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Culture Shifters, Teenage 'God Squad,' Claims To Have Cured People Of Cancer (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post  |  By Posted: 04/14/2012 7:06 pm Updated: 04/14/2012 7:24 pm

Culture Shifters

Culture Shifters, a teen Christian Pentecostal youth group, claims to have healed people of cancer, blindness, multiple sclerosis, and athletic injuries, Austrialia's News Online reports.

The group, which has 160 members, is based out of the Bridgeman Downs Christian Outreach Centre in Australia, and is led by Grant Shaw, 27, and his wife Emma, 23.

Despite warnings from medical officials that people should consult a doctor for health problems, the group's following is on the rise -- with several testimonials and YouTube videos in support of the healings.

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"Sometimes there can be a tingle," Grant Shaw, a former state government counsellor, told the paper. "Sometimes there can be a warmth, sometimes there can be a click, sometimes you don't hear anything at all."

The Culture Shifters aren't the only Christian teen group to make headlines lately. Back in March, three teenage girls appeared on Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show "Anderson" to detail their experience performing exorcisms.

"My first exorcism was when I was 13," 17-year-old Brynne told Anderson Cooper.

Tess, also 17, told Anderson Cooper she is able to spot the signs of demonic possession by looking directly into someone's eyes.

"The pupils dilate sporadically...," she told Cooper. "You look in someone's eyes, and after the [exorcism] training, you can see the evil."

Last month, reports surfaced of Australian group "Set Right" performing an exorcism on a two-year-old child.

Michelle Pecoult, a member of the group, told the Herald Sun the child wasn't disturbed by the procedure.

"(The demon) was told to leave and in 20 minutes left," Pecoult told the Herald Sun. "The child didn't know (it had happened)."

Grant Shaw told News Online the Culture Shifters receive no money in exchange for the healing.

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Culture Shifters, a teen Christian Pentecostal youth group, claims to have healed people of cancer, blindness, multiple sclerosis, and athletic injuries, Austrialia's News Online reports. The grou...
Culture Shifters, a teen Christian Pentecostal youth group, claims to have healed people of cancer, blindness, multiple sclerosis, and athletic injuries, Austrialia's News Online reports. The grou...
 
 
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07:09 PM on 02/24/2013
You know full well that if these kids were curing illness with ganga and ying yang X you people would be excitedly chattering instead of ridiculing. Faith and belief serve a vital role in humans. There is some empirical evidence that prayer and religious based practices can have beneficial effects on health and psyche on most people. Faith exists for a reason. Just because you don't understand it and find the ways they relate their experiences as absurd doesn't make them wrong or delusional. When you can quantify and explain consciousness you may have some standing to ridicule. Until then, you are as clueless as anyone else. There is no such thing as supernatural. But ignorance abounds and on the spectrum of abject ignorance to all knowing intelligence, none of us are a discernible distance apart.
04:40 PM on 04/26/2012
This is silly! However there are cures for Cancer that aren't Chemotherapy or intense praying by teenagers. Muscadine grapes have the highest phytochemical rating, which has been proven to prevent and even reverse Cancer. There are clinical studies to back it up! Check it out: www.naturespearlproducts.com/jeannemayeux
09:44 PM on 04/18/2012
Check out the official statement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vHwZ74sn6g
07:19 PM on 04/16/2012
Hi all, I am so proud of our Youth from Bridgeman Downs COC, for what they're doing, these young people do this because God tells us to. There's no money involved, we do it because the bible tells us. "what you've freely been given, you also freely give". It is such a privilege to be able to lay hands on someone and see them healed. When I see negative comments about Gods work, I expect it, and it doesn't phase me one bit, actually it inspires me to go all the harder for God because I know we must be upsetting the powers of Darkness to see God moving in such a profound and powerful way. When you are close to God and walking in the Kingdom, you just do these things naturally, why? Because you have the love for people like God does and you just want to help and see people set free from whatever it is that is ailing them, whether it be an illness or infirmity or an emotional bondage, God can heal them and we love seeing people set FREE, after all Who The Son Sets Free Is FREE Indeed.
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thewirah
Freedom is a dish best served cold
08:50 AM on 04/17/2012
Where did you learn to put so many capital letters in the middle of sentences?
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highercalling
Once more unto the breach
08:53 AM on 04/17/2012
A tragic victim of home-schooling.
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ranchero42
Cherished Memories? NRA'll Rifle Thru 'Em
05:20 PM on 04/16/2012
Time's A-Wastin'!! These people need to get out to the Great Barrier Reef and commence t'HEALIN'!!! Don't wait for a sign from bog -- you'll know whether or not he approves by how well he keeps the Selachii at bay...
11:23 AM on 04/16/2012
"God totally heals you because god totally wants to". lol. 20%, 50%, 75%.... These kids are pathetic.
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12:31 PM on 04/16/2012
The nuts just seem to continue getting nuttier!
06:24 PM on 04/16/2012
Healing is nothing new really. A good friend of mine was dying of cancer and he was prayed for and the doctors didn't know what to tell him other than he could go home. My own mum got healed of epilepsy which she had for 20 years. There's a good reason why we base our calendar years on the death of Jesus Christ.
08:56 PM on 04/16/2012
Wow that's amazing! My grandmother was just in hospital on her death bed, we were all told to get to the hospital then and there to say good bye because her body was shutting down. The next day she was home after being laid hands on, the doctors were amazed!. She still denys Gods excistance, so that goes to show how closed of people are to the power of God. but all I can say is Praise God!!
12:09 AM on 04/17/2012
And the days are named after Roman/Greek gods! Same with the planets. Christians get the calendar year and Roman/Greek gods get everyday! Sounds pretty much like a slam dunk.
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straightuptalker
What ever happened to common sense?
06:16 AM on 04/16/2012
Last month, reports surfaced of Australian group "Set Right" performing an exorcism on a two-year-old child.

