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I accidentally came across an interesting thing at www.goodnews.org, the website for a ministry know as the Good News Defenders. The following video "feed" documents Brian Wilson's (and the Beach Boys) troubled past, and alledged ties to Satanism: "THEY SOLD THEIR SOULS FOR ROCK AND ROLL" I found it fascinating, but presumptuous to assume that Brian's well known auditory hallucinations are actual demons (or the like). Good News Defenders goes overboard in drawing false inferences from certain facts. Still, there are some interesting things mentioned that Are, in fact, true: )1) Brian Wilson DOES here voices (auditory hallucinations) that scream...

ROME, Italy (AP) -- Two members of a heavy metal group called the "Beasts of Satan" who confessed to taking part in three ritual Satanic slayings were sentenced to prison Tuesday, and a third defendant was acquitted, Italian media reported. Andrea Volpe, Pietro Guerrieri and Mario Maccione had confessed to roles in the grisly 1998 killings of Chiara Marino, 19, and Fabio Tollis, 16, in the woods outside of Milan. Five other members of their suspected Satanic cult have been ordered to stand trial in June. Volpe, considered the mastermind of the ritual killings, was sentenced to 30 years in...

For Toledo police, it was a rare assignment: Search an abandoned house on the edge of a cornfield in western Lucas County where people reportedly took part in ritual abuse ceremonies. The detectives combed the bedrooms, kitchen, and even the dark basement for evidence of cult gatherings. The search of the decrepit, wood structure last year was a sign the investigation of the Rev. Gerald Robinson was moving beyond a murder case.

Several years ago, enterprising Christian ministries on college campuses around the nation began showing The Matrix and hosting discussions afterward regarding the nature of reality. They saw the film as a conversation-starter about the big issues of life: What is truth? Is there purpose in life? What is reality? The new movie Constantine may end up being the next film to prompt an incendiary discussion on campus — namely, heaven and hell, angels and demons, salvation and damnation. There seems to be quite an interest in such issues. Prancing through a theological minefield, several spooky spi-fi (spiritual fiction) films such...

ROME - Worried about the lure of the devil, a Vatican -linked university on Thursday debuted its latest course offering: a class on Satanism, black magic and exorcism. The class for clergy and seminarians at Rome's Pontifical Academy "Regina Apostolorum" arose from alarm about what some religious officials see as Satanic practices among young people, especially in Italy. In one case in Italy in January, members of a heavy metal band called "Beasts of Satan" were ordered to stand trial for their alleged role in three ritual killings. One of the victims was a 19-year-old stabbed to death in 1998....

Vatican University Debuts Satanism Classes ROME - Worried about the lure of the devil, a Vatican (news - web sites)-linked university on Thursday debuted its latest course offering: a class on Satanism, black magic and exorcism. The class for clergy and seminarians at Rome's Pontifical Academy "Regina Apostolorum" arose from alarm about what some religious officials see as Satanic practices among young people, especially in Italy. In one case in Italy in January, members of a heavy metal band called "Beasts of Satan" were ordered to stand trial for their alleged role in three ritual killings. One of the victims...

WASHINGTON - When a believing Muslim is summoned to the United States due to life's circumstances, Saudi Arabian authorities disseminate through a network of major American mosques, like other religious directives, clear ways as to how one should act in his new surroundings. Take, for example, a document signed by the cultural attache at the Saudi embassy in Washington that instructs Muslims arriving in the United States not to initiate a greeting when meeting Christians or Jews, and never to convey good wishes marking a Christian or Jewish holiday. In general, the attache recommends that the Muslim believer avoid friendships...

Visiting Tanzanian singer Remmy Ongalla last evening shocked a public religious gathering in Nairobi when he confessed of having been a devil worshipper. Amidst exclamations from the audience, Ongala revealed how he drank human blood and ate human flesh in a satanic ritual. "I would drink one glass of blood every week and the blood was from people like you," he said. "This is the truth but nobody, not even my wife knew about it," said the Standard Five dropout and father of four. He is married to a British high school teacher. Ongala was giving his testimony at Uhuru...

SATANISTS and neo-Nazis have begun targeting a Moscow apartment famously used by writer Mikhail Bulgakov, terrifying local residents.Swastikas, SS symbols and pentagrams cover the walls and stairwells of the apartment block where the writer set his most famous work, the Master and Margarita. The appearance has triggered a real-life struggle between the forces of good and evil that mimics the battle of the novel. For years, residents of the block, 10 Bolshoya Sadovaya, have put up with local youths arriving, with beer and guitars, to loll around outside apartment 50, where part of the text is set. They even tolerated...

    « Dhimmitude at the Trib | Main | Dhimmitude in Norway » February 05, 2004 Islam: The Next American Religion Michael Wolfe, a convert to Islam, was largely responsible for PBS's hagiographical biography of Muhammad that appeared about a year ago. Now he is touting a coming Islamic moment in the United States. This from Beliefnet.com via Al-Jazeera (with thanks to Nicolei): The U.S. began as a haven for Christian outcasts. But what religion fits our current zeitgeist? The answer may be Islam. Americans tend to think of their country as, at the very least, a nominally...

