I've been reading "The Revelation of John, Vol. 1; The Daily Study Bible Series" by William Barclay, first published in 1959. Barclay makes an observation regarding Biblical times that demonstrates how the DS playbook has been in effect for over 2,000 years and continues to be used to this day. In the six slanders, it would seem that the satanists were really describing themselves:

What were the slanders which were leveled against the Christians? There were six ever-recurring slanders:

1. On the basis of the words of the Sacrament -- This is my body, and this is my blood -- the story went about that the Christians were cannibals.

2. Because the Christians called their common meal the Agape, the Love Feast, it was said that their gatherings were orgies of lust and immorality.

3. Because Christianity did, in fact, often split families, when some members of them became Christians, and some did not, the Christians were accused of breaking up homes and "tampering with family relationships."

4. The heathen accused the Christians of atheism because they could not understand a worship which had no images of the gods, such as they themselves had.

5. The Christians were accused of being politically disloyal citizens and potential revolutionaries because they would not say,: "Caesar is Lord."

6. The Christians were accused of being incendiaries because they foretold the end of the world in flames and disintegration.