Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: coa44@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Mark Scase) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Proctor & Gamble (is this true?) Message-ID: Date: 9 Apr 91 06:53:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Keele, England Lines: 69 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu An American preacher has been recently touring the area where I live in England and has been making various allegations about the company Procter & Gamble. He has written down these allegations and they have been passed around a number of local churches. I have not spoken to this preacher so I cannot give any more explanation to his article. What I would like to know is whether there is any truth in these allegations? If it is true then it seems that this is an important issue facing Christians. If not, then I will do my best to inform local churches of the truth as further reproduction of the article would be giving Christianity a bad name. Any comments would be gratefully appreciated. Here is the article verbatim ----------------- The president of Proctor & Gamble appeared on the famous Phil Donahue show on March 1st 1990. He announced that he was coming out of the closet about his association with the church of satan and he stated that a large portion of the profit for the Proctor & Gamble products goes to the support of the church of satan. When asked by Mr Donahue if stating this on TV would hurt his business he replied "There are not enough Christians in the USA to make a difference". The purpose of this information is to remind Christians that when they buy any of the products of P & G they will in fact be taking part in the support of the church of satan. Stop buying any products manufactured by P & G and that will proof enough that there are a sufficient number of Christians to make a difference. It was also reported that on a recent Merv Griffiths show a group of cultists were featured of which one was the owner of P & G. He said he had told satan that if he would help him to prosper then he would give him his heart and soul. He then gave satan all the credit for his riches. ------------------ end. -- Mark Scase, | JANET: coa44@uk.ac.keele Dept of Communication, | BITNET: coa44%keele.ac.uk@ukacrl University of Keele, Keele, | Internet: coa44%keele.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK. | Other: coa44@keele.ac.uk (Phone: +44 782 621111) | UUCP: ..!ukc!keele!coa44 [In short, no. I asked a close relative to comment on this one, as he was an executive of P&G until his retirement a few years ago. (I forgot to ask him for permission to use his name, so I'm not going to give further identification.) He knows much of the upper management, and heard the details of this the first time the rumor went around. He seems to have kept up on the most recent incarnation as well. This rumor has now gone around at least twice. The first time was about 5 years ago. Most recently it was 1990. In both cases it was apparently possible to trace the rumor to its source, which was a competitor to P&G. Court cases resulted, in Georgia the first time and most recently the mid-West (Kansas?). Both representatives of P&G and of Phil Donahue deny that any such appearance took place. In fact most upper-level P&G management are active in local Christian churches, and the churches in Cincinnati depend very heavily on P&G staff. I have known a number of them or their children. I'd say it would be hard to find a major company with a more Christian management. If you find this response insufficient, I'm willing to get more details. Aside from personal concern for the reputations of innocent people, I don't want to see Christians spreading lies. --clh]