Satan is my Superhero

In this episode we close our eyes and slip into a hellish dream scape of our deepest darkest fears and hope we don’t lose our minds on a sea of madness while we examine where the depraved imagination of H.P. Lovecraft crosses paths with our favourite superhero and how the writings of this science fiction horror writer is being drawn upon by the occult.

Featuring cameos from Kerry Bolton, Kenneth Grant, Aleister Crowley, Peter Gilmore, Anton LeVay, Michael Aquino, Steven Greenwood, Randolph Carter, Harry Houdini, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Derek Riggs, Metallica, Malcolm Reynolds, Daniel José Older

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The Influence of H P Lovecraft on Occultism

Bolton, K R.  The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies; Dublin Iss. 9,  (Feb 10, 2011

https://www.churchofsatan.com/necronomicon-facts-about-fiction/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/09/world-fantasy-award-drops-hp-lovecraft-as-prize-image

http://www.esotericorderofdagon.org/

Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft 

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In this episode we dive into the story behind the debut album by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal’s Schizoid Sons of Satan themselves Venom. 

‘…a band that was heavier and more over the top than anything anyone had ever seen or heard before, more Satanic than Black Sabbath, louder than Motörhead, with a pyrotechnic show to rival Kiss, and with even more leather and studs than Judas Priest, the ultimate ingredients for the Ultimate Metal Band.’

Venom never compromised. Venom played up the Satanic angle and never apologized. They cut their own path and by doing so spawned not just one genre but multiple genres. Heavy music in the 21st century is different if Venom didn’t happen. The blueprint this band would follow to the legendary status of metal immortals is all right here on Welcome to Hell. Not many bands can say that about their debut album.

Featuring mentions of, Mantas, Abbadon, Judas Priest, Guillotine, Newcastle, Cronos, Alan Winston, Impulse Studios, Neat Records, Katriona Gilmour, Leeds Music Scene, Marshall amps, Geoff Barnes, Jesus Christ, Steve Thompson, Baphomet, METALLICA, Hammersmith Odeon, Rolling Stone, Norwegian Black Metal

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time

http://www.venomslegions.com/biography/venom-biog.htm

https://feralhouse.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Black-Metal_excerpt.pdf 

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In this episode we conclude our ride along the information superhighway, quickly approaching the destination of digital demons that is artificial intelligence and examine what concerns are raised by the most fundamentally flawed among us. 

With guest appearances from Leo Lyon Zagami, Leo Young, Anne Cumming, David Icke, Alex Jones, Donald Trump, Andrew Torba, Chat GPT and Kevin Roose.

Sauces

https://www.churchofsatan.com/pentagonal-revisionism/

https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-what-the-vatican-us-evangelicals-and-satanists-say-about-ai

By Tristian Greene

https://erlc.com/resource-library/statements/artificial-intelligence-an-evangelical-statement-of-principles/

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/vatican-microsoft-team-up-on-artificial-intelligence-ethics/

https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/does-a-i-give-insight-into-demonic-activity/

https://www.amazon.com.au/Confessions-Illuminati-Vol-6-66-Intelligence/dp/1796904694

https://leozagami.com/bio-english/

https://news.gab.com/2023/01/christians-must-enter-the-ai-arms-race/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/mentally-ill-trny-demon-hackers-blamed-massive-data-leak-far-right-site-gab/

https://www.cgi.org/news-and-events/2022/8/1/ai-artificial-intelligence-and-the-beast-of-revelation

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/07/google-fires-engineer-who-claimed-lamda-chatbot-is-a-sentient-person/

https://futurism.com/fired-google-engineer-ai-sentience

https://www.axios.com/2021/02/20/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-church

https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/

https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-cyborg-slaves-satan-aliens-infowars-viral-video-1721713 

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In this episode we stand on the precipice staring into a potential abyss of an apocalypse caused by artificial intelligence and wonder if the abyss is staring back. Thankfully some of the world's greatest minds have thought very seriously about this question. Along with the clever people, Chri$tians have also weighed in with their opinions. So that's nice.

This topic should inspire us to ponder the hard problem of consciousness. Will sentience come about as an emergent property of staggering amounts of information fed into a complex substrate of interacting nodes and conduits computing advanced algorithms shaped by brute force machine learning? 

And if that sentience does somehow emerge from technology what are the moral obligations to ourselves and the thinking machines we create? 

We SHOULD be considering these very serious and important existential issues but this is Satan is my Superhero. We’re gonna spend the episode poking fun at backward hillbillies who believe a supernatural space wizard cares deeply about them and their favourite sport team.

