“If you give me money I will make the demon go away.”
“Is that true?”
NARRATOR: It was not
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You must have faith that she is in network.
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wait, they charged her with Fake Witchcraft? Was the law protecting the guild of witches, and has since been repealed? Is it now legal to practice Fake Witchcraft? What about real witchcraft?
(No, I surely did NOT read the linked article)
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$150? So you’ve still got the demon then.
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Reading the fine print from the original source, it seems that there was fraud and taking advantage of the client. However, a chunk of the 71K might be robbery. She was probably allowed into their residency and picked up some stuff.
The charges were amended to fraud, and then dropped.
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Bah, blessing scam skip the daughter and outright blames the money as the source of all evil.
The state got its cut…
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So what separates this from other sanctioned religions keeping away the devil for money? They seem equally valid but we grant one tax breaks and incarcerate the other.
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I don’t recall any fortune teller ever asking for more than a quarter.
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So why is this illegal when Scientology’s “pay us lots of money so you can exorcise your haunted space aliens” scam is legal?
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Scale.
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How much did the demon get?
You do know that those eyebrows are alien parasites controlling her brain, right?
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In France, scientology is regarded as a scam, while more established practices are not.
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Gig jobs for demons, the pay is hell.
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Great! Now how about we arrest Joel Osteen and his ilk.
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sounds like a violation of free speech to me, if the megachurch pastors can grift so can small, artisanal religious organizations
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