Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy Chapel. Not all Mids worship God; some worship His Enemy (Anna Clopet/ Corbis Documentary / Getty Images Plus)
A reader affiliated with the US Naval Academy said that people there received this e-mail yesterday:
The reader said that e-mail set off a firestorm. A few minutes later, the Chief who authored that e-mail sent this follow-up:
(Readers, these were sent to me as screenshots. I can’t copy-and-paste in a more readable format. If you are having trouble reading it, the gist is that the Chief is a confessed Satanist, and is inviting others at the USNA to participate in a Satanic ritual.)
My source comments:
Obviously, the email raises more questions than it claims to answer. How can this chief claim no sponsorship or endorsement from the Satanic Temple, even as he admits he’s a member? He claims not to conduct or promote symbolic evil, when that’s what Satan is in literature (and he’s the closest thing to evil incarnate in the real world). The website he links to talks about Black Masses and “unbaptisms,” but they don’t engage in ritual sacrifice. The list goes on.
This source said that the command chaplain, a Catholic priest, had no idea any of this was going on, and is furious. The Satanists did not go through proper channels, it appears, so this event might not happen.
Given all this, I thought this story couldn’t possibly get any more interesting, but then something else happened that made me decide to write you. This afternoon, a midshipman who is very involved in one of the Protestant organizations on the Yard wrote an open letter to leaders of other Christian organizations. I’ve reproduced it here, with his name redacted:
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Do what thou wilst is the central tenet of the Church of Satan.
As such, does this chief lie?
Answer: whatever it takes.
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I used to believe their lies. In the 80’s I read about Satanism and then read a lot more about how it was all fake, meant to provoke outrage from “silly” Christians etc. For some reason, there are schedules listing the type of human sacrifices to made for Satanic holidays.
Yes I think the chief is lying and I also think it’s likely that the middie who wrote the open letter may secretly be a member of the group. His letter was so perfectly crafted to steer Christians into compromising with Satanists. In fact, his letter is not far from a recruitment letter for Satanists - just keep an open mind and talk to them blah blah blah.
The strategy of the letter reminds me of the strategy a Middle Eastern terrorist, Ayman Zawahiri (sp?), who flew over New York with a reporter prior to the 9/11 attacks eagerly talking about how NY was a “Soft target” and then afterwards, as smoke billowed up from the ruins, urging Americans, directing them to “understand” that this is a matter for the police (go to court) and that it was impossible to even consider a military response for such a matter.
So Christians are “unreasonable” if we object to worshiping evil because we’re told it’s just a thought/analysis of alternatives and if we don’t want to go listen to those who worship the father of lies, then we’re not open minded. *smh*