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No need to be rude to Sandude and Scaredkat. I didn't see you telling your friend to "MYOB" when s/he jumped in with his/her opinion on "gullible evangelical Christians."

IMO, New Orleans recipes have more to do with this case than "gullible evangelical Christians."

That wacky screed Palladin posted HAD to be aimed at gullible evangelical Christians. Who else would believe that bizarre hodge-podge of sensationalist accusations? GECs drove the Satanic cult scare of the late 1980s and early 1990s -- had police departments and therapists all over the country believing there were Satanic groups ritually murdering people, ritually drinking the blood aborted fetuses, forcing their children to participate in the rituals, etc., etc. Lots of innocent people spent time in prison, and lots of formerly sane people were driven into long psych hospital stays, as a result of this hogwash. But eventually all the stories unravelled, and there was never a whit of physical evidence to back up any of them. Quite a few GECs still believe it was all real.

The screed at post #22 has all the hallmarks of a rehash of the same stuff, only with a new twist: now it's going on inside Mormon temples where (surprise, surprise) no one can go check for the evidence!

Please note I didn't say that all evangelical Christians are gullible, but the gullible ones are certainly a sizeable contingent in this country.