Guest appearances from Alan Turing, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Anton LaVey, Elon Musk, Blake Lemoine, LaMDA, Chat GPT, Mike James, Kirk Cameron, Kevin Sorbo, James Cameron, Jada Pinkett Smith, Anthony Levandowski, Donald Trump and Father John Corrigan.

Sauces

https://www.churchofsatan.com/pentagonal-revisionism/

https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-what-the-vatican-us-evangelicals-and-satanists-say-about-ai

By Tristian Greene

https://erlc.com/resource-library/statements/artificial-intelligence-an-evangelical-statement-of-principles/

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/vatican-microsoft-team-up-on-artificial-intelligence-ethics/

https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/does-a-i-give-insight-into-demonic-activity/

https://www.amazon.com.au/Confessions-Illuminati-Vol-6-66-Intelligence/dp/1796904694

https://leozagami.com/bio-english/

https://news.gab.com/2023/01/christians-must-enter-the-ai-arms-race/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/mentally-ill-trny-demon-hackers-blamed-massive-data-leak-far-right-site-gab/

https://www.cgi.org/news-and-events/2022/8/1/ai-artificial-intelligence-and-the-beast-of-revelation

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/07/google-fires-engineer-who-claimed-lamda-chatbot-is-a-sentient-person/

https://futurism.com/fired-google-engineer-ai-sentience

https://www.axios.com/2021/02/20/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-church

https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/

https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-cyborg-slaves-satan-aliens-infowars-viral-video-1721713

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In this episode we look for some kindness, compassion, understanding, consideration, gentleness, respect, tenderness, and sympathy for the Devil as we dive into the recording and legacy of this song by The Rolling Stones.

Featuring appearances from Mikhail Bulgakov, Pontius Pilate, Judas Iscariot, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful, Charles Baudelaire, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, JFK, Robert F Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan, Jean-Luc Godard, Meredith Hunter, Jim Lovell, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Richard Nixon, Pol Pot, Gough Whitlam, David ‘Son of Sam’ Berkowitz, Jim Jones, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Ted Bundy, Margaret Thatcher, Carlos Santana, Santa Claus, Hunter S. Thompson, Bryan Ferry, Janes Addiction, Perry Farrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead, Lemmy Kilmister, Guns N’ Roses, Anne Rice, Slash, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan.

Sauces

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-sympathy-for-the-devil-766764

https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/sympathy-for-the-devil.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/rolling-stones-sympathy-for-the-devil-mick-jagger-anniversary-satanism-a8668551.html

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/sympathy-for-the-devil

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In this episode we sink once again into the disgusting cesspool of corruption and abuse that is Prosperity Gospel. Our conduit into the effluent pipe straight to hell this time is the perpetually persistently pernicious perfidious perennial perpetrator and peddler of pestiferous peccadilloes on a path to perdition, Benny Hinn. Unlike all the other pieces of poo, I mean Prosperity Preacher’s we’ve highlighted in the past, Benny is not your typical southern born Baptist raised narcissist with no conscience. He’s an Israeli born Eastern Orthodox raised narcissist with no conscience.

This episode will also feature guest appearances from faith healer Kathryn Kuhlman, kidnap faking evangelical preacher Aimee Semple McPherson, James Brown, Lady Ga Ga, Donald Trump and Fidel Castro.

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https://www.bennyhinn.org/about/

https://www.nndb.com/people/605/000022539/

He Touched Me: An Autobiography by Benny Hinn

https://www.equip.org/hank_speaks_out/benny-hinns-false-prophecies/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/september/benny-hinn-renounces-prosperity-gospel.html

Unmasked Benny Hinn: Mystic, Magician or Miracle Maker by Philip L. Powel, Neil Richardson and Sandy Simpson

The Confusing World of Benny Hinn by G. Richard Fisher and M. Kurt Goedelman

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/08/29/healing-evangelist-sued/554f081e-bba9-4d6e-b26e-40a50f465e58/

 Skeptic (Altadena, CA)(Vol. 14, Issue 4) Author: Ryan Shaffer

https://www.gty.org/library/blog/B170403/did-christ-become-sinful-on-our-behalf

https://www.apologeticsindex.org/9930-benny-hinn-background-calling

Blow me down Jesus: Canada’s Benny Hinn may be the next great televangelist, by David Lees, Saturday Night (magazine)

https://www.christianpost.com/news/remember-when-benny-hinn-said-adam-could-fly-like-superman-and-christians-are-little-messiahs-cursed-his-critics-and-brought-jesus-on-stage.html

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/may/20/its-a-holy-comeback-for-holyfield-boxer-credits/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556001/#:~:text=Narcissistic%20personality%20disorder%20(NPD)%20is%20a%20pattern%20of%20grandiosity%2C,model%20of%20%22Personality%20Disorders.%22 

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In this episode we will raise our fist in the air and shout at the devil.  The year is 1983 and Mötley Crüe are creating a legend around themselves as the very worst of rock n roll’s bad boys. They’ve been thrown off a Kiss tour for bad behaviour. According to legend, they’ve upset AC/DC and Van Halen so much on tour they have to be locked in a trailer and that trailer is then elevated metres off the ground by a crane so they can’t escape while the other bands play. In the middle of this maelstrom the Crüe release their second album, ‘Shout at the Devil.’ And things just get wilder.

