History Main / EveryoneIsSatanInHell

Some MoralGuardians are so paranoid that they'll [[WindmillPolitical attack the most ridiculous things]], or [[{{Demonization}} will attack them in the most ridiculous ways possible]]. It's not just your English teacher who would always [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory find hidden meanings in even the most straightforward text]]; if you believe the Moral Guardians, half the things you read and watch are secretly filled with Satanic and immoral messages supposed to corrupt [[ThinkOfTheChildren our children]] and the poor unsuspecting audience. Essentially, they use InsaneTrollLogic to prove that something is TheNewRockAndRoll. There are a few favorite methods used:

[[caption-width-right:350:It can also spell: "You're overthinking it."]]

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-->-- '''[[Theatre/TheMusicMan Harold Hill]]''', on why a pool table is serious trouble

* Some Protestants are convinced that the Catholic Church is secretly a Satanic cult and that the Pope is the Anti-Christ. Their "proofs" often include the "horned hand" or "segno delle corna" (an old Italian charm to ward off the evil eye; not Satanic), the upside-down cross on the papal throne (actually based on the tradition that Saint Peter, who is said to have been the first Pope, was crucified upside-down as he felt that he did not deserve to die the same way Christ did; compare the Saint Andrew's cross), and the hexagram (appropriated from Judaism; called the "star of creation" by some Christians and used to represent the six days of creation). You can find one of Jack Chick's highly flawed attacks on Catholicism [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0071/0071_01.asp here]].

* The Beltway Sniper caused fear and panic throughout Washington. Before he was caught, an investigation of one of his nests turned up a tarot card [[note]]It was actually Trump Thirteen - [[TheGrimReaper Death]]which had the words "I am God" written on it in marker. Despite the many theological or philosophical, or cultural possibilities given from the choice of card and words, some journalists declared that it was clearly a [[NewMediaAreEvil crazed video gamer.]] Why? Because "I am God" is clearly a reference to "God mode", a term in video games for a cheat that makes you invincible. This leads to the obvious question -- if he thought he was in "god mode", why was he hiding?

* The Beltway Sniper caused fear and panic throughout Washington. Before he was caught, an investigation of one of his nests turned up a tarot card which had the words "I am God" written on it in marker. Despite the many theological or philosophical, or cultural possibilities given from the choice of card and words, some journalists declared that it was clearly a [[NewMediaAreEvil crazed video gamer.]] Why? Because "I am God" is clearly a reference to "God mode", a term in video games for a cheat that makes you invincible. This leads to the obvious question -- if he thought he was in "god mode", why was he hiding?

* Pat Robertson of ''The 700 Club'' infamy has stated that he'll never leave Creator/{{Freeform}} (no matter what lengths the network goes to get rid of him) because he thinks everything else on the channel is satanic and that they "need him".

* Oddly enough, Music/{{DavidBowie}} avoided the “Satanic” label despite writing songs with allusions to Nieztchean Supermen, Crowley, Kabbalah, and even ‘gay sex with actual demons.’

* During the infamous Satanic Panic of the 1980's, lots of metal bands such as Music/{{Slayer}} and Music/BlackSabbath were accused of hiding Satanic messages in their music via [[SubliminalSeduction backmasking]]. Naturally, if you listen to music backwards, and are trying to hear something, the gibberish will sound like something to you. Today, accusations of backmasking are almost always PlayedForLaughs, though there are still some conspiracy theorists who take them seriously.

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* Former UsefulNotes/FormulaOne driver Michael Schumacher was the subject of conspiracy theories in some automotive enthusiast circles as having made a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/OccultConspiracy/comments/yag5zm/did_michael_schumacher_sign_a_deal_with_the_devil/ Faustian pact with the devil]] which accounted for his dominant career during his heyday; an auto magazine in the Philippines discussed this in the mid-2000s and debunked said claims, dismissing whatever deal Schumi had with Satan and chalked it up to him being just good with the sport.
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** To be fair, only the [[KnightTemplar Whitecloaks]] support such a negative view of the Aes Sedai. In most countries they are respected but not trusted, because of their flair for ExactWords and JediTruth.

