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Stephen Dollins: Former Satanist?

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I was cruising YouTube and I came across a man by the name of Stephen Dollins. He claims to be a former Satanist high priest, but that seems like an odd claim, since the only Satanism that I am familiar with is sort of a form of humanism basically made as a joke in the 60's.

If you can stand to listen to him, video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLGRidfFo4

He makes a lot of claims about how satanic symbols are used in everyday life. My dad listened to this kind of thing when I was little, and as a result I was not allowed to watch such things as Captain Planet, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or the Smurfs, as they all had some kind of satanic connection (according to guys like Dollins). So does anybody know, is this guy lying about his credentials to make his argument sound better, or is he telling the truth and is just nutty? I tried searching the forums for his name, but I didn't get any result.
 
Is that a joke? Or did you just link the wrong video? Vanilla Ice is the devil.

If you are referring to Anton LaVey's satanism, I wouldn't exactly call it rebranded humanism, it is more like self-serving hedonism. I was into it as a teen.
 
Oh, I feel like such a fool. That was an honest mistake; thanks, shandyjan, for fixing it.
 
A big fat fake. And not even a clever fake - he took the Onion story about JK Rowling being a Satanist as fact.
As this site says:
Dollins claims to be a former Satanic High Priest, but I seriously doubt that. I fear that he is another Mike Warnek. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Warnke) Until Dollins proves otherwise, I will just view him as another fraud making money off of unsuspecting Christian Evangelicals.
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ETA: Oh, and anybody can call themselves a Satanist (or ex-Satanist); it isn't a club where you have to register or anything.
 
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Fundies tell these lies to add street cred to their Christian back story.
In society where most marriages end in divorce a significant percentage of the congregation is in a second (that is non biblical) marriage or many will have children born out wedlock, or will have at least tried drugs, or looked at smutty tv; so preaching about these evils will not have much impact on the sheep in the pews.
If you played D and D when you were 16 and liked Ozzy, well heck I.m a former Satanist.
Smoked a lot of weed and kept a bong hidden in your closet then you are a reformed drug dealer.
Met a hot chick in a bar when your were 25 then you had drunken sex orgies, and Jesus saved you from all that misery.
Turn your life into a Jerry Springer episode and the sheep will listen.
it's never I was just punk kid, then started goin gto church
 
sophia8 said:
Oh, and anybody can call themselves a Satanist (or ex-Satanist); it isn't a club where you have to register or anything.
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This is true, the same as anyone can call themselves a Christian without membership to any particular denomination. Most are referring to membership in the Church of Satan though, which requires payment of dues and provides a shiny satanic membership card (and a decoder ring!).



I only watched some of the video, I shut it off when I got to this part:

"How many people brought your swords with you? Never go anywhere without your sword, because you never know when there will be a dragon you have to slay."
 
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What bothers me is how easily christians eat it up. I wonder if it would be possible to offer a background check service for churches to make sure that the people speaking to them are legitimate. Of course, then they wouldn't be able to get anybody :D
 
This is an awful lot like the Mike Warnke and Bob Larson crap that went around during the SRA panic of the 80's and 90's.
 
m_huber said:
What bothers me is how easily christians eat it up.:D
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I think the reason they buy into it so readily is that people want to blame someone other than themselves for what's going on around them. That way, they don't have to take responsibility. 'The Davil made me do it' was a popular saying from a comedy show in the '70's. The problem is some people take it to heart. Lucifer (yes, I believe in the devil) doesn't have to cause anything to happen. All he has to do is sit back, wait and watch. Humans are more than capable of screwing things up on our own. This way lies global warming, undrinkable water and Colorado Springs.

BTW... Why are the only 'former satanists' we ever hear from always high priests?

Kathi
 
Kathi2010 said:
BTW... Why are the only 'former satanists' we ever hear from always high priests?

Kathi
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Yes, good question. I have often wondered why those who claim to be reincarnated also claim to have been someone famous or historically well known.

Welcome to the forum Kathi.
 
wasapi said:
Yes, good question. I have often wondered why those who claim to be reincarnated also claim to have been someone famous or historically well known.
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Not everyone. I, for example, was a rock in my last incarnation. I know this because my past life memories are exactly what you'd expect a rock to remember. :)

I have, however, been a high priest of every religion I've invented. ;)
 
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Kathi2010 said:
I think the reason they buy into it so readily is that people want to blame someone other than themselves for what's going on around them. That way, they don't have to take responsibility. 'The Davil made me do it' was a popular saying from a comedy show in the '70's. The problem is some people take it to heart. Lucifer (yes, I believe in the devil) doesn't have to cause anything to happen. All he has to do is sit back, wait and watch. Humans are more than capable of screwing things up on our own. This way lies global warming, undrinkable water and Colorado Springs.

BTW... Why are the only 'former satanists' we ever hear from always high priests?

Kathi
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Hi from the Springs!
 
timhau said:
Yeah, plenty of reincarnated Napoleons around, but the guy whose job was to empty Nap's outhouse is dead forever. Weird, that.
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Being the guy who cleaned up after Napoleon would have some glamour too surely...where are all the chinese peasants, that's what I want to know...
 
xtifr said:
Not everyone. I, for example, was a rock in my last incarnation. I know this because my past life memories are exactly what you'd expect a rock to remember. :)

I have, however, been a high priest of every religion I've invented. ;)
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You, Sir, owe me a new keyboard. :D
 
m_huber said:
He claims to be a former Satanist high priest, but that seems like an odd claim, since the only Satanism that I am familiar with is sort of a form of humanism basically made as a joke in the 60's.
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Satanism didn't really exist until Anton LaVey started the Church of Satan. Before then, it was just a Christian boogey-man. It's continued to be that, for a lot of the more hysterical Christians, too, with tales of baby-sacrifice and moonlit orgies. Actual Satanism is far more mundane and boring.

I think it's more like Ayn Rand's Objectivism than humanism, though. It wasn't done as a joke, but as a way to get money, fame, power, sex, and/or drugs...in short, the same reason most religions get created.
 
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For an account of Dollins, I refer you to the excellent blog I've mentioned before in this forum (it contains all the whacky "ex-Satanist" fun you could ever want):
Very interesting and well written. I did get a kick out of some of the comments. You could tell they were written by children just by the wordage they used. The Tooth Fairy is a demon? Please. Harry Potter evil? I love the Harry Potter books. Actually, I love anything that will get children reading.

You know, I would have a much easier time accepting what people like Warnke and Dollins say if they had proof but they don't. All they have is their words and we know what that's worth.

Kathi
You know, if you say gullible slowly, it sounds like orange.
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