With Demons Held Responsible These Days for Everything from Covid to LGBTQ Rights, Take a Visual Tour of the History of Demonization
During our season of political madness, it took a lot to trigger a double-take, and…
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What Does Satanism Have to do With QAnon?
Outsiders to the QAnon conspiracy system evolving over the past few years may be confused…
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Satanists Infiltrate a Ritual Abuse Conference in Oakland: Your Guide to What Happened and Why
In April, a group of Satanists infiltrated a conference for people who believe they’re the…
Read MoreMissing the Forest for the Witches
Eager to note that a witch story involved a Glenda in Salem, many seem to have missed what’s actually disturbing about it.
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Why All the Silly Devil Talk Should be Taken Seriously
Conspiracy theories ebb and flow in waves associated with how confident people feel about their social environments. When times are hard and unemployment rates are high, individuals get creative in where they look for explanations. It is no accident that talented, powerful, popular, and rich African American male rappers, along with female artists, are being targeted by these claims.
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Halloween, Evangelicals, and the Macabre
While many evangelicals continue to treat Halloween as evil the holiday actually includes significant Christian contributions.
Read MorePolygamy Bus Tour, ‘Spiritual’ Healthcare for Christian Scientists, Baptizing an Alien…
The week in religion, freeze-dried and shrink-wrapped for the reader on the go.
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Skepticism Over O’Donnell’s Dabbling in Witchcraft
Which witch is which?
Read More‘Atheizing’ the Dead, Religious Doughnuts, & Tax-Free Witching
The week in religion, poetically.
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Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy
Whether or not we believe in evil as a supernatural force it cannot be denied that when we as a culture project the idea of evil outwards, onto others, it gives us license to engage in extreme forms of cruelty—witch-hunting, racism, nationalistic hatred.
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