Vatican courses on Satanism News Analysis By Uwe Siemon-Netto UPI Religious Affairs Editor PARIS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Satanism is growing so quickly worldwide that as of next month a papal university in Rome will offer courses on this frightening phenomenon. According to Vatican sources, divinity students at the pontifical Regina Apostolorum (Queen of the Apostles) University will learn about devil worship, witchcraft, demonology and exorcism. They will learn to give pastoral care to youngsters who have joined satanic cults, but also their worried parents, a Vatican prelate told United Press International by telephone Tuesday. Type the word, "Satanism," into...

The Reform of the Rite of Exorcism Webmaster's Note: [Father Gabriel Amorth is the most famous exorcist in the Holy Church. As the chief exorcist of the Diocese of Rome, he has performed countless exorcisms, and has contact with many of the active exorcists in the rest of the world. You may remember him from the story of the highly-publicized case of a demonically-possessed girl wreaking havoc at a Papal event last year. He has even written a book, published by Ignatius Press, on exorcism entitled An Exorcist Tells His Story. It is very telling then, to read about...

Ever since he was 12, Daniel Romano has cut a noticeable figure around Middle Village, a working class part of Queens. Mr. Romano, 20, who calls himself a Satanist, stands out, with his blue-tinted bouffant hairdo, his black clothing and fingernails, and the prominent crucifix, worn upside down. Mr. Romano has long been teased for dressing like a "gothic kid" or simply a "goth," in a community with small homes, neat lawns and populated with many Roman Catholics. But in recent weeks, two local teenagers began fixating on Mr. Romano, calling him names including "Satan worshiper," "baby sacrificer" and "hooker...

WASHINGTON - A religious liberties lawsuit brought by a Satan worshipper, a Wiccan witch, a white supremacist, and an adherent of an ancient Viking religion is drawing the impassioned support of major national religious groups as it approaches a hearing before the Supreme Court. The case is potentially the most important religious liberties case on this year's docket, impacting how far a state can go to accommodate the religious practices of its citizens and whether Congress can require states to be more accommodating. The case was filed by a group of Ohio inmates - Jon Cutter, J. Lee Hampton, John...

In a case of missing oversight and the proliferation of satanic beliefs, a school officer in the suburb of Houston, Texas handed out calendars to students containing satanic rituals and sexual rites for various days of the month. The officer was supposed to be handing out calendars delivering an anti-gang message. Officials at the Pearland School where the calendars were handed out said that about 25 students received the calendars, which “clearly was a mistake.” Investigations are undergoing to prevent a repeat in the future. "September 20th is a 'midnight host' whatever that is," said one unidentified parent reading from...

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Satanic image found in Pearland, Texas, school (courtesy KHOU-TV) Local school officials in a suburb of Houston, Texas, are investigating how it was possible that a school police officer handed out calendars to students that featured explicit details on satanic and sexual rituals for every day of the month. Parents in Pearland are demanding answers, according to a news report on KHOU-TV. The school police officer who handed out the calendars was supposed to deliver a positive anti-gang message to the students last Monday, according to the report. "September 20th is a 'midnight host' whatever that is," said one...

Local school officials in a suburb of Houston, Texas, are investigating how it was possible that a school police officer handed out calendars to students that featured explicit details on satanic and sexual rituals for every day of the month. Parents in Pearland are demanding answers, according to a news report on KHOU-TV. The school police officer who handed out the calendars was supposed to deliver a positive anti-gang message to the students last Monday, according to the report. "September 20th is a 'midnight host' whatever that is," said one unidentified parent reading from the calendar. "You should have a...

SANTIAGO, Chile — The gruesome murder of a priest in Chile by a Satanist sent shock waves throughout the Latin American nation in July. An Italian missionary, Servite Father Faustino Gazziero de Stefani, was slain by a 25-year-old man moments after he had finished saying Mass in Santiago’s cathedral. The assailant, Rodrigo Orias Gallardo, was dressed in black and armed with a knife. Witnesses said Gallardo knelt next to the priest after killing him and began to invoke Satan’s name. It was the first time that a Satanist publicly attacked and killed someone in Chile. Similar events took place in...

The British Armed Forces has officially recognised its first registered Satanist, a newspaper reports. Naval technician Chris Cranmer, 24, has been allowed to register by the captain of HMS Cumberland, based at Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth. The move will mean that he will now be allowed to perform Satanic rituals on board the vessel. According to the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cranmer realised he was a Satanist nine years ago. Religious values Mr Cranmer said that was when he stumbled across a copy of the Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey. He said: "I then...

Navy approves first ever Satanist Mr Cranmer will be allowed to perform Satanic rituals The British Armed Forces has officially recognised its first registered Satanist, according to a newspaper report. Naval technician Chris Cranmer, 24, has been allowed to register by the captain of HMS Cumberland. The move will mean that he will now be allowed to perform Satanic rituals on board the vessel. According to the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cranmer realised he was a Satanist nine years ago. Religious values At the time he stumbled across a copy of the Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton...