Recently, Reverend Jared Mammon of the Church of Satan was interviewed on a podcast whose host tried to sneak in some post-production rebuttals. Satansplain invites Jared to share a listen and his responses.
01:00:00 – Intro
01:02:08 – “Once again, that isn’t Satanism” (Facebook)
01:03:40 – Interviewer’s intro
01:05:04 – Interview start
01:07:50 – Connecting to Satanism
01:11:15 – Satanic Bible “Interpretations”?
01:13:01 – Hunting for contradictions / “can pseudos infiltrate the COS?”
01:17:58 – Seeing oneself in TSB
01:19:36 – More on “interpretations” / percentage arguments
[23:49 – PHG
01:23:58 – Oh no, not the “pLAgiARiZed rEDbEArd” argument again
01:35:57 – “Can we quote every single thing you say as being official?” and other lame “Gotcha!” games
01:38:35 – Oh no, not the “dogma” argument again
01:56:03 – Next false dichotomy: “can Satanism evolve (in which case, I’m free to be a pseudo) or is it unchangeable (in which case, you’re a conformist and I win again)”.
01:00:50 – “Can I take everything from the COS website as canonical?”
01:06:00 – Oh no, not the “community” argument again.
01:22:35 – No, Satanic ritual is not “anything goes”.
01:36:00 – Oh no, not the “gatekeeping!” complaint again.
01:40:33 – Oh no, not the “Aren’t you giving your opinion without being asked” argument again.
01:49:19 – “Denominations”? Ugh, here we go.
01:56:45 – Being new to Satanism
01:58:18 – Awesomeism, Schrodinger’s Moron
02:08:53 – Echo chambers / could’ve been worse
02:15:05 – Closing
02:23:43 – Final thoughts