Reply #11: 30 million fundies can't be wrong: Procter & Gamble is the Devil!

[KamaAina]

Guess cleanliness isn't next to godliness after alll... :sarcasm:



http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/procter.asp

Those who accept the rumor as revealed truth point to P&G's "man in the moon" logo as proof of the company's ties to evil. They see in the curlicues of the moon man's beard an array of 6s and believe that by playing "connect the dots" with the thirteen stars in the logo, three 6's can be made to appear. (According to Revelation 13:18 666 is the "mark of the Beast", with the "beast" understood to be the devil.)

But wait! Could Satan be involved in this saga after all?

Although the origin of the P&G satanism rumor is unknown, Procter & Gamble has over the years initiated a number of lawsuits against Amway Corp. (now known as Alticor), a vendor of household products (many of which compete with Procter & Gamble's brands), charging it with fomenting the slander. P&G claims distributors for Amway revived the rumors in 1995 when a distributor recounted a version of the TV show rumor on the company's national voice mail system for distributors. P&G has successfully sued a number of individuals who spread the rumor — some of whom have been Amway distributors — but has yet to prove in court that Amway itself has been behind the resurgence of the Satanism claim. Amway insists it has not had a hand in furthering the rumor but has made attempts to combat it. The P&G/Amway battle has been fought in a number of courts at great cost to both companies. P&G has been closemouthed about its legal fees relating to the matter, but a 2001 Houston Chronicle article has Amway admitting to $30 million in legal bills.

Procter & Gamble: not the Devil. Amway, Alticor, whatever: the Devil.