A curious slogan...

[ironglow]

  We have heard a slogan repeatedly used by instigators of the Wall st OCCUPIERS,.... that slogan is as follows;
        "WE ARE LEGION"..
       http://www.yalelawtech.org/anonymity-online-identity/we-are-anonymous-we-are-legion/   
   
    Such a slogan may send a quizzical expression across the faces of those not familiar with that expression, but many of us are very familiar with it !  That very claim was made by Satan's demons as they were in possession of the Gadarene demoniac.
  Could that explain some of the crazy activities practiced by these people ? Are they possibly demon possessed ?  Do they show signs of it ?
 
   
   Here in (Mark 5:6-13) we see the event that transpired as Jesus freed the demoniac from the possessing demons;
     
 
     " But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him,
    And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the most high God? I adjure you by   God, that you torment me not.
   For he had said unto him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.
   And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
   And he begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
    Now there was there near unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
   And all the demons begged him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
   And Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (there were about two thousand;) and were drowned in the sea".

[bilmac]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if there were some demonic undercurrents in this. All the participants act like zombies.

[subdjoe]

Yes, it is interesting that they take a demonic self reference.

Also the ubiquitous Guy Fawkes mask.  If conservatives wore those the media would be all over it as death threats against Congress and the President.  But since the leftists are using them, no notice is given.

[BBF]

Considering the state of cleanliness of the places after similar rabble leaves. "Swine" would be appropriate.   
 
           on the Sea, a good hosing down would be deserved.

[SwampThing762]

That sign is appropriate.  Anne Coulter's recent book outlines the mob mentality.  OWSt is a mob.   Now we should exorcise the demoniacs out of the private park.

ST762

[ironglow]

That sign is appropriate.  Anne Coulter's recent book outlines the mob mentality.  OWSt is a mob.   Now we should exorcise the demoniacs out of the private park.

ST762

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    These guys too, since they are pushing the issue. 
     http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/figures-nazi-party-throws-support-behind-occupy-wall-street-movement/
 
   Of course when one speaks of the communists and National Socialists (Nazis), that includes certain unions and certain politicians..

[rio grande]

There are many uses of the word 'legion'. American Legion. Foreign Legion. A synonym for 'many' of course.  I wouldn't use the protesters poor choice of words to put them down.


BTW, here are some other thoughts re: 'Legion'.  A little different. 

"...Jesus enters the Decapolis, the ten federated cities colonized by settlements of Roman military veterans. He meets the demoniac, a man possessed by empire and death. He’s out of his mind, doing violence to himself and others. He represents all those occupied by the powers of war, militarism and empire. Jesus expels the demons of imperial occupation and frees him.

Legion is my name. What a political statement! A legion was a division of two thousand Roman soldiers. Four legions were based in that area to control the eastern part of the empire."
By naming the possessed man “Legion,” Mark offers a specific parable about how Jesus liberates us from military occupation and empire. Militarism kills us spiritually and physically, as we see in the lengthy description of the possessed man’s violence.
As the God of life, Jesus has come to liberate us. “Come out of him!” Jesus commands the destructive spirit.
Jesus wants to free all of us from military occupation and empire -- the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Palestine and those of us here at home, all who are stuck in permanent war and global domination. If we are willing to hear his command, we will find healing and peace.
“Dispatch us into the swine,” Legion says to Jesus. Swine were popular with soldiers, Myers told us in his presentation. The mascot for the tenth Roman legion in Judea at that time was a pig.
Mark describes them as a “herd,” which is not the normal name for a group of pigs. Any reader of the time would know “herd” referred to a large group of Roman military recruits! Here Jesus uses military language and “dismisses” them."
"How are we possessed by the demons of war, militarism, occupation, weapons-manufacturing and empire? How is Jesus trying to expel those demons from us? Do we want to be healed?"
http://ncronline.org/blogs/road-peace/expelling-demons-war

[bilmac]

How the Jews must have loved the fact that the mascot of their occupying army was a pig.

[ironglow]

RIO;
 
  You just went through a lengthy explanation, most of which many here are quite familiar with..doesn't make a difference !
 
  A) The demoniac of that day was bent on harming himself and others..sure fits the OCCUPIERS.
 
  B)  He was not in control of his own mind but doing the will of superior intellects !  A still more competent description of the OCCUPIERS.
 
  C) He wanted nothing to do with God...   Still on track with the OCCUPIERS
 
  The term "herd" was used in conjunction was a 15th century English translation, obviously Mark did not use the English word "herd"...    
 
   I can't imagine where your sources got their information, but the term "herd" in conjunction with swine, is totally correct:  http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0902/ANR-0902.pdf     http://animalscience.tamu.edu/images/pdf/swine/L2369-swinehealth.pdf
   
 A herd of swine could well be applied to this 21st century embodiment of demon possessed individuals..
     
     If the NYPD kicks their lazy butts out of the parks..they too, may well end up "living among the tombs"..wouldn't surprise me !
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  BTW:   Abit more info for "ncronline"...
   The "herd of swine' were only transportation.  When a demon is expelled from a human body..it prefers to dwell in water, thus the swine ran to the water and drowned there.