SATANISM AND ITS EFFECT ON OUR TEENS (3)
By Paul Kirkpatrick

The public has been aware for some time now that our children are more violent than ever.  With all the suspicions surrounding the shootings in Pearl, MS, Paducah, KY, Keokuk, IA and others, we may find a deadly link connecting all these dangerous children.  Time magazine reported that among all the perpetrators, “they shared feelings of isolation.”7  Many of these children feel that they are not accepted by the “mainstream of their social strata, ” and feel compelled to be a part of some ideology where they will be accepted.  Along with this acceptance come confidence and power, particularly when you are involved with death rituals and everyone in their right mind is afraid of you.

Although the vast majority of teenagers involved with the occult are dabblers, we should never minimize the ever-present danger of deeper involvement.  What can start out with a few posters, albums and jewelry can escalate to initiatory rites and participation in satanic worship. Dr. Anthony Moriarty, a psychologist who specializes in working with teen-agers involved in satanic activities, has determined that these dabblers fit into three psychological profiles:

THE PSYCHOPATHIC DELINQUENT is likely to be heavily into drugs, criminal activity, and violent behavior.  He or she is attracted to Satanism as an outlet for violent aggressive, behavior, not because of any ritual or belief system attached to it.

THE ANGRY MISFIT is a person who is boiling with rage, which is directed out toward others--parents, teachers, schoolmates.  Others are always to blame for his or her unhappiness.  The misfit is often rejected by peers and feels misunderstood and lonely.  The attraction of satanic activity is the chance to fain acceptance from a few people who share the same angry outlook.  He has found company in his fellow Satanists.

THE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUAL may be a bright student and certainly is not inclined toward the violence or hostility of the other two types.  He or she likes to get the best of others or to dominate them through superior knowledge.  This type reads many books on Satanism, acquires an impressive array of facts and vocabulary, and flaunts this knowledge to teachers or schoolmates.  He or she may have a few friends who share this interest.8