William Schnoebelen

{{christianity}}'''William Schnoebelen''' {{lived|1949}} is a [[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]] who claims to have been (amongst other things) a [[Satanist]], a [[Freemason]], a member of the [[Illuminati]], and a [[vampire]]. Despite his ludicrous claims, he has a few admirers, which at one time included [[Jack Chick]] (though, as of 2018, his books have been expunged from the publisher's website).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180108015116/ttp://www.chick.com/information/authors/schnoebelen.asp About William Schnoebelen] ''Chick'' (archived from January 8, 2018).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181128141614/ttp://www.chick.com/information/authors/schnoebelen.asp About William Schnoebelen: We couldn't find that page.] ''Chick'' (archived from November 28, 2018).</ref> He is so crazy, not even [[Henry Makow]]'s website can stand him<ref>https://www.henrymakow.com/2017/01/the-view-from-helsinki.html</ref>.

==His story==
Born to a [[Catholic]] family, Schnoebelen claims to have become a [[Wicca]]n after writing to Alex Sanders.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501000000*/http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=cabc&c=whs&id=4355 Article on "Witchvox" on Bill Schnoebelen (via Internet Archive).] According to the article's author, Bill had briefly been involved with a number of Neo-Pagan groups, thereby giving him some reference to draw from in his writings, but was reportedly kicked out of the [[Robert A. Heinlein|Church of All Worlds]] by co- founder Morning Glory G'Zell for "power tripping".</ref> According to Schnoebelen's version of events, a spirit guide encouraged him to read [[Anton LaVey]]'s ''Satanic Bible''; he joined the Church of Satan, but decided that it wasn't hardcore enough and so joined an altogether darker Satanic cult: the [[Freemason]]s.<ref name=swallowing>https://web.archive.org/web/20110718151434/http://swallowingthecamel.blogspot.com/2011/06/prodigal-witch-part-vii-bill.html</ref>

After rising through the ranks of Masonry (he claims to have been a "90th degree" Freemason<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130804141041/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckDxBhMt2GA&gl=US&hl=en</ref><ref group=note>Scottish Rite Freemasonry only has 33 degrees, although later he claimed the 90th deegree he earned in the Memphis-Misraim Rite and Palladium Rites of Masonry, which allow a system degree that goes far beyond the 33rd to the 97th.</ref>), Schnoebelen claims that he made a deal with [[Satan]] himself. After signing a deal in blood, Schnoebelen was given seven years' worth of funky superpowers on the condition that, at the end of the period, he would be killed and sent to party on forever in Hell. He claims to have considered this a win-win situation. His spirit guides then helped him to join the Illuminati, where he was able to speak with the spirits of people such as [[Jesus]], [[Adolf Hitler]], and [[Aleister Crowley]]. At around this time he also had sex with a [[Demon|fallen angel]].<ref name=swallowing/>

Schnoebelen later became a Catholic priest — the Catholic priesthood, of course, being riddled with Satanists.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051126061440/http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=cabc&c=whs&id=4355 According to this report, Schnoebelin was ordained in an "Old Catholic" sect led by Edward Stehlik, self-described as the "Archbishop and Metropolitan of North America, American National Catholic Church".]</ref> Eventually, his Satanic pals gave him the choice between two paths: he could become a vampire, or he could become a werewolf. Schnoebelen sided with Team Edward and became a vampire<ref>[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOr3EVwhRaFCkfzTG7mF1u03Wa9s8KuO4&si=hwt-5dnPzD-5J830 Interview with an Ex-Vampire" Nine Part Video Playlist on YouTube]</ref>. In his new guise, he could live on nothing but blood and communion hosts, and was harmed by garlic and the Sun.<ref name=swallowing/>

All these powers vanished, however, when an anonymous Christian began praying for him.<ref group=note>Schnoebelen claims it was a woman who worked at a bank who noticed he was writing checks to the Church of Satan.</ref> Schnoebelen then became a [[Mormon]] — another secretly Satanic group, according to him — and during this time, he claims to have read the [[Bible]] for the first time in his life. This led him to renounce his evil ways and he became a Christian on June 22, 1984.<ref name=swallowing/>

If you follow the timeline in his own books, he would have to have been a Roman Catholic, a Freemason, a Wiccan, ''and'' a Satanist, ''all at the same time'', from 1976 to 1980.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/http://www.relfe.com/07/Bill_William_Schnoebelen.html Relfe.com: William Schnoebelen (via Internet Archive)]</ref>

His story circulates all around [[YouTube]] to this day.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120519005658/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9DR2137Wcg</ref>

==Today==

Today, Schnoebelen heads With One Accord Ministries<ref name="test">[http://www.withoneaccord.org/ With One Accord Ministries]</ref>, runs his own YouTube channel <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/Dautremont1 Bill Schnoebelen's YouTube channel]</ref>, and has apparently begun wading into the waters of [[Flat Earth|Flat Eartherism]] and [[Geocentrism]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/ztd5r7QvgA8 This YouTube interview of Schnoebelen with flat earther Zen Garcia is good coverage of Bill's story. His take on the concept begins around 1:01:07]</ref> He even gone so far as attempting to defend a "Fundie-friendly" form of Kabbalah<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210429231412/https://www.scribd.com/document/381471153/Kabbalah</ref>, which was the likely reason why David W. Daniels (current chief of [[Jack Chick|Chick Publications]]) expunged his books from Chick's official website as of 2020.

He has peddled his bizarre claims in books such as ''Masonry: Beyond the Light'',<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990218075427/http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0193.asp</ref> ''Lucifer Dethroned'',<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990420011153/http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0175.asp</ref> ''Wicca: Satan's Little White Lie'',<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990420012552/http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0179.asp</ref> and ''Blood on the Doorposts: An Advanced Course in Spiritual Warfare''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000620210314/http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0169.asp</ref> Even fellow Conspiracy Theorists are skeptical of his claims.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160307001109/http://markdice.com/index.php?id=115&option=com_content&view=article</ref>

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