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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
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Subject: Re: Tax relief for Churches--ARRRRGHH
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 10:57:55 EDT
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> 
> I am pissed!!!  Did anyone notice the disgusting act that passed 
> the Senate yesterday?
> 
>   "(UPI) The Senate, with nary a wisp of protest, voted Thursday
>    to crack down on the worshipers of Satan, and the 
>    practioners (sic) of witchcraft...the Senate approved
>    legislation denying tax exemptions to any cult promoting
>    Satanism or witchcraft."--Rocky Mountain News
> 
> The bill itself is Christian in that the
> definition of something as "Satanist" or "witchcraft" has no real 
> meaning outside of the Christian view.  I hope someone takes this to 
> court.  If this is not a law "respecting the establishment of any 
> religion," I don't know what is.
> 
> I'm just too mad to type anymore.
> 
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Satanism is not just a Christian view, just
as a crime under the law is not just a Christian view.  Police records I've
seen talked about on the news gives very real evidence of the doctrines of
satanic cults.  These doctrines according to the various news reports support
violence and in some cases murder.
I'm not coming from an emotional or prejudiced point of view, I'm just echoing
various news reports I've seen over the years.
If the doctrines are indeed what police reports seem to indicate, then satanism
and whichcraft have a very real meaning outside the Christian view and permeatesequally to secular as well as non secular groups.