“He wasn't raised as a Christian, and he had never found any kind of religion to settle down with. He thought he'd found something that worked for him. It's not worshipping the devil. It's nothing ritualistic. It's about the pursuit of knowledge. He explained to me that there can be Satanic Christians. It gave him the peacefulness and serenity of Buddhism. It was a real peaceful thing.”
“There was nothing that would lead me to believe he would burn down a church. Russ was always very respectful of my religion. We discussed it openly, the way many people discuss politics.”
