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Procter and Gamble Ruled: Not Satanic

Posted in News by Dan at 9:00 am
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Nope, Proctor and Gamble is not a satanic company – or so says a settled 12 year $19 lawsuit. This all started when rivals began spreading rumors that the company had ties to a satanic church and had satanic worshipers in its upper ranks – which hurt world wide business, especially with evangelicals in the US.

During the 1960s, a story began circulating that the corporation was controlled by Satan worshipers. A moon-star symbol was used by the company on many of its products from 1882 to 1985, which was considered suspect.

The stars in fact stand for the thirteen original American colonies. But the arrangement of stars in the symbol was said to secretly spell out the Revelation 13:18 “number of the beast”: 666. The logo, though, is still used and remains a recognized brand outside of the United States.

Without examining the facts, many people, most notably evangelicals, signed petitions against Procter & Gamble and boycotted their products in the 1980s and 1990s.

When in doubt, sue! Right?

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4 Responses to “Procter and Gamble Ruled: Not Satanic”

  1. Jerry says:

    Having grown up in Cincinnati, I had forgotten about this! My dad worked there in the 70’s & had a case w/ the logo on it.

  2. websnap says:

    Is that a typo, or is that a $19 lawsuit that has gone on for 12 years. How could that even BEGIN to justify the legal fees?

  3. chad says:

    well…. looks like I won’t be buying anymore of their products… ;)

  4. Caitlin says:

    $19 million. If you link dig a bit, it appends a million to the $19.

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