I Heard You Know A Lot About Satan
666 is coming. No, not the antichrist (or even Aleister Crowley), the date of June 6th, 2006 is fast approaching. A classic Satanic horror-film remake is coming out on that date, the Church of Satan is throwing a big party, and it seems rumors are circulating that bad things will happen. Who do you call for the inside scoop? Why a Wiccan of course!
“This all sounds like a lot of hooey to Asheville resident Byron Ballard, a practitioner of the earth-based religion Wicca for the past 32 years and a high priestess for 10. She says people often lump pagans like her in with Satanists, although the two have no connection. “The interesting thing about Satanists – and by that I mean real Satanists and not just teenagers trying to freak out their Baptist parents – is they tend to be atheists, and they celebrate their own free will and think that is paramount,” Ballard said, adding they’re usually well-educated, older and fairly wealthy. The numbers 666 representing Satan may be questionable anyway, scholars say. It’s more likely a reference to the Roman emperor Nero and Rome’s occupation of the Holy Land.”
Did the reporter not think to do a google search? Maybe e-mail someone at The Church of Satan or The Temple of Set? Do we really need another article on things diabolic featuring a Wiccan disassociating? If a reporter comes to a Pagan looking for information about Satanism, the smart thing to do (in my humble opinion) would be to direct them to actual Satanists. But I’m kind of nutty that way.
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This is such a non-story (is that even a word? you know what I mean). I’m totally with you on this. I realize Pagans want good press, but this is so silly. It’s like asking a Zoroastrian about Shauvot.
Ann Coulter is releasing her new book on that day as well. (shivers)