the on-line predators
comparison ever made or understood by that use the same logic to have young
anyone in the past. However scary and girls open up and become victims.
repulsive vampires were generally held to Now, no not all the children dressing and
be completely fictitious and scary only acting in this way are against Jesus, in
for the purpose of entertainment or until with the devil and going to cause some
our popcorn ran out. sort of school violence. However, it
However fun and innocent vampires were in goes a long way to understand the very
our day, it can't be said of our children mass mind set of our children. Yes, to
because of the current plot of deception certain extents kids go through various
to mislead our children into accepting fads that adults find silly. This action
all things evil as simply different and these kids involved in the Goth
shades of grey. It is here that the vampire culture are not just another
intension becomes clearer as to why passing fad. When these children wish to
anyone would be guilty of twisting and emulate a once fictitious evil character,
tweaking. simply because many are portrayed as
Due to many recent high dollar box-office strong and sexy in today's media
hits in Hollywood, today's vampires are something is wrong and needs immediate
portrayed by young and attractive boys. attention. This is very difficult for
Some would even go as far as to say many adults to grasp, I understand. It is
'sexy' and sexually appealing movie equally difficult for a parent to
stars. Now the very suggested sexual empathize and actually comprehend the
analogy of sexual penetration isn't just fact that their very own child wants to
suggested, it is surely intended and even look dead, or pale faced with dark sunken
made crystal clear for those too young to eyes. Their child wants to paint their
completely understand any off-handed and fingernails black and to shun any and all
cloudy analogy. The once dreaded curse of bright and cheery things because they are
having to wander the earth endlessly for 'losers'. I understand that this
isn't considered now, really all that article is a rather large morsel for
negative. This has been shown in more anyone to swallow. However, if we are
favorable light and is now almost seen as going to ever offer any help and to pull
a good bonus. It is seen as a type of these kids back into the fold, we must
immortality that can't be achieved by any completely understand what we are dealing
other means. Today vampires still drink with. We must also understand the
another's blood however, in the new general condition of their soul and their
script they can do it 'less completely' level of true clinical mental depression.
or not as much as in days long gone. Now Simply because this is so bizarre and
drinking just a little is sort of okay, strange, please do not turn away and hide
after all, we all need to eke out a from the facts. It truly doesn't help you
living somehow. Remember, in days past, or your child! Don't allow your children
when one was bitten by a vampire they to be involved in all this without you
too, were then doomed to roam the earth sitting down and having several serious
endlessly in search of their next talks. If your child isn't involved to a
unwilling victim? Today, on the other dangerous degree, great! If your child is
hand, one can be bitten just a little or however, take this article re-read it
can even give permission for another to several times until you know what you are
drink, but only a small amount so that talking about and then pull your child
they won't become a full-fledge vampire back by unconditional love and not
in the process. This new behavior is ridicule. If this article helps you in
almost as similar to 'making out'. Good any way please pass it around to every
girls can let it (making-out) go on for a adult and authority you know. Information
bit, but when things begin to get out of is power and information clothed with
hand, they must be stopped it at once, so sincere concern out of unconditional love
as to remain a 'good girl'. Nowadays can and will bring our children