Satanists: They Look Just Like You and Me

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Some might argue the life of a mortgage broker is a living hell. For Mike Grace, of Birmingham, Mich., it's not too far from the truth.

By day, he studies to be a loan officer. By night, he is High Magus Noxaura, the founder of the Reformed Church of Satan.

But this is a kinder, gentler Satanist, the Metro Times of Detroit reports. The church doesn't worship Beelzebub, it believes in taking responsibility for your own actions and being your own god.

"I don't care how much fun killing people is," Grace joked to the paper, "that sort of thing is just not acceptable."

He's even got a Web site, positivesatanism.org.

Sadly, Grace fell from grace himself a few days after speaking with the weekly newspaper. He was fired from his promising brokerage position.

"You cannot be a religious leader without your faith being tested," he told the paper.