Feel the Burn
Holy Weak
The word “holy” means “complete.” But I’m not complete: I’m human. I’m a mess. I’m unholy. And I like it that way.
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The Number of the Best
Even Ronald Reagan changed his address from 666 to 668. This is pretty impressive given how much AIDS activists know Reagan hated acknowledging numbers.
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Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
In its proper historical context, an idea like Hell could actually make a lot of sense. The fact that it doesn’t is on the people who invented it.
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Not All Opinions Are Created Equal
The rule has always been the same: No assholes, no Trump voters, no Nazis. The “tolerance paradox” is not actually a paradox at all.
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Hail Satan, Full of Gratis
Some non-Satanists pose: If (most) Satanists don’t believe in the devil, what does “Hail Satan” even mean? The answer is all about you.
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The Apathy & The Ecstasy
I care about Satanism, but not about everything to do with it. Some topics you couldn’t threaten me into minding. I choose sloth—and that’s empowering.
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Satanist Bible Study: Genesis
The serpent Satan beguiling Eve is the most famous of all myths about the devil–and it never happened. Here’s the annoying reason people believe it anyway.
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Nothing New Under the Dumb
“Belief in Satan is a very old conspiracy theory,” folklorist Bill Ellis says. There is no “new Satanic Panic”: The panic was old when religion was young.
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Mounting Dis-Ease
Most of our Bay Area Satanists don’t need to hear this. Most of you would get the vaccine this second even if it meant biting into a cactus like an apple.
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Easter Mess: Kosher Devils
Many of the tropes we take for granted about Satanism have roots in anti-Jewish bigotry, although like the appeal of George Burns, they can be hard to place.
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