This is a reply we see from Christian losers from time to time. "Hurr durr, well ur a sataunist so u cant be trusted". They cowardly play this as a card to get out of debate or otherwise avoid having to answer to claims made about us. Of course, Christians aren't the only ones who employ this fallacious thinking. You may see a progressive activist who says, "Well you're white, so I don't care what you have to say about George Floyd", or even a farmer telling a geneticist, "Well you're from New York City, so nobody should believe anything you have to say about corn." These would be examples of the "ad hominem" ("at the person") fallacy. Some people mistakenly think ad hominems are limited to direct insults. It's one thing to spice up a constructed counterargument by tossing in a slur or two. For example: "No, you fucking idiot, elephants can't fly. And here are 10 science articles explaining how we know." -- the opening insult doesn't invalidate the rest. It is however fallacious to say that the statement "The Church of Satan is not headquartered in Australia" can't possibly be correct because you don't like the religion of the person who said it. The reason the rejection is fallacious is because the validity of the statement "The Church of Satan is not headquartered in Australia" doesn't depend at all on WHO is saying it. Either it's factually true or false. When I say the organization is not based in Australia, you don't have to take my word for it, even as an official rep of the organization. You could look up for example postal mailing addresses, documentaries, interviews, etc., which all point to how the original headquarters was in San Francisco and eventually moved to New York. Furthermore, the burden of proof of the original statement, "The Church of Satan *is* based in Australia", is all on the person making that claim. Where? When? What's your evidence of this? Good luck trying to support that one. Why do people like altprdx do this? I suspect it's driven by a mix of self-righteousness and laziness. Conspiracy theorists and political idoelogues alike are driven by emotion and always put that over logic. The thrill of finding a new post that confirms a bias is always more inviting than having to stop, read, and see if something is really true. To be fair, we've all fallen for some click-bait article or another before. But some people make it their whole diet.