Misrepresentation, stigmatisation, subconscious bias, breath-taking stupidity and complete ignorance - yes folks you can discover it all here in the good old UK Media.
Satanism and devil worship is on the rise, according to census data, cried the Telegraph.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/29/satanism-devil-worship-rise-according-census-data/
Other press sources also followed a similar path, but how accurate were these somewhat vague and misleading finding?
Of course, it you want to know about woodwork then you ask a carpenter. Therefore, the best source of accurate data to discover real truth behind the shock-horror claims about occultism has to be the SAFF (Subculture Alternatives Freedom Foundation).
Not surprisingly, SAFF recently ticked off the misleading efforts of the Telegraph's Ben Butcher, as below on Twitter.
One would have thought that Mr Butcher (formally a BBC fact-checker) would have sought accurate data, rather than rely on biased Church-oriented stereotypes to fill his strange column.
SAFF's revealing Census analysis below explains the situation far better than the ramshackle baloney many discovered within the Telegraph's rambling pages.
SAFF's own Occult Census, which was first presented in 1989, estimated that just 4% of occultists are believers in Satanism. So there's nothing for frightened Christians to get stressed about here.
Taking reckless pot shots at minority religious faith system is so unbecoming for allegedly professional journalists. Moreover, one has to ask, would such hacks have dared to take similar stabs at the larger and better - funded monotheistic faiths?
So folks, will the noggins who write their easily discreditable nonsense in the UK Media have the courage to respond to SAFF, or will they take the traditional path of burying their heads in the sand?
Thanks to SAFF for the mention.
https://twitter.com/SAFFtweets/status/1600863256758714368
A final thing...
Pulling away from the repressive chains of Christian fundamentalism? Erm no, not if you're a devout Telegraph evangelist!
Of course, there should not be an established church, which only represents a minority of the population. The current situation has become ludicrous but naturally the irate bishops will scream and shout to defend their elitist status.
And with this all this in mind, the Telegraph’s missionary wing (author of the latest article herein is Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York) once more rushes in to promote the virtues of blind trusting Christian fundamentalism and tell the rest of us (the majority who do not accept their religious spin) why we should all get our arses back onto church pews, pronto!
Nevertheless, the old clergy lark is a VERY profitable business for some it seems.
The Archbishop of York has been criticised for “sending out the wrong message” by advertising for a new £90,000-a-year chief of staff.
The advertisement on the Charity Job site says the position will be based at Bishopthorpe Palace, just outside York, and offers a “competitive salary in the region of £90,000 per year”.
It will involve helping Stephen Cottrell, who became the Church of England’s second most senior clergyman when he was enthroned in October, “conduct his ministry within the life of the nation”.
Still, did parasitic clergy ever really live in the same world as the rest of us?
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