IÔQ#-.ÔHE FOLLOWING ARTICLE, FROM THE ÓÔ. ÐÁÕÌ ÐÉÏÎÅÅÒ ÐÒÅÓÓ ÄÉÓÐÁÔÃÈ, IS INTEREST-
ING FOR TWO REASONS: (1) ÉT SHOWS THAT ALTHOUGH THE ÔEMPLE OF ÓET HAS LOCKED    HORNS WI
TH A FEW ÓATAN CRAZED ÌUTHERANS, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE THAT WAY, AND
(2) SANITY PREVAILS IN ACADEMIC CALIBRE INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAVE CONCERNED THEM- SELVES W
ITH THE "ÓATANIC PHENOMENON. ÂEAR IN MIND THAT THE REMARKS OF Ê. ÇORDON ÍELTON, A ÃHRIST
IAN ÍINISTER HIMSELF, PERTAIN TO RUMORED ÃÒÉÍÉÎÁÌ ÓATANIC CULTS RATHER THAN ALL ÓATANIC 
INSTITUTIONS. ÍELTON KNOWS QUITE WELL ABOUT THE ÔEMPLE
OF ÓET, AS HE HAS INVITED US TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE "ÓATANISM" ENTRY IN ÉÓÁÒ'S
ÅNCYCLOPEDIA OF ÁMERICAN ÒELIGIONS.
 
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                  ÓÁÔÁÎÉÓÍ ÉÓ ÁÌÉÂÉ ÆÏÒ ÃÒÉÍÉÎÁÌÓ, ÓÁÙÓ ÅØÐÅÒÔ
                  BY ÃLARK ÍORPHEW, ÍINISTER, ÌUTHERAN ÃHURCH
 
 
     ×E'VE ALL BEEN HEARING STORIES ABOUT THE EVIL THINGS BEING DONE BY ÓATANIC
CULTS IN EVERY PART OF THE NATION: MAYHEM, MURDER, AND BLOODY DEEDS THAT DRIVE
US WILD WITH FEAR. ÔHEY SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE - SACRIFICING ANIMALS TO THE ÄEVILTERRORIZ
ING PEOPLE, ABUSING CHILDREN, DISMEMBERING RELATIVES, DRINKING THE BLOODOF THEIR VICTIMS
, AND PERFORMING VILE RITUALS FOR SADISTIC PLEASURE. ×E HEAR 
ABOUT THESE DISGUSTINF GROUPS FROM SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHIATRISTS, JOURNALISTS,
SCHOOLTEACHERS, EVEN THE POLICE. ÁLL THE PEOPLE WE RELY UPON FOR TRUTH AND RE-
LIABLE INFORMATION ARE TELLING US THAT THE YOUTH OF ÁMERICA ARE BEING DRAWN 
INTO ÓATANISM.
 
     ÓATANIC CULTS ARE AMONG THE MOST FRIGHTENING POSSIBILITIES WE CAN IMAGINE
FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEIR PRACTICES SEEM TO OOZE
FROM AN UNKNOWN WORLD THAT MANY OF US DEEPLY FEAR. ×E HAVE NO DEFENSE. ÏNLY ÇOD
CAN STOP ÓATAN. ÏNCE THE ÐRINCE OF ÄARKNESS TARGETS A LIFE, THE MIND GOES 
BERSERK, THE HEART PUMPS ICE WATER AND MORALITY IS TURNED TO EVIL.
 
     Ã'MON FOLKS, É'M JUST KIDDING. ÓETTLE DOWN, STAY CALM, AND THINK LOGICALLY ABOUT TH
IS. ÉT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ACCEPT THE EXISTENCE OF A CREATURE WITH AWESOME EVIL POWER.
 ÙOU MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER ÓATAN A JOKE, A LEERING LECHER IN RED
UNDERWEAR. ÔHAT'S ÏË. ÔHE QUESTION IS: ÄO YOU BELIEVE TEEN-AGERS HAVE CREATED A NETWORK 
OF ÓATANIC CULTS THAT IS INFECTING THE MORAL SENSE OF OUR NATION? ÁND   DO YOU BELIEVE T
HAT FIDDLING AROUND WITH ANIMAL BONES AND OTHER ALLEGED PARA-
PHERNALIA OF ÄEVIL WORSHIP CAUSES THE MINDS OF PERFECTLY HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
TO SNAP AND CRUMBLE INTO A JUMBLE OF HEINOUS CRIMES?
 
