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Nov. 8, 2004 Spooky, kooky and scary. Witches, warlocks and black cats. Halloween is time for chills, screams and night terrors. Hollywood has given us many frightening movies with a Halloween motif, but the scariest manifestation of Halloween is found in Lynchburg, Virginia. Every year about 20,000 souls descend upon Jerry Falwell's Liberty University to attend Scaremare. Scaremare, produced by Liberty University (LU) students for over three decades, is part cheap thrills and part hokey sermon that graphically depicts the fundamentalist college's views concerning issues like abortion and homosexuality. Thrill seekers are ushered around the grounds of a building where bodies spill out of the wreckage of a grisly car crash, a young girl is laid to rest and a bloody Jesus hangs on a cross. The innocent pilgrims are then brought to white tents, where LU students attempt to persuade them to turn to Jesus Christ. What ever happened to employing logic and reason to convince others to accept your views? Why do religious fanatics like Mel Gibson and Jerry Falwell feel it's necessary to scare us into converting to their brand of fundamentalist Christianity? I live in Lynchburg and I can testify that LU students with their vacant eyes, clean-cut appearance and uncontrollable exclamations of "Praise The Lord" are scarier than a bunch of zombies. I can't think of anything more terrifying than becoming a fundamentalist Christian, I'd rather turn into a Reality TV contestant or a punching bag for Mike Tyson. There's only one thing scarier than Scaremare, and that's George W. Bush's victory, which is being interpreted as a mandate for him to pursue his fundamentalist agenda. Halloween and an Election Day that results in the reelection of Bush; why did fate give us two scary days so close together? ------------ About the author Robert Paul Reyes: I am a columnist for the Lynchburg Ledger. Email: rreyes4966@aol.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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