When the Devil Dares Your Kids: Protecting Your Children from Satanism, Witchcraft, and the Occult [Paperback]

Robert Passantino (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 265 pages
• Publisher: Vine Books (July 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892837217
• ISBN-13: 978-0892837212
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,880,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous, July 12, 1998

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This review is from: When the Devil Dares Your Kids: Protecting Your Children from Satanism, Witchcraft, and the Occult (Paperback)

Another work of paranoia making the work of God look evil through lies and false witness. This kind of erroneous and deceptive material is why Pagans are the hardest group in America to witness to.

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUCH MORE "REASONABLE" BOOK THAN ITS TITLE AND 1ST CHAPTER WOULD SUGGEST, June 20, 2011

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When the Devil Dares Your Kids: Protecting Your Children from Satanism, Witchcraft, and the Occult (Paperback)

Robert "Bob" (1951-2003) & Gretchen Passantino wrote Christian apologetics and "anti-cult" books such as Answers to the Cultist at Your Door, Satanism and Witch Hunt. In the 1970s and 1980s they were associated with Walter Martin's Christian Research Institute. Later they began to operate their own apologetics and countercult ministry known as "Christian Apologetics: Research and Information Service," which they later renamed "Answers in Action."

The book's first chapter is entitled, "Satan Wants Your Child," but the rest of the book (see quotations below) is actually much more "moderate."

Here are some quotations from the book:

"Most contemporary witches do not practice all of the occult arts denounced in the Bible and are understandably offended when well-meaning but misinformed Christians dismiss their beliefs with a few trite references to inapplicable Scriprures." (Pg. 52)
"Most fans understand the symbolic nature of the satanism they see and hear from their favorite metal bands, but their absorption of these ideas is still dangerous. Whether the fan seriously studies satanism or not, he or she continually reinforces the selfish destructiveness that characterizes both metal music and satanism." (Pg. 118)
"The Lauren Stratford story is the most well-known example of occult criminal charges that are unfounded. Lauren Stratford ... wrote her story, the bestselling Satan's Underground: The Extraordinary Story of One Woman's Escape, telling of child sexual abuse, rape, kiddie porn, ritualistic abuse, prostitution, torture, brainwashing, and child sacrifice by an interstate group of satanists... In fact, the evidence showed that her story was NOT true." (Pg. 141-142)
"Actual demon possession is very rare. The entire Bible records only a few instances of genuine demon possession." (Pg. 208)

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Are you a satanist?, January 1, 2006

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Jason L. Wadsworth (Bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When the Devil Dares Your Kids: Protecting Your Children from Satanism, Witchcraft, and the Occult (Paperback)

According to this book anyone who celebrates their birthdays could very well be a satanist. Oh and also anyone who doesnt clean their room.

:-) YeahhhSatan!