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Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
OK, I'll jump in.
3. I believe that there are more people who listen to heavy metal music that are Satanists than there are Freemasons who are Satanists.
Originally posted by MaskedAvatar
The proof would be derived as follows:
1. Interview all Freemasons worldwide and establish how many believe that Satan is the supreme being. Also, ask them if they listen to metal, to avoid duplication.
2. Interview all metal listeners worldwide (except metal listeners who are Freemasons) to determine how many believe Satan is the supreme being.
3. Remove Freemason metal listeners from the equation.
4. Compare the total Satanist Freemasons as a proportion of all Freemasons (X) with the total Satanist metal listeners as a proportion of all metal listeners (Y).
5. If X < Y, my case is proven.
6. In devising the questionnaire I would recommend specific attention being paid to the lie scales and social desirability scales. A segment of both groups may lie about being Satanists, but in the area of social desirability it is likely that more metal listeners will lie in the affirmative that they are Satanists, because as a metal listener it is socially desirable to be a Satanist (even for Christian metal listeners) while for Freemasons it is not.
QED.
[Edited on 4-11-2003 by MaskedAvatar]