** On the other end, there's the people who think ''Lord of the Rings'' [[EverythingIsRacist promotes racism and white supremacy because the orcs are dark skinned and violent]], which [[UnfortunateImplications they take to mean they must represent black people]]. Never mind that Tolkien went out of his way to deny or refute any supposed racial subtext with orcs, and spent much of his writing career trying to think of an origin for them that would stamp the idea out (the concept of an AlwaysChaoticEvil race clashed badly with his religious beliefs). Not helping matters is works inspired by Tolkien's, such as ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', that actually ''do'' go with the "orcs as black people" thing (yet [[DoubleStandard don't really get criticized for it]]). Similarly, some claim that the dwarves are antisemetic caricatures, despite the fact that they're almost invariably ''good guys'', as well as that Tolkien himself was vocal about respecting Jewish culture and hating antisemites like the Nazis.[[note]][[http://www.openculture.com/2014/04/j-r-r-tolkien-snubs-a-german-publisher.html One famous letter from Tolkien]] was sent to a German publishing company, as a response to their letter asking if he was Aryan. He informed them that they clearly had no idea what they were talking about, that he was sad to say he had no Jewish heritage (he refers to Jews as "that talented people"), and that the Nazis could fuck right off.[[/note]] Apparently, FantasyCounterpartCulture is a bad thing when done by Tolkien.

* The Website/YouTube channel iamaphoney started out as a series of [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories Paul Is Dead]] videos, but branched out into theories about the Beatles worshipping Creator/AleisterCrowley and other such things. For example, the Beatles were known for using backwards tracks, and since Crowley wrote "let him learn to talk backwards..."

** Others claim it's racist because the characters are all white, but the race of many characters is never even mentioned in the books. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Some fans interpret Hermione as being black]].[[note]]Admittedly, this is mostly because ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'' cast a black actress as Hermione. Hermione is mentioned as having pale/white skin in the books proper.[[/note]] And that's not even getting into all the [[FantasticRacism fantasy-oriented criticisms of racism]]. Not to mention that there actually are a few characters who are definitely not white (Cho Chang, Angelica Johnson, Dean Thomas, the Patil twins, among others).

Expect a lot of sloppy research (especially any number of LogicalFallacies), DanBrowned, InsaneTrollLogic, and CowboyBebopAtHisComputer among these people (many of whom believe that HollywoodSatanism is TruthInTelevision).

* A [[https://toughpigs.com/my-week-in-japan-4/ Tough Pigs article]] on the Sesame Street area of Ride/UniversalStudios Japan tongue-in-cheek claimed that the ''only'' way to interpete the backstory of Moppy (a pink monster who came through a mirror when Elmo touched the star on his hand) is as a demon who Elmo summoned via his "pentagram stigmata".

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* A [[[[https://toughpigs.com/my-week-in-japan-4/ Tough Pigs article]] on the Sesame Street area of Ride/UniversalStudios Japan tongue-in-cheek claimed that the ''only'' way to interpete the backstory of Moppy (a pink monster who came through a mirror when Elmo touched the star on his hand) is as a demon who Elmo summoned via his "pentagram stigmata".

* ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Anime in general]]'' -- and many things associated with it -- tends to be viewed as evil, since a lot of anime (children's anime, in particular) deals with magic and fantastic creatures. In many cases where anime or something similar is mentioned, you might hear someone refer to the characters as "Oriental demons" or that the work was "influenced by Japanese Paganism/Occultism". Not only are many of these cases nonsense or misinformed, but they carry some really annoying UnfortunateImplications (since they seem to imply that Japan is Satan's domain). Among these examples include ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' and ''Anime/YuGiOh'', which are mentioned under the Tabletop Games and Video Games sections below.

** The Sabs went out of their way to refute any and all claims of Satanism or worship thereof, as stated in both Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi's memoirs. While they ''did'' dabble with the occult back in the day, it was more out of curiosity than a sincere devotion towards the dark arts; Geezer Butler came from an Irish Catholic background while Ozzy is at least to some extent a practising Anglican.

* In the late 90's, the main Scapegoat was Music/MarilynManson especially during the Music/AntichristSuperstar era with many claiming that the Antichrist refers to Manson himself. Ignoring how this isn't really the case since it is a ConceptAlbum about a fictional person, it wouldn't make sense anyway since it contradicts pretty much everything in the Literature/BookOfRevelation anyway.

** A few distinct Pokémon have been subject to criticism from paranoid watchers. The Pokémon Houndoom has been accused of representing Satanism, since it is characterized as [[{{Hellhound}} a hellish dog with horns and a barbed tail.]]