Alice Cooper Has Become a Member of the Church of Satan?

Rock musician Alice Cooper has become a member of the Church of Satan?????  For years, he has claimed to be a “born-again Christian.”  Cooper’s actual religious heritage is Bickertonite.  The Bickertonites are a small Trinitarian Mormon sect named for Wlliam Bickerton, but actually formed by the fascinating Sidney Rigdon. (Rigdon was a ubiquitous American religious figure from the nineteenth century who was quite fractious, becoming involved in one religious argument after another and moving rapidly among religious denominations and then quickly becoming a prominent leader in each of them.  Rigdon was in rapid succession, a leader among the Baptists, the Campbellites (Disciples of Christ), the main Joseph Smith Mormon group, and several Mormon schismatic sects.  Rigdon usually ended up disassociated or excommunicated by his former affiliative groups.)

Bickertonites  http://www.thechurchofjesuschrist.org/index.cfm

http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=113546

http://www.mormonwiki.com/Bickertonites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_(Bickertonite)

http://graceforgrace.com/2008/02/18/lds-church-vs-church-of-jesus-christ-bickertonites-vs-rlds-community-of-christ/

For the record, many people believe that this is an elaborate April Fools Joke being perpetrated by Alice Cooper for the publicity it will engender.

What They Think of Us: Alice Cooper

In the December 2009 issue of the Canadian horror film magazine, Rue Morgue (yes, I read several movie magazines), Robert Amacker of Poplarville, Mississippi decries the fact that the magazine has covered the work of the shock rock musician, Alice Cooper, but not of King Diamond, a horror themed rock musician.

"...while I respect all of the contributions Cooper has made to the worlds of music and horror, at least Diamond hasn't tarnished his legacy by taking up golf and Christianity."

Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian. Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, their religious beliefs, or their actions. This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Nobis: (b. Wales - d. 873/874) Bishop of St> Davids in Dyffed, Walws. Relative of Asser, Bishop of Sherborne.

Wulsige: (fl. 892) Bishop of Sherborne.

Koyama Kosuke: (b. 1929, Japan – d. 2009) Theologian seminary professor, missionary in Thailand, He taught a form of Liberation Theology and sought a Christian-Buddhist dialogue. He thought that instead of being academic, theology should be accessible to peasants living in underdeveloped countries.

Jessie Hale Downs (b. 1917 – d. 2009) aka. “Mama Downs,” “Sister Jessie.” Co-founder with her husband, of the Jimmie Hale Mission in Birmingham, a mission to homeless men. Jessie’s Place for Women and Children is named for her.

Vincent Damon Furnier (b. 1948, Michigan) aka: Alice Cooper. Shock rocker, rock singer, songwriter, broadcaster, film actor, restaurantuer.