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Satansplain #119 – Reverend Jared Mammon interview commentary

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

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Satansplain #059 – Dr. Vincent Schitz, PhD in Satanic Memes

Church of Satan Reverend Dave Wallace steps in to interview the team behind the infamous Satanic memes page, “Dr. Vincent Schitz, PhD in Satanic Memes”. Hear all about the history of the page, its past and present meme makers, their creative process, and answers to questions submitted by Dr. Schitz fans. Also, visit the new Satansplain store (store.satansplain.com) for Dr. Schitz merchandise!