Posts by Joseph Laycock
"My claim is not that Donald Trump is “the” Antichrist or literally Satan. My claim is that just as people like Robert Prevost—or Dorothy Day or Óscar Romero—can “image” Christ, can show us glimpses of the face of Christ, so also those who descend into selfishness and egomania can “image” Satan."
"We believe, as does Father Maginot that the real reason St Stephens was closed has nothing to do with finances and priest shortages and everything to do with exorcisms." Maginot believes that publicity about those exorcisms has created jealousy in the church, leading to St. Stephen’s being closed.”
I didn't know Tarantino himself borrowed this verse from a Japanese martial arts film. That's a pretty interesting pattern of borrowing, distorting, and exporting.
I signed it in advance. People kept asking if I was trying to get something signed. I said I signed something for Alice!
He played D&D as himself on That Seventies Show. I don’t know if he’s ever played in real life
I just gave a copy of “Dangerous Games” to Alice Cooper. He said, “I will read this.”
"The legality of university policy and state legislation aside, the effort to sideline Alter from a public protest illustrates the growing trend of academic suppression in the Lone Star State."
"If the board or the university wants to micromanage, censor, tell us what to say and what not to say, the very idea of a university collapses."
People Leo *was* warned about Satanism by the International Association of Exorcists, which has claimed Satanism is on the rise for its entire existence. Leo's warning was that God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war."
What is religion? Whatever the Catholic League says it is, apparently. Same goes for "the occult." This essay is a masterclass in categorical legerdemain.
Twenty years ago Gabrielle Amorth said more exorcisms were needed because of yoga and Harry Potter. These claims always reverse causation: People are getting more exorcisms because *exorcism* is trending. This causes exorcists to blame some other pop culture trend to explain the rise of exorcisms.
I have never done a podcast around a campfire before. Let alone at a remote hill country property that looks like it was decorated by Rob Zombie. I did my best to explain exorcism, Satanic Panic, and NRM studies for two hours.
This woman on Patheos is claiming––with zero evidence––that Mark Zuckerberg is "sponsoring" The Satanic Temple. And I can't even post a proper link without gory pictures of fetuses posed next to dimes. What has happened to Patheos?
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