What a Google News Alert for "Satanic" can teach you

Religion blogger Fred Clark is fascinated with the urban legends and panic surrounding "satanism," so years ago he set up a Google News Alert for the word "Satanic." Over at Pathos, he posted the funny, ridiculous, and fascinating things he's learned. Here's a sample:

" Every year, dozens of filmmakers try to recapture the magic that made The Exorcist so unsettling. Most fail.

" Pat Boone is still alive.

" The political performance art of the Satanic Temple is both hilarious and pointedly effective. They're defending the First Amendment the way that we Baptists are supposed to.

" Adolescent legend tripping is happening all the time, every day, somewhere in the English-speaking world.

" Adults who should know better are freaking out and over-reacting to adolescent legend tripping all the time, every day, somewhere in the English-speaking world.

" Censorious adults worried about Kids Today listening to satanic heavy metal aren't really keeping up with the satanic heavy metal acts trying hardest to gain their condemnation.

" Same goes for video games.

"Things I Have Learned Due to My Google News Alert for the Word 'Satanic'" (via Daily Grail)