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Exposing Bill Schnoebelen

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  William “Bill” Schnoebelen has been making the rounds in Christian circles since the 1980s. His story is almost too good to be true: he claims to have been a former Catholic priest, Wiccan, Mormon, satanist, 90th degree Mason (there are only 33 degrees), Illuminati member, and vampire – all at the same time (first warning bell) – before becoming a Christian. He gives speeches giving an “inside look” at these organisations. Problem is, it is too good to be true. The guy really should’ve tried harder: he just can’t keep his story straight, and has committed outright deception. For one thing: THERE ARE ONLY 33 DEGREES OF MASONRY! And that’s mainly the Scottish rite. Other Masonic rights have even fewer degrees. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “90TH DEGREE MASON”! For another, there is his demonstrably false claims about Dungeons & Dragons . This connects to my post Christian Paranoia: Dungeons & Dragons – Part 1 , which covers some of the lies ...