Regarding the destruction of his dramatic story..yeah, LaVey made up a lot of stuff. But his daughter and Michael Aquino went to some pretty insane lengths to discredit him, and aside from their morbid obsession with attacking his (admittedly questionable) character, they did stretch the truth on several occasions. Several of their claims were nothing but hearsay, some of their sources are suspect, and they cite THEMSELVES as the only sources on more than a few points. Some of their "exposures" are things that have not been denied for decades. Yes, we know that the book of Satan was lifted from Might is Right - the church has been promoting a hardback edition of Might is Right recently. As for official church membership details, Zeena Schreck and Michael Aquino claim they knew everything, while Church leaders claim they didn't and that Ms. Schreck never held any position within the church, let alone high priestess. If Anton LaVey could make things up to enhance his reputation, his daughter could just as easily make things up to degrade it. If you're going to question one source, question the other. I for one don't know or care if most of the details are true; they make a good story, though.
And I agree with your take on our argument. The only point to all this is that Helm thinks I'm worthless and stupid and I think he's pretentious and belligerent. No one wins. But I got the last word...so far.
