"satanic rosaries"

[Chestertonian]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KAW9sF4wGY[/yt]
has anyone heard of this?  my son has a few plastic rosaries ,  that look kind of like this....have ot see if we can take a look around later

wonder if this is real or just fear mongering

[MilesChristi]

Just as sacramentals need to be blessed, satanic artifacts have to be activated.

Unless satanists are really assembly-lining this through, I wouldn't worry about it.

[INPEFESS]

This almost seems to be a joke.

Just because there are pentagons on the crucifix does not mean it is satanic. You could find a subliminal meaning for almost everything if you try.

[Arun]

i'd avoid them. best case scenario they're innocent but still cheap crap, and given the worst case scenario there's no real upside to them.

[GloriaPatri]

First off those pentacles have long been used as representation of the 5 Wounds of Christ. Second, the serpent about the rod is a reference to the brazen serpent Moses lifted up, and Old Testament predecessor to Christ. And as far as the Sun goes, Sun of Justice anyone? Or even haloes? Like really, this is just poorly informed fear mongering 

[jim111]

Just as sacramentals need to be blessed, satanic artifacts have to be activated.

Unless satanists are really assembly-lining this through, I wouldn't worry about it.

What happens if a priest blesses a rosary you did not know was activated.

[Daniel]

I've heard of these rosaries before.  I'm with Arun.  They're just cheap pieces of junk but I doubt there's anything wrong with them.  All that alleged symbolism is probably just coincidence.  Those are pentagons, not pentagrams/pentacles.  The "serpent on the rod" isn't very clear and just looks like vines or wood grain or some other unnecessary design feature.  The suns are probably decorative as well.

The rosary pictured at 2:39 may be satanic though (if those devil heads are clearly visible), but I can't seem to find a better image of it anywhere.  But it seems that the only image is the one in the video so that rosary might not even exist.

As for the website selling "magical wishing rosaries", it's a sacrilege but I'm not surprised.  It's obviously a marketing gimmick.  These websites throw some superstition into the item's description and then non-Catholics buy these over-priced cheap rosaries because they think it's cool or because they actually believe in that sort of stuff.  Just because a website is marketing the rosary in that way doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the rosary itself (or that the manufacturer even approves of how the website is marketing it).

And those satanic rosaries pictured at 4:18 are horrible.  But even with them, I'm guessing it's mostly vanity amongst rockers, not something that satanists actually use in satanic prayer.  (But I could be wrong.)

[OCLittleFlower]

First off those pentacles have long been used as representation of the 5 Wounds of Christ. Second, the serpent about the rod is a reference to the brazen serpent Moses lifted up, and Old Testament predecessor to Christ. And as far as the Sun goes, Sun of Justice anyone? Or even haloes? Like really, this is just poorly informed fear mongering 

Agreed.  I have friends who believe this, though. 

[INPEFESS]

First off those pentacles have long been used as representation of the 5 Wounds of Christ. Second, the serpent about the rod is a reference to the brazen serpent Moses lifted up, and Old Testament predecessor to Christ. And as far as the Sun goes, Sun of Justice anyone? Or even haloes? Like really, this is just poorly informed fear mongering 

Exactly. I don't use these rosaries (I prefer rope rosaries), but it has nothing to do with this.

[LouisIX]

First off those pentacles have long been used as representation of the 5 Wounds of Christ. Second, the serpent about the rod is a reference to the brazen serpent Moses lifted up, and Old Testament predecessor to Christ. And as far as the Sun goes, Sun of Justice anyone? Or even haloes? Like really, this is just poorly informed fear mongering 

Yes.  This video (and others like it) have been dispelled at other trad fora repeatedly. 

[angelcookie]

Just as sacramentals need to be blessed, satanic artifacts have to be activated.

Unless satanists are really assembly-lining this through, I wouldn't worry about it.

What happens if a priest blesses a rosary you did not know was activated.

IMO, the priests blessing would triumph. Not sure why you wouldn't just go get a different one though and get rid of the bad one.

[Chestertonian]

First off those pentacles have long been used as representation of the 5 Wounds of Christ. Second, the serpent about the rod is a reference to the brazen serpent Moses lifted up, and Old Testament predecessor to Christ. And as far as the Sun goes, Sun of Justice anyone? Or even haloes? Like really, this is just poorly informed fear mongering 

Yes.  This video (and others like it) have been dispelled at other trad fora repeatedly.

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