when i was around 7 years old, they always made sure i was staying on top of myself and having church on sundays we would go downtown to feed the home ms and it just happened there with my parents. i know your parents are so proud of you. what is your message to other teenagers that are watching this morning? just to always be a blessing to someone and we all go through different battles, so lean on one another and have compassion for one another. that s great. now you are in high school, and i know you ve got an eye on the future. what would you like to do later on in life? i would like to be an evangelist and spreading my faith and the gospel and i want to work with young teens in leadership. fantastic. i think through the magic of television right now there are millions of people who are watching your message and they are all going i like that kid, he s a great example. what are you going to do with the money? i know you said you are going to help other people?
consider my path very similar to that. it s a path michael first started exploring as a young boy in sunday school. michael was raised lutheran but struggled to see the bible as more than just a story. by the time he became a teenager, he was ready to walk away. i was definitely looking into the other side of life i wasn t exposed to. i went to my parents and said that i just don t believe any of this and i would really appreciate it if i didn t have to go here on sundays. and they were furious. it s one thing to walk away from the church, and it s another to say that you are a satanist. it s a very big leap. three years ago michael started exploring a form of satanism first popularized in the 1960s. hail satan. the church of satan is an exclusive group of atheists known for their hedonistic and self-centered beliefs.
of town. dakota and xander drove 14 hours from oklahoma to witness the unveiling. i can t imagine it s the easiest thing to be a satanist in oklahoma. how were you guys raised? my parents are both missionaries. as you can imagine there s a lot of bible study and going to church on sundays, but as i got older it was sort of something didn t really comply with who i was as a person. and was there something in your life that kind of propelled you to turn your back on the church? i came out, and i was basically shunned after everybody in my church found out. do you feel like you were really hurt by the church? i wouldn t say that i was hurt by the church. i would just say that it s very difficult to want to be a part of something that is so against what you believe in. you both grew up in the church. do you believe that there s a god? no. we let religion warp our minds into believing that there could
i can t imagine it s the easiest thing to be a satanist in oklahoma. how were you guys raised? my parents are both missionaries. as you can imagine there s a lot of bible study and going to church on sundays, but as i got older it was sort of something didn t really comply with who i was as a person. and was there something in your life that kind of propelled you to turn your back on the church? i came out, and i was basically shunned after everybody in my church found out. do you feel like you were really hurt by the church? i wouldn t say that i was hurt by the church. i would just say that it s very difficult to want to be a part of something that is so against what you believe in. you both grew up in the church. do you believe that there s a god? no. we let religion warp our minds into believing that there could be a god or a devil. i don t discount the possibility of there being a
started exploring as a young boy in sunday school. michael was raised lutheran but struggled to see the bible as more than just a story. by the time he became a teenager, he was ready to walk away. i was definitely looking into the other side of life i wasn t exposed to. i went to my parents and said that i just don t believe any of this and i would really appreciate it if i didn t have to go here on sundays. and they were furious. it s one thing to walk away from the church, and it s another to say that you are a satanist. it s a very big leap. three years ago michael started exploring a form of satanism first popularized in the 1960s. hail satan. the church of satan is an exclusive group of atheists known for their hedonistic and self-centered beliefs. attitudes and practices that