Along with Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Marrs and Tommy Lee this episode features guest mentions of such luminaries as Hawkwind, Moby Dick, Tom Zutaut, Ronald Reagan, Geoff Workman, PMRC, Tipper Gore, The Beatles, The Brady Bunch, Pamela Anderson and Joey Tempest.

Sauces:

https://norselandsrock.com/shout-at-the-devil-motley-crue/

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band By 
 Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Neil Strauss

https://ew.com/article/2015/12/22/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-stories-behind-songs/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/judas-priest-eat-me-alive-180934/ 

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In this episode we return to a topic we’ve briefly touched on in previous shows. But this time it’s personal. I know what you’re wondering. How could an Asian video game involving monsters, magic and mythology upset people with a Chri$tian world view? Well, it’s Asian, involves monsters, magic and you get where this is going.

Phil Arms, Satoshi Tajiri, Pastor Brett Peterson from the incredibly credible show Ancient Aliens, Gene Moody, Earline Moody, Franz Klintsevich, Andrei Polyakov, Eric Barger, David Benoit, David Brown and Uri Gellar all make guest star appearances.

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https://www.livedesignonline.com/houses-worship/millennial-perspective-pokemon-demonic

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pokemon-satanist-anti-christian-inverview/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/07/feature_pokemons_dark_history_in_11_shocking_moments

https://www.worthynews.com/2816-a-critique-of-the-anti-pok-mon-hype

The Complete Deliverance Manual by Gene & Earline Moody

https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81345&page=1

https://unity1.store/2016/07/25/a-brief-discussion-of-a-fatwa-prohibiting-pokemon/

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/07/19/pokemon-goes-russian-a54635

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pokemon-go-cyber-demons-rick-wiles_n_5787ff01e4b03fc3ee501a76

Entertaining Spirits Unaware By Eric Barger & David Benoit

http://www.ericbarger.com/understanding.pokemon.go.htm

https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/the_problem_with_pokemon.html

https://www.lifewire.com/lavender-town-syndrome-1126184

https://gamerant.com/pokemon-anime-kadabra-removal-magician-lawsuit-return-2021/#:~:text=For%20a%20decade%20and%20a,used%20his%20likeness%20without%20permission

https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/30/21726492/pokemon-nintendo-lawsuit-uri-geller-kadabra-apology

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In this episode we will get to the bottom and then we’ll go back up to the top of the slide that is Helter Skelter by the Beatles with cameos from Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Charles Manson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Tex Watson, Vincent Bugliosi, Norwich Cathedral, Bishop Gavin Ashenden, Rochester Cathedral and Manchester Cathedral.

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https://aucklandtheology.wordpress.com/tag/helter-skelter/

https://www.christianpost.com/news/norwich-cathedral-helter-skelter-carnival-ride-big-mistake-queens-former-chaplain.html

https://virtueonline.org/convert-or-be-converted

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-49162116

https://heavy.com/news/2017/01/helter-skelter-charles-manson-beatles-lyrics-book-death-illness-prison-cult/

https://www.beatleswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Helter_Skelter 

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In this episode we celebrate the reason for the season. That season being Easter. This holiday shouldn’t just be a celebration of that time Jesus impregnated a bunny rabbit with chocolate eggs. We should also remember the belligerent bewitching beguiling bewildering bedevilling bedazzling befuddling bemuddling besmirching belittling beastly betrayer who invented the holiday in the first place, Judas Iscariot. We’ll also discuss historicity of Jesus, the dog whistles found in the New Testament Gospels, assassins, Josephus, Pontius Pilate, Peter, Locksmiths, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Cassius, Brutus, of Julio-Claudian family propaganda, Leonardo Da Vinci’s racism, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Aryan Max von Sydow, David McCallum, Charlton Heston, Pat Boone, Martin Landau, Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, Donald Pleasence, Sidney Poitier, Claude Rains, Telly Savalas, Shelley Winters, John Wayne, Godspell, Jeremy Irons, Gerard Butler, Jeffery Archer and Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu. It’s the most star studded episode yet! 

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