| Satanism Gothic Satanism -Today 500 years later, many people believe that Gothic Satanists remain a great threat. In the State of Utah, about 90% of adults believe in the existence of Satanic groups who abuse and kill infants. Satanists are no longer believed to fly through the air on broomsticks or instantaneously vanish. But the baby killing, selling ones soul to Satan, rituals involving a goat, breaking a cross or crucifix, even shape shifting between animal and human has been described by modern Evangelical or Fundamentalist Christian authors. Many writers and seminar speakers may be completely unaware that most of their source material can be traced back to the texts used by the Inquisition. Outrageous claims have been made of 60,000 ritual killings a year, and of baby breeding prisons where young women are kept continually pregnant so that their infants can be taken and sacrificed. The concept of Gothic Satanism as being thoroughly anti-Christian has remained intact for centuries. No criminal investigation is know to have found hard evidence of Satanic Ritual Abuse. The belief in Gothic Satanism continues, even without any evidence. There are many indicators that Gothic Satanism does not exist: - essentially all beliefs and practices attributed to Gothic Satanism can be traced to Kramer and Sprenger's book, the Witches Hammer. - many books which are allegedly written by ex-Satanists have been shown to be frauds - no book by a Gothic Satanist describing their beliefs and rites, etc has ever been written. If Gothic Satanists existed in any numbers, such books would exist and be in print. - baby breeding camps could not be successfully hidden for decades - various government studies and many hundreds of police investigations have failed to come up with hard evidence of human sacrifices or other Satanic crimes. Teen Satanism There are tens or hundreds of thousands of rebellious teenagers in North America who briefly dabble ii. a form of Satanism. Their source material is often the books by La V ey , perhaps supplemented by writings about Gothic Satanism by Evangelical or Fundamentalist Christian authors. Sometimes, teens will also include elements from books on Wicca or other Neo-pagan religions in their practices. These teens are responsible for Satanic graffiti, and (rarely) animal sacrifices. Some look upon Satanism as a method of rebelling against their parents' beliefs. Fortunately, it is usually a passing fad that teens quickly outgrow. Teen Satanists have no connection with Religious Satanists. There is of course no connection between the teens and Gothic Satanists, because the latter do not exist. |
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