Unveiling the Deceptions: Demons Masquerading as Gods in a World of Lies by Jeff Callaway

 

Unveiling the Deceptions: Demons Masquerading as Gods in a World of Lies

by Jeff Callaway

Texas Outlaw Poet

Out of the dust and thunder of a broken world, I ride back with a heart scorched and a new ear for the voice of God. I’ve spent years in the dark places—knee-deep in blood rites and sex magick, walking where men barter souls—and those roads taught me the language of the enemy. But the real turning came when He broke through: Mary and Jesus stepped into my night like a West Texas sun. That vision did more than scare me straight. It opened my ears. It tuned my soul to a frequency I’d been deaf to for years. Since then I’ve heard God clearer than a bell at high noon. He’s confirmed things I half-believed in the pit and stripped away the lies I once mistook for truth. One thing He put in me with a clarity that won’t quit is this: the so-called “old gods” are not gods at all but fallen spirits—angels gone rogue—wearing crowns of lies to hoodwink entire peoples away from the one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I speak that truth not from theory but from vision, from the school of experience, and from Scripture and Church teaching that back up what the Holy Spirit taught my heart.

Back in the coven, I learned two things fast. First, the self-styled “Satanists” in tuxedos and press releases—the LaVeyan crowd—are often atheists using Satan as image and insult. Second, the real occult actors laughed at those parades because the spiritual war they wage is literal, nasty, and organized. Those theatrical Satanists are decoys; while culture argues over costumes, genuine demonic influence keeps working in the dark. The Spirit, and perhaps my guardian angel, led me to connect dots I’d only glimpsed: from Thor’s hammer to Vishnu’s arms, those figures often serve as masks for powers opposed to God. I’m done catering to internet hot takes. I’ll prove it with Scripture, the Fathers, the magisterial documents, and plain historical facts.

The Scriptural Smackdown: Demons Lurkin’ Behind Every Idol

Scripture does not mince this. Deuteronomy 32:17 accuses the people of sacrificing “to demons, not to God.” Psalm 106:37 condemns child sacrifice to demons. Paul slams the point home in 1 Corinthians 10:20–21: what pagans offer is offered to demons, and you cannot serve both Christ and that darkness. Paul’s words are not quaint archaeology; they are a line in the sand. The New Testament even warns that in later times people will obey deceitful spirits (1 Tim 4:1), and Revelation paints a scene in which men still bow to idols made of gold and wood rather than repent (Rev 9:20). The Septuagint’s blunt rendering—“All the gods of the nations are demons” (Ps 96:5 LXX)—is the Bible’s own verdict. The Book of Enoch, echoed in Jude, expands the ancient picture: Watchers fell, taught forbidden arts, and fathered environments where false worship could flourish. Genesis 6 records the “sons of God” joining with “daughters of men.” Taken together, the testimony is coherent: idolatry often sits upon a spiritual architecture of rebellion and deception.

Church Fathers: Gunslingers of Truth

The early saints didn’t treat paganism as innocent folklore. Justin Martyr argued that demons counterfeit divine mysteries to lead men astray. Tertullian and Lactantius labeled pagan gods as demonic impostors. Augustine used every scrap of philosophy he could to show that pagan worship flows from folly and demonic envy. These weren’t academic quibbles; many of these Fathers confronted idolatry in the public square, in the courts, before emperors. They reported exorcisms and encounters where the spirits identified themselves as the local “gods.” Their testimony matters because they stood between empires and the faith, and their witness is consistent: false religion is often spiritually toxic and demonic in origin.

The Magisterium: Firm, Pastoral, Unafraid

The modern Church holds both truth and charity. Dominus Iesus (2000) reiterates what the Apostles taught: Christ is the fullness of revelation and the unique means of salvation. Nostra Aetate affirms that elements of truth and holiness can exist outside visible Church structures, but it does not blur the Church’s claim to be the ark of salvation. The Vatican’s critique of New Age currents—Jesus Christ, the Bearer of the Water of Life (2003)—warns that syncretic spirituality often rebrands Gnosticism and self-deification. The Catechism (CCC 2112–2114) calls idolatry a perversion and echoes Scripture’s warnings about demonic deception. In short: the Church tells the unvarnished truth while extending mercy to the lost.

Historical Record: Age Doesn’t Equal Authenticity

The “ancient texts” argument gets trotted out like a talisman: older equals truer. Not so. Yes, the Rigveda and parts of the Hindu corpus are ancient. Yes, the Pāli canon preserves early Buddhist teachings. But antiquity is not a trademark of divine authority. Oral traditions can be corrupted. Scribes copy with bias. The Poetic Edda survives in medieval manuscripts compiled by Christian scribes. The New Testament, by contrast, rests on thousands of manuscripts—far more than any classical text—showing a strong chain of transmission. Pre-Nicene sources also attest to an early high Christology; Pliny and Ignatius record that Christians worshiped Christ as God well before Nicaea. History is a tool; use it carefully. It corrects sloppy arguments that confuse age with truth.

