Pastor battles demonic football team!

[Mrs. Rogers]

Preacher wants Warner Robins mascot changed

A Warner Robins pastor is on a crusade against something sacred to many in his middle Georgia town: high school football.

The devil is at the center of a fight that seems to start every few years when someone new to Warner Robins realizes that the city's oldest high school, which has one of the most successful football programs in Georgia, rallies around a green-eyed, pitchfork-carrying demon.

A pastor at Kingdom Builders Church of Jesus Christ was shocked when he realized his own son could be among the hundreds of students shouting ‘Go Demons!' to cheer on the school's sports teams, but particularly in football, where the Demons have won four state championships over the years.

“It's the equivalent of us gathering into a church on Sunday morning and shouting ‘Go Jesus' or ‘Hallelujah Jesus,'" Donald Crosby, a Warner Robins resident for about a year, told Macon television station WMAZ.

The preacher has tried to move his ninth-grade son to a different school, one with a mascot more to the family's liking. In the meanwhile, he is collecting signatures on a petition to change the symbol. [...]

My prayers are with him. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the mascot was changed to a sheep -- "Go Sheep!", or a flock of sheep ("Go Flock!"); the LORD is our shepherd, after all.

[Lisa H]

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That is very terrible, having a school football team called the demons. Even worse, having children chanting go demons. I hope this is not some disguised devil worshiping cult.

[JessicaStribling]

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I graduated from that high school in 1996. I attended football games and shouted "Go Demons!" until I lost my voice. We won lots more games than we lost. We weren't screaming for Satin's demons-but for the mostly Christian players who happened to have an "R" on their helmets not a demon.
I am a devoted Christian who loves Jesus Christ and accepts Him as my Lord and Savior. I didn't become a devil worshiper because of my HS mascot.
High School mascots are supposed to be scary and intimidating.
Although it would be very funny to see a bunch of big football players with a sheep on the sleeve.

[Rev Leroy Jenkins]

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I graduated from that high school in 1996. I attended football games and shouted "Go Demons!" until I lost my voice. We won lots more games than we lost. We weren't screaming for Satin's demons-but for the mostly Christian players who happened to have an "R" on their helmets not a demon.
I am a devoted Christian who loves Jesus Christ and accepts Him as my Lord and Savior. I didn't become a devil worshiper because of my HS mascot.
High School mascots are supposed to be scary and intimidating.
Although it would be very funny to see a bunch of big football players with a sheep on the sleeve.

What is your obsession with fabric, Cletus? Why do you worship satin?

[JessicaStribling]

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haha, Good call. Sorry. I should have proof read.

[BelieverInGod]

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I graduated from that high school in 1996. I attended football games and shouted "Go Demons!" until I lost my voice. We won lots more games than we lost. We weren't screaming for Satin's demons-but for the mostly Christian players who happened to have an "R" on their helmets not a demon.
I am a devoted Christian who loves Jesus Christ and accepts Him as my Lord and Savior. I didn't become a devil worshiper because of my HS mascot.
High School mascots are supposed to be scary and intimidating.
Although it would be very funny to see a bunch of big football players with a sheep on the sleeve.

How can any "Christian" chant "go demons"? And you worship Satin? Are you also a muslin fundamentalist?

[JessicaStribling]

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Yes,yes I had a typo. So sorry. It wasn't a chant really. When they scored a touch down we'd scream "go demons". Most of the time we were screaming "run" or "Defense". Our green eyed mascot was never really associated with Satan but more as the scary face of our fierce football team.

[Capt. Aaron Portway]

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I graduated from that high school in 1996. I attended football games and shouted "Go Demons!" until I lost my voice. We won lots more games than we lost. We weren't screaming for Satin's demons-but for the mostly Christian players who happened to have an "R" on their helmets not a demon.
I am a devoted Christian who loves Jesus Christ and accepts Him as my Lord and Savior. I didn't become a devil worshiper because of my HS mascot.
High School mascots are supposed to be scary and intimidating.
Although it would be very funny to see a bunch of big football players with a sheep on the sleeve.

