"Satanic ritual abuse" grand conspiracy claims

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Mona Pereth
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05 Jan 2025, 5:28 pm

DoniiMann wrote:
ONA overall falls into line with the other Satanic organisations on the issue of harming kids. Their logic can be seen in their rules for choosing Opfers (human sacrifices). A person must be an adult so they can know what they're doing and be in control of their lives/decisions. Their death must be considered beneficial to the human gene pool. And they must be tested (and failed) three times.

So, a ped0 might be considered by the ONA to be a good choice to eliminate, but not a child.

Correct.

But it should be noted that most Satanic orgs do NOT advocate or tolerate "human sacrifice" (i.e. murder) in the first place. The ONA is an outlier, a far-right terrorist network. For more about them, see the separate thread More about "Satanic ritual abuse" grand conspiracy claims in the "Adult Autism Issues" section.

DoniiMann wrote:
Most Satanic orgs hold the view that kids best represent the Satanic ideal of a person who is totally themselves, untainted by societal conditioning. They consider kids to be sacred.

That is the view stated in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible, and endorsed by one of the best-known Satanic orgs, the Church of Satan, founded by LaVey.

DoniiMann wrote:
Having said that, if you approach it from the opposite direction, an individual ped0 might be attracted to Satan as an image of the great rebel or sinner. But that's on them. And not a given. It's not as if the churches were running short of such individuals.

As far as I can tell, actual pedophiles are drawn to situations where they can encounter lots of vulnerable children. Thus child care centers, churches, etc. need to take precautions to protect children, e.g. by not allowing an adult to be alone with a child.

DoniiMann wrote:
I doubt any organised religious groups institutionalise acceptance of this kind of activity.

Some non-mainstream Christian and Jewish groups have institutionalized what, by today's standards, would be considered to be under-age marriage. (See this thread for some examples.) Other major religions too have traditionally accepted what would be considered under-age marriage by today's standards.

(Today's standards are based on today's realities, in which people are expected to have at least the equivalent of a high school education before they are deemed to be ready for adult life. Pre-industrial societies were different. Before the era of mass education, most children began working at age 7 or so, and were expected to take on other adult responsibilities by age 12 or so. And marriages were commonly arranged, partly because most kids didn't even have very many opportunities to meet other kids on their own.)

DoniiMann wrote:
But 'Satanists' are useful in a political realm that uses 'othering' as a weapon. Jews used to be the 'other' of choice. But we're better educated about that now. So they need other others. The others of choice now are Trans, Drags, and Satanists. No need to accuse Jews of Satanism any more now that there's actual Satanists :roll:

Seems to me that a full-blown revival of Satanic panic could indeed put American Jews in danger too, given (1) the QAnon belief that the Democratic Party is dominated by an alleged "Satanic ritual abuse" cult, plus (2) the fact that most American Jews have traditionally voted Democratic. Also, "Satanic" conspiracy theories tend to have the same Jewish villains (e.g. the Rothschilds, George Soros) as anti-Jewish conspiracy theories.


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