Satanism: The Smoke and Mirrors

The Church of Satan’s public posture is atheistic and theatrical. That admission makes it an effective smokescreen. Real occult practitioners—those who traffic in blood rites, curses, and spirit work—know there’s a difference. They view LaVeyan spectacle as useful distraction. I lived long enough among both to see how the charade protects darker things by making them appear unserious. New Age currents do the same in gentler clothes: self-worship, energy work, and channeling often deny sin and block repentance. The spiritual danger is real whether it comes with a skull ring or a wellness retreat.

Bustin’ Lies: Eight Objections Shot Down

“Other religions are older, so they’re truer.”

Antiquity is not proof. Older myths may preserve memory, but memory is not infallible. The Bible opens with the Creator of everything. Deuteronomy 32 frames pagan cults as responses to spiritual abandonment and deception. Archaeology shows Israel surrounded by worship that led people astray, not that Israel borrowed theology wholesale. The question is not age but authority. Who speaks with God’s stamp? Christianity claims that authority in the person of Jesus Christ and in the apostolic witness.

“Christianity stole dying-and-rising god myths.”

This chestnut collapses under scrutiny. Comparative scholars like Jonathan Z. Smith show that the alleged parallels are superficial. Osiris’s “resurrection” plays in another register than the historical resurrection attested in the Gospels. Seasonal myths explain cycles; the Gospel claims a unique, historical, world-changing resurrection. The early martyrs’ willingness to die rather than renounce Christ undermines the notion that Christianity was a late syncretic invention.

“The Bible’s corrupt.”

Textual criticism gives the lie to wholesale corruption claims. The New Testament survives in thousands of manuscripts, some fragments within decades of composition. Variants exist, but most are trivial and do not alter core doctrines. The Dead Sea Scrolls demonstrate a conservative scribal culture for the Hebrew texts. If the accusation is “corrupt” in the sense of intentionally changed core message, the evidence contradicts it. The manuscript tradition is robust, not riddled with theological sabotage.

“Nicaea invented the Trinity and Christ’s divinity.”

Nicaea clarified language against Arian distortion but did not manufacture the belief. Early Christian worship addressed Christ with divine titles. Ignatius, Justin, and others testify to an already high Christology. Councils settle controversy; they do not invent the faith from thin air. The historical record shows doctrine developing under apostolic and patristic guidance, not emerging from a single political moment.

“All paths lead to God.”

This sounds polite but collapses into contradiction. If two systems teach mutually exclusive truths, they cannot both be fully true. Catholic teaching recognizes truth outside itself yet insists on the uniqueness of Christ for salvation. Dominus Iesus reminds us that the Church holds the “fullness of the means of salvation.” The mercy of God and the claim of Christ are not rival propositions.

“New Age is harmless spirituality.”

The Vatican’s assessment is stern because the phenomena mix subjective experience with metaphysics that deny personal sin and redemption in Christ. Practices that open people to spirit contact without Christ risk exposing them to deceptive influences. Spirituality is never neutral. The question is whose spirit you invite in.

“Satanism’s just edgy atheism.”

Public spokesmen for Satanism may mock the devil as symbol. That makes the movement less threatening in headlines. It also aids real occult operators. When society treats the symbol as satire, it lowers its guard against the actual thing. The theatrical Satanist can thus function as camouflage while real spirit work continues out of sight.

“Bible verses only hit ancient idolatry.”

The New Testament warns of demonic influence in the present and future. Paul’s warnings about “deceitful spirits” and Revelation’s picture of hardened idolaters are prophetic, not museum pieces. Modern idols have changed forms—technology, ideology, celebrity—but the spiritual mechanism is the same: substitute a creature for the Creator and you open yourself to suppression, deception, and bondage.

A Plea from the Heart: Run to Jesus

I am angry. But my anger is a mercy—rage with a mission. I want every soul who reads this to hear the plea behind the fury. I’ve smelled the blood, I’ve heard the chanting, I’ve seen the chains. I’ve also knelt at a table where the Bread is truly Christ, where forgiveness happens, where mercy is real and immediate. The Church’s sacraments are not mere symbols; they are instruments of grace. If you are tired, filthy, or fooled, come now. Do not hedge. Do not say “sometime.” Toss the idols into whatever one of your backyards you keep them in. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord. Let the sacraments find you and the Church lift you. Let the Holy Spirit clean house.

I will say it plain and loud: I walked with demons. I spat in God’s face. He chased me down. If He would come for me, He will come for you. No sin is too stubborn. No wound is too black. The Light of Christ is not a polite suggestion; it is rescue. Pick up your cross. Follow Him. Fight for souls. Stand in the truth. Live brave. Die forgiven.

“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore, Go out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: And I will receive you. And will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” — 2 Corinthians 6:16–18

~by Jeff Callaway

Texas Outlaw Poet

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