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4/1/06

On this April Fool's day we are looking at some ways that the devil successfully fools Christians.

Most Christians do not go to seances or read crystal balls but some less obvious but just as destructive spiritualistic practices have become widely accepted in many Christian circles. Today we'll expose two of them, Palm Reading and Yoga and see how New Age/Hindu practices twist the gospel mesage.

Key Passage: John 8:44

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New York Times, October 31, 1938 (Are we susceptible to such outlandish hoaxes today?)

"A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.

The broadcast, which disrupted households, interrupted religious services, created traffic jams and clogged communications systems, was made by Orson Welles, who as the radio character, "The Shadow," used to give "the creeps" to countless child listeners. This time at least a score of adults required medical treatment for shock and hysteria."