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Even today, I get stopped by people who watched my two interviews here and here with Zachary King, and still have questions for me. As most of you know, Zachary King was a full-blown Wizard with the World Church of Satan. There are never less than two, and never more than ten, Wizards in the world at the same time. No, Zachary was not some two-bit “satanic priest” who got his credentials of the internet. He was recruited… and then later became a very good Catholic. His conversion story is both harrowing and hopeful.
Now, some of my friends still doubt the authenticity of his account, and that is fine. But they should know that I spoke to him off the air for about six hours before hitting the “record” button, and I never sensed any of his stories were falsified. As ex city-paramedic, I’d like to think I’m pretty good at telling when someone is lying to me. But as to my interactions with Zach King, I never got the sense I was being lied to by him… fantastic as his story may be.
Before recording, King told me how as a satanist, he visually saw lots of demons with his own physical eyes. But once, after our recording, I asked if he ever saw angels. He said yes, and relayed how he was once on a project as a satanist in Detroit. On that “mission for satan,” King happened to see enormous angels of light that frightened him. I asked him why he didn’t convert immediately when he saw such good and beautiful and strong angels. I will never forget his answer. Zach King told me he believed that the demons were there to protect him, and the angels were there to hurt him.
Of course, Zachary believed the lie from the demons for years that they would ultimately help him. But what astonished me about his answer was this: Even after seeing the total ugliness of the demons with his own physical eyes (for years as a satanist) and even after seeing the beauty of the angels with his own physical eyes (at least once in Detroit) he still believed that demons were morally better than angels.
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Now, some of my friends still doubt the authenticity of his account, and that is fine. But they should know that I spoke to him off the air for about six hours before hitting the “record” button, and I never sensed any of his stories were falsified. As ex city-paramedic, I’d like to think I’m pretty good at telling when someone is lying to me. But as to my interactions with Zach King, I never got the sense I was being lied to by him… fantastic as his story may be.
Before recording, King told me how as a satanist, he visually saw lots of demons with his own physical eyes. But once, after our recording, I asked if he ever saw angels. He said yes, and relayed how he was once on a project as a satanist in Detroit. On that “mission for satan,” King happened to see enormous angels of light that frightened him. I asked him why he didn’t convert immediately when he saw such good and beautiful and strong angels. I will never forget his answer. Zach King told me he believed that the demons were there to protect him, and the angels were there to hurt him.
Of course, Zachary believed the lie from the demons for years that they would ultimately help him. But what astonished me about his answer was this: Even after seeing the total ugliness of the demons with his own physical eyes (for years as a satanist) and even after seeing the beauty of the angels with his own physical eyes (at least once in Detroit) he still believed that demons were morally better than angels.
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How Angels Treat Good People (and Bad People)
Even today, I get stopped by people who watched my two interviews here and here with Zachary King, and still have questions for me. As most of you know, Zachary King was a full-blown Wizard with the World Church of Satan. There are never less than two, and never
padreperegrino.org
