From: David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: "Satanic" Crime Myth Exposed
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Aug 21 1992
Date: 15 Sep 92  10:46:14

Tag: CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG (cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu)
 
>??> "I think you are missing at least part of the point.
>??> Lots of hubbub is made about 'Satanic sacrifices' these
>??> days.  What is being pointed out is that far more people
>??> are killed in the name of YHVH than in the name of Satan.
 
CG> "Now wait, are you sure about that."
 
If he is not, at least I am. I wish to make an argument based
upon authority (which is often frowned upon here). In this
instance, based upon my authority.
 
For the past eight years I have diligently studied the "Satanic
Crime" question. In eight years I have only found four possible
murders commited by Satanists or in the name of Satan--- one by
The Process Church turned out to be Christian-based, not Satanic.
The Matamoros murders were not Satanic--- they were drug related,
and the religion they used to protect them from the police was
a mixture of Roman Catholic and Carib. The "Son of Sam" case
is possibility Satanic-based, but there is a strong possibility
that the motive was lust and rejection, not Satan. The "Hillside
Strangler" is the best case I know of for a crime based upon
"Satanism---" his "Satanism" appears to have been based on scare
tactics and not religion, however.
 
I have read 18 books writen by prominent Christians who make the
claim that Satanists kill people. I have gone to listen to various
"Satanic Survivors" 7 times. I have two tapes by Christians who
claim to have first-hand knowledge of "Satanic" murders, one by
Hal Lindsey, the other by Mike Warnke.
 
In these mediums, the claim is that roughly 50,000 children and
adults are "Satanically sacrificed" each year by Satanists. But
last year the F.B.I. reported 27 children missing (most children
are taken by a parent who does not have legal custody). Even if
the true figure were only ten percent, why is there no bodies?
If YOUR child were missing, would you not mention the fact
to someone?! Proponents claim that those sacrificed people come
from "the availability pool" (L. Stratford) such as the homeless
and drunks--- folks no one will miss. Then where are the bodies?
 
In these mediums, claims of infant canabalism and murder, gang
rape, terrorism, extortion, mass suicide, "infant breeders," and
all manner of criminal activity is reveals, and many of the authors
claim they PARTICIPATED (!). Why, then, are they totally unwilling
to give names, locations, and dates to the law enforcement community?
Why is it that when a "survivor" eventually goes to the police, do
they find NOTHING buried where they say murdered bodies are. (Minor
note: in only one instance where the police dug where a "survivor"
said there would be bodies did they find something: 232 women's
left shoes, and a doll's head. I'M NOT KIDDING!)
 
I have yet to discover a single case of a Satanist kidnaping anyone,
adult or child. Yet there are claims that Satanists kidnap children
to the tune of a hundred+ a day.
 
CG> "Are you talking about today-- in modern times? Now maybe during
CG> the Inquisition (isn't that what is was called?) Xians killed---
CG> but today?? Especially since a lot of Satanic stuff is
CG> underground."
 
If you believe that "a lot of Satanic stuff is underground," what
evidence exists to show that the crimes occur, let alone that
Satanists are responsible?!?! I have yet to find any. Nor has the
FBI. Nor the California Department of Criminal Justice Planning.
Nor has any law enforcement office that I'm aware of.
 
              Kenneth V. Lanning
              Supervisory Special Agent
              Behavioral Science Instruction and Research Unit
              FBI Academy
              Quantico, Virginia 22135
 
              Robert Hicks
              Criminal Justice Analyst/Law Enforcement Section
              Department of Criminal Justice Services
              805 E. Broad Street
              Richmond, Virginia 23219
              804-786-8421
 
              Rowan Moonstone
              CultWatch Response, Inc.
              Post Office Box 1842
              Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1842

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