Occultism claims mar Swedish Christmas show
Published: 7 Dec 12 12:01 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/44912/20121207/
A Catholic priest and several angry viewers have attacked Swedish state broadcaster SVT, claiming its annual Christmas television special promotes occultism.
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"As a practicing Christian, I think 'anden i glaset' is one of the most stupid games children could play," said priest Zbigniew Golebiewski at Saint Anna congregation in Nyköping in central Sweden told the Aftonbladet newspaper.
"There could be very real consequences for people's spiritual and psychological welfare."
Golebiewski has advised members of his congregation to not allow their children to watch Julkalender, which runs from December 1st through Christmas Eve and is has evolved into a cultural staple of Swedish children's holiday entertainment since its launch back in 1960.
This year's show, entitled "Mysteriet på Greveholm - Grevens återkomst" ('The Mystery of Greveholm Castle - The Earl's Return'), features ghosts and children trying to solve the aforementioned mystery.
Sweden's Broadcasting Standards Agency (Granskningsnämnden) has so far received seven letters of complaint from members of the public.
SVT confirmed that they had also received several complaints directly from viewers.
"We have freedom of religion in Sweden and people are free to believe in what they want. We try to give space to many different voices," the show's script writer Dan Zethraeus told the paper.
Zethraeus did not take the priest's criticism to heart:
"This particular Julkalendern doesn't promote his religion, that is true."
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Less nutjobs in Sweden, please.
ie complete rubbish.
yet they seem to think its OK to vilify women and to demand the right to beat children in school ( yes still legal to beat a child with a stick in christian and jewish schools in australia ) I mean beat. a cane rod as thick as a grown mans finger wielded with force.
they demand the right to deny children access to freely available information as long as possible to give them more time to brainwash them into believing the world is flat and that a broken down old man has a direct phone line to a god. it is laughable. its beyond laughable. its absurd in the extreme.
still here in sickla kaj I have to put up with a loud bell ringing every half hour over the weekend for half a dozen loons.
unbelievable.
we dont have to lighten up. religion is a cancer that needs to be eradicated and replaced with the truth.
Less nutjobs in Sweden, please.
Kalle Anka must die!
Play ouija board can cause severe psychological problems. This is real!! Children are easily influenced and this game can be dangerous for them.
Rampant abuse happened at these school and only recently has the Canadian govt. made an apology and offered financial compensation to those who attended. Meanwhile the Catholic church has not apologized to First Nations and probably never will. The grip they have on the older generation is cult-like and if any of the younger generation speak out, they are chastised. Quite frankly, I think we should wait until the very last baptised Catholic passes away in our territories and burn every last Catholic church down and forever ban them from our territory.
The Catholic church was ten times more efficient in the destruction of First Nations than the US Calvary and the Spanish conquistadors combined on their best day.
Swedes do yourselves a favour, and ignore this nutjob priest.
Christmas is a very trivial and commercialized thing. I felt it even before going addicted to Satan.