What did make you become a Devil worshiper then?

[JessicaStribling]

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The point of that was that I DIDN'T become a devil worshiper. As it has been so kindly pointed out, I can't even spell his name correctly-how could I worship him?

[Capt. Aaron Portway]

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The point of that was that I DIDN'T become a devil worshiper. As it has been so kindly pointed out, I can't even spell his name correctly-how could I worship him?

Look missy, you were the one who said you didn't become a Devil worshiper because of the demonic chanting you did at your high school. What was it that turned you away from Jesus? Are you some sort of lesbian witch?

[Nobar King]

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I think you're biased toward your allegiance to your high-school. Despite overwhelming evidence of the evil nature of your school mascot, you continue to defend it, even knowing that True Christians shouldn't be chanting with demons.

Come on, little girl, grow up. You can be on the side of Christ, or you can continue to fight against Him. Which side is it going to be?

[JessicaStribling]

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Wow, Name calling? How Christian is that? I didn't mean to cause anger in your heart. I'm not trying to cause a fight. I'm just saying that the mascot does not stand for evil. It's just a picture. A picture is neither good nor evil. The interpretation of it is up to you. I choose to see God's hand in everything. I think it would be sacrilegious to post a picture of Jesus's face as a school mascot. Mascots are often defaced by opposing schools. I hold Him in my heart not in symbols. Symbols are faulty and can become corroded. My soul will live on forever keeping my image of Him safe from corruption.

[BelieverInGod]

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Wow, Name calling? How Christian is that? I didn't mean to cause anger in your heart. I'm not trying to cause a fight. I'm just saying that the mascot does not stand for evil. It's just a picture. A picture is neither good nor evil. The interpretation of it is up to you. I choose to see God's hand in everything. I think it would be sacrilegious to post a picture of Jesus's face as a school mascot. Mascots are often defaced by opposing schools. I hold Him in my heart not in symbols. Symbols are faulty and can become corroded. My soul will live on forever keeping my image of Him safe from corruption.

It's a picture of a demon, of course it's evil. Is a picture of a child being raped not evil? Is a picture of someone torturing puppies not evil?

You think that God approves of Demons? Exactly what kind of liebral, Bible cherry picking christian are you? I'll bet you don't even read the KJV1611, actually I'll bet you don't read the Bible at all and just take whatever your fuzzy bunny pastor (if you even bother to get out of bed for church) spoon feeds you.

[Professor Bessemer]

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It's a picture of a demon, of course it's evil. Is a picture of a child being raped not evil? Is a picture of someone torturing puppies not evil?

You think that God approves of Demons? Exactly what kind of liebral, Bible cherry picking christian are you? I'll bet you don't even read the KJV1611, actually I'll bet you don't read the Bible at all and just take whatever your fuzzy bunny pastor (if you even bother to get out of bed for church) spoon feeds you.

Do you notice how she will not give Brother Portway a straight answer? She lies just as The One she worships lies, for he is The Father of Lies, He Who Cannot be Named. It us actually quite sad, when one who once believed becomes enchanted by The Deceiver.

[JessicaStribling]

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Those acts are certifiably evil. There is no doubt. But the picture is a piece of paper that can easily be discarded/burned. Unfortunately Satan/sin/evil is not so easy to get rid of.
I do go to church every Sunday. We're encouraged to read the bible (King James Version) daily and pray for God to give us the answers we seek. I don't cherry pick things out-I try to obey all of Gods laws. One of which is Love they Neighbor. Jesus did not stone the adulterous woman, nor did he allow anyone else to. Instead he showed her his love and mercy and asked her to sin no more. Jesus was not an angry man but a Loving Lord who presided with justice and mercy.

Mr. King maybe you are right. Maybe because I've been there and seen these young men and women happily cheer for their team with out a thought of Satan, it's hard to see and understand how someone would see us as devil worshipers.