What’s the tie in to the illuminati?
“What’s the tie in to the illuminati?”
Sheer, maudlin hyperbole. IOW, it’s made up, ‘cuz there’s an eye in the promo for the event. But it’s not like the “all-seeing eye” on the U.S. dollar bill that usually makes people get all booga-booga. There’s no pyramid, nor any of the other imagery typical of Illuminati associations. The accusation is contrived, at best. Devious at worst. The supposed illuminati connection, here, could just as easily have come from a bottle of Jim Beam; somebody for sure yanked it outta their butt.
And, the “satanist” accusation seems to have been a gross act of aesegesis, as well, extrapolated from a 2019 performance date that included Marilyn Manson. Regarding Manson’s connection to satanism, even the Church of Satan pushes back, saying in August of 2018, “Almost 30 years ago he was given an honorary priesthood..., but that’s not “ordained” or related to anything he might say decades later.”
Or maybe its the tautological circle of “We know Travis Scott is a Satanist because he presided over a Satanic ritual at his show where people died” except if he’s not a satainst then it’s not a satanic ritual even though people died and the whole “satanist” thing is a cheesy pastiche affixed by someone else trying to gin something up.
So, here again, some Christian (I use the term advisedly) with a hateful axe to grind is practicing the arcane and sensational art of evang-elastic.
It must be noted that our author, Mr. Grider, has said plenty of dubiously-based things about a number of different performers currently and previously involved with Astroworld, and NEVER had a good word to say about the man behind the Manson stage persona for whom Jesus died, and continually mocks and maligns Kanye West as some sort of a fake convert. Assessing purely basis behavior in the present moment, I see LOT more brotherly love outta Kanye toward Manson than I see outta Grider for... anybody. Guy needs a cold shower.
For Mr. Grider, an extended time of introspection spent in prayerful meditation over Matthew chapter 23 might bring a sense of humility that is presently lacking.
Anyway, many of the article’s accusations are just the stupidest crap; makes me wish there was a First Church of Idiocy where these nutcases could be Members, and all the rest of sane Christendom could get shet of them. Coop them up next door to that whack-job Westboro Baptist tribe, drive 5 miles outta town, and post signs on all the inroads “QUARANTINE! TOXIC BRAIN FEVER! NO ENTRY!”
Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s all given me a rising case of indigestion.