     ÉF ÓATAN HAS THE EVIL POWER ASCRIBED TO HIM BY FUNDAMENTALIST ÃHRISTIANS,
WHY HAS HE WAITED ALL THIS TIME TO CORRUPT HUMANKIND? ÏNE WOULD THINK THAT
ÓATAN WOULD JUST GET ON WITH IT: ÓNARL TRAFFIC. ÂLOW OUT COMPUTERS. ÓCRAMBLE
TELEPHONES AND FAX MACHINES. ÂURN BRIDGES. ÄESTROY EVERY RELIGIOUS AND CHARIT-
ABLE ORGANIZATION. ÙOU GET THE IDEA. ÉT COULD BE DONE IF ÓATAN IS REALLY AS 
POWERFUL AS SOME PEOPLE SAY. ÂUT DWELLING ON THAT QUESTION CAN DRIVE PEOPLE
CRAZY.
 
     ÔO GET AT THE KEY QUESTIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF ÓATANIC CULTS, É TALKED
WITH AN EXPERT. ÎOBODY KNOWS MORE ABOUT NEW RELIGIONS AND THE SUSPECTED NETWORKSOF WORSH
IPPING CULTS THAN Ê. ÇORDON ÍELTON, ÄIRECTOR OF THE ÉNSTITUTE FOR THE
ÓTUDY OF ÁMERICAN ÒELIGIONS IN ÓANTA ÂARBARA. ÈIS VIEWS ARE BLUNT. ÉN HIS OP-
INION, THE NATION HAS GONE BONKERS FROM FEAR OF ÓATANISM. Á RELIGION EXPERT, HE
HAS SEARCHED FOR ORGANIZED GROUPS OF ÓATANISTS FOR 20 YEARS, BUT SAID HE HAS
FOUND NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE.
 
     "×HAT HAS SHOWN UP IN THE LAST 5 YRS IS A NATIONWIDE HYSTERIA OVER ÓATAN-
ISM," ÍELTON SAID. "×E'VE GOT PEOPLE STANDING UP AND WAVING A LIST OF 300 NAMES THAT ARE
 SUPPOSED TO BE ÓATANISTS. ×HEN WE CHECK IT OUT, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE.  ÔHE HYSTERIA OVE
R THIS IS JUST OVERWHELMING RIGHT NOW."
 
     ÃONSERVATIVE ÃHRISTIANS HAVE CREATED THE HYSTERIA, ÍELTON SAID. ÁCROSS THE
NATION FUNDAMENTALISTS HAVE BEEN INVITING ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO SEMINARS ABOUT ÓA
TANISM. ÔHE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THOSE SEMINARS, HE SAID, IS OFTEN CIR-CUMSTANTIAL AND 
ALWAYS FAILS TO ESTABLISH THE EXISTENCE OF GROUPS OR A NATION-
WIDE NETWORK OF ÓATANISTS. ÅVEN SO, HE SAID, SOME POLICE, JOURNALISTS, PSYCHOL-
OGISTS, AND TEACHERS ARE PERUADED AND PASS ALONG THE HYSTERIA.
 
     ÐEOPLE WHO CLAIM THAT ÓATAN WORSHIP MADE THEM COMMIT A CRIME MAY BELIEVE
IN A "ÄEVIL MADE ME DO IT" SYNDROME, ÍELTON THINKS. ÂUT UNLESS THOSE CRIMINALS
CAN NAME CO-CONSPIRATORS OR SPECIFIC RITUALISTIC GROUPS, HE CAUTIONED, THE
ÓATANIC CONNECTION IS PROBABLY EITHER BOGUS OR INCIDENTAL TO THE CRIME.
 
     ×HEN ANYONE COMMITS A CRIME, THE BEST WE CAN DO IS RECOGNIZE THAT THE
PERSON IS DEEPLY TROUBLED AND NEEDS THE MOST EFFECTIVE HELP SOCIETY ALLOWS.
ÉN THE END, BLAMING ÓATAN IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF AVOIDING THE REALITY OF THE
HUMAN CONDITION.
 
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