A 2-year old possessed by a demon...really? Where do they get this stuff? While it's possible for some to have the "gift" of healing, they need to restrict their exorcisms to certain age levels, just like our ratings on movies. An innocent baby is not for their amusement. There oughta be a law.
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12:41 PM on 04/16/2012
That poor, innocent little kid will grow into one very messed up adult.
04:22 AM on 04/16/2012
A Baptist preacher said, "Anyone with 'a special need' who wants to be prayed over, please come forward to the front by the altar."

With that, Tyrone got in line and when it was his turn, the Preacher asked, "Tyrone, what do you want me to pray about for you?"

Tyrone replied, "Preacher, I need you to pray for help with my hearing." The preacher put one finger of one hand in Tyrone's ear, placed his other hand on top of Tyrone's head, and then prayed and prayed and prayed. He prayed a "blue streak" for Tyrone, and the whole congregation joined in with great enthusiasm.

After a few minutes, the preacher removed his hands, stood back and asked, "Tyrone, how is your hearing now?"

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Tyrone answered, "I don't know. It ain't 'til next week."
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ticoune
I love false lies
07:00 AM on 04/16/2012
LOL. might not be new but still pretty good.
09:52 AM on 04/16/2012
:)
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Latzy von Biron
Just living is not enough.
03:38 AM on 04/16/2012
Some people are simply shameless!
01:03 AM on 04/16/2012
Stupid old people started out earlier being stupid young people. Kind of an incurable disorder.
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YankeeCanuck
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11:23 PM on 04/15/2012
Went to a "healing meeting" once with a friend.The healer kept ogling me while preaching--she was wearing a red leather suit. Scary. So I looked at the floor a lot, belted out hymns with the best of them and watched people get "overcome", those poor, sick, vulnerable dummies. We stayed til the end out of respect for the duped. Then we ducked out the back and headed to the closet bar for a stiff drink. Or two. Then felt much, much better.
Some people's illnesses go into remissions--no one can find a reason. Good for them. But it's not because of a charlatan in a red leather suit or a bunch of teenagers who think they have "powers."
09:56 AM on 04/16/2012
What kind of activity goes down in a "closet bar"? (couldn't resist that typo)

Good comment :)
07:44 PM on 04/15/2012
The big question is can they bring the dead to life. If not why not.
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pisswilliepete
06:53 PM on 04/15/2012
Step aside Ernest Angely, there's new quacks/crooks in town!
01:04 AM on 04/16/2012
All generations renew themselves with new recruits.
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cameron d
Good Guys Win
06:17 PM on 04/15/2012
Well I guess this means I can keep smoking as much as I want, right? Good news everyone! Smoke if you got 'em!
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06:12 PM on 04/15/2012
I wonder what their Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who's an athiest, thinks of this.
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ticoune
I love false lies
07:05 AM on 04/16/2012
I did not know that Julia Gillard was an Atheist, perhaps there is hope for the US.
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12:38 PM on 04/16/2012
Wow! She's an atheist? Why is every other country so far ahead of the US?
03:05 PM on 04/17/2012
Because the US decided a couple of decades ago to start walking backwards while everyone keeps going forward.