School Killings Plot Highlights Satanic Menace

The attempted mass stabbing of middle school students in Polk County, Florida is a powerful reminder of the deadly danger of the promotion and rise of Satanism in America. With the drive to ‘normalize’ devil worship growing relentlessly, the shocking incident at Bartlow reminds us that spreading Satanism is not a victimless expression of ‘religious liberty’, but a wicked evil with grave consequences.

The would-be assailants were female students at Bartow Middle School on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Their names have not been released because of their ages, one was eleven years old and the other was twelve. In the early afternoon, another student told school administrators that the two girls were hiding in the restroom armed with knives.

The girls claimed to be Satanists. They admitted their plan to the police. According to a report in USA Today, an affidavit said that, “The plan was to kill at least 1 student but were hoping to kill anywhere from 15-25 students. … Killing all of these students was in hopes it would make them worse sinners ensuring that after they committed suicide … (they) would go to hell so they could be with Satan (sic).”

According to the article, the girls devised their plan after watching scary movies the previous weekend. Messages on their cellular telephones were scrutinized by detectives, including one that read, “We will leave body parts at the entrance and then we will kill ourselves.”

The attractions of Satanism are difficult to understand. Eugenio Fizzotti, a professor of the Psychology of Religion at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, describes four reasons that people are inclined toward these beliefs. In brief, they are:

• A self-destructive need to feel weak and impotent which creates the desire accept the orders of an “unquestioned leader.”
• A profound sense of guilt that leads them to believe that they deserve punishment.
• A rejection of the society, family, law, and culture as tyrannical.
• An orientation toward the dead and to dead objects.

To sum it up, Satanists reject the idea of a loving and protective God, and embrace the power of one who, they believe, will both protect them and harm those that they see as their enemies.

Modern materialist culture contributes to this sad and evil state of mind. Its emphasis on sensuality tells people that they are powerless to control their own biological inclinations. A material world teaches those who have comparatively little that they are worthless. The glorification of evil in the various entertainment media attracts those who see themselves as powerless and worthless. This brutal cycle of emotions leads one on a never-ending downward spiral into despair.

Conversely, there is a sense among many that Satanism is disturbing, but harmless. “They must be crazy,” is a common reaction. Indeed, when the local officials held a press conference, the assembled journalists repeatedly raised the question of the two girls’ mental health.

Many have been lulled into the idea that Satan does not really exist. If he does exist, some say, he is harmless. Some years ago a popular t-shirt said “God will not let me into Heaven, and Satan is afraid I’ll take over.” Anyone willing to have that message emblazoned on his chest has little sense – and no fear – of the reality of Satan.

One can hope that this most recent eruption of Satanic activity, one which could well have caused the deaths of children, will awaken both Church and civil authorities. Yes, one can indeed hope, but do not hold your breath until it happens. As long they can pretend that Satanism is a weird and ridiculous fantasy only indulged in by the mentally ill and Hollywood filmmakers, they do not need to do anything about it.

All Satan needs to do to damn many souls is to convince people that he does not exist. He has been at it for a long time, and has been remarkably effective. It is long past the time to take off the blinders and see Satan as the repulsive and resourceful enemy that he is. Our Lady has already crushed his head, as promised in the book of Genesis, but he still slithers about, seeking those whom he may devour.

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