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One Man’s Journey From Atheism and Witchcraft to Christ

By Josephine Vivaldo
Posted: June 15, 2011.

Print: The Christian Post

During his stay in New Orleans, he decided to try witchcraft, a practice he proved to be successful in.

“I believed in Satan then, I had had a lot of success at casting spells on people and they worked. I actually saw it with my own eyes.

He left the practice after he succeeded conjuring up demons on the river, an action he regretted, he said. According to witchcraft, the river is supposed to give the person more power.

“I tried to conjure up a demon one time and it scared me so badly that I got out of witchcraft.”

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Comments (6)

1. Anders Emil

>Who would’ve thought that an atheist, who was a bunny killer by 5, an alcoholic by 15, a drug addict by
>17, and a clinical sociopath by 18, would find God and start a multimillion-dollar software company.

Well, I for one would have thought it! Maybe not the part about the software company, but on the other hand, you do meet a few lunatics in this business!

posted on June 16, 2011
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If casting spells and conjuring scary demons was actually doable and on video, it would be a runaway most-viewed on YouTube. Being ‘reported’ as true in the context of this article means nothing whatsoever. OMG. C’mon people!

FTA:

During his stay in New Orleans, he decided to try witchcraft, a practice he proved to be successful in.

“I believed in Satan then, I had had a lot of success at casting spells on people and they worked. I actually saw it with my own eyes.

He left the practice after he succeeded conjuring up demons on the river, an action he regretted, he said. According to witchcraft, the river is supposed to give the person more power.

“I tried to conjure up a demon one time and it scared me so badly that I got out of witchcraft.”

posted on June 17, 2011
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After the nurse brought him a Bible, she may have thought of bringing him a dictionary.  To be fair, the dictionary should be for the sub-editor at the Christian Post: the man believed in Satan, blamed God for his miserable life but was an “atheist”...

posted on June 19, 2011
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This guy must be friends with Greg Mortenson.

posted on June 21, 2011
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It’s as if this article was written by a fifth-grader.  It’s flipping ridiculous.  I especially like the part of the story where Williamson says to the black nurse that the bible isn’t real, and then (like a charicature) she puts her hand on her hip, gives him some lip, and he does a complete 180 and fully believes in the risen jesus. 

I might have been converted myself though.  How does an idiot of this height of stupidity make more than minimum wage cleaning stalls at a peep show?  Has to be a miracle.

posted on July 20, 2011
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Wait, an atheist that believes in Satan? Ha! That’s rich.

posted on August 8, 2011
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