True believers in Satanic ritual abuse still exist and may even persuade legislators to pass laws. Many more apply Kent’s flawed logic to “cults.”
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A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 3. Scholars Strike Back
Leading experts on the Satanism scare, David Frankfurter and Jean La Fontaine, debunked Kent’s theories. His rejoinder was not persuasive.
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 2. Digging for Demons
The anti-cult sociologist really believed that Satanic “human sacrifices” happened in Canada. But he admitted that he “never once came across a body.”
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 1: The Shadow of Taxil
The most famous anti-Masonic hoax is a cautionary tale to keep in mind when examining claims by anti-cult scholars about Satanic or “cultic” abuse.
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 5. Jon Nödtveidt e l’Ordine Misantropico Luciferiano
Il satanismo “anticosmico” di alcune band Black e Death Metal odia tutto e tutti. Il suicidio è una conseguenza logica.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 5. Jon Nödtveidt and the Misanthropic Luciferian Order
The “anti-cosmic” Satanism of some Black and Death Metal bands hates everything and everybody. Suicide is a logical consequence.
“Satanic Sex Orgies in Moscow”: Duma Wants to Ban Satanism. Dvorkin Disagrees
Satanists are already banned, says leading Russian anti-cultist. The Duma should instead ban “neo-pagans.”
Russia: Accusations of “Satanism” Used as a Tool for Anti-LGBT Repression
Ilya Zhuravlev, a medical doctor of Ulyanovsk, has been arrested and absurdly charged with spreading the idea that being homosexual is needed for proper “devil-worshiping.”
St. Petersburg Court Finds an “Anti-Russian Conspiracy” in LaVey’s “The Satanic Bible”
The judges accepted the bizarre theory that the book promotes hostility to Russia, in addition to LGBT activism and extremism.
Giving the Devil His Due: Satanists and Exorcists, Good, Bad, and Indifferent
Is it enough to proclaim to be a Satanist, or an exorcist, to be a real one? Accepting these claims at face value may end up endangering religious liberty.