By: gd779
pots: Wow, I'm impressed. Your opinions are thoughtful and lucid. If you don't mind me asking, what made you believe in God as the "original creative force". For some time now, I've been trying to...
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gd779: You're not missing anything, I've just not been very lucid. I am not an atheist. If asked I would say that I believe in some form of original creative force which no longer works in the world;...
View ArticleBy: echolalia67
Here's one of the most lucid debunkings of contemporary satanism. Whether or not you like the writer's own faith - wiccan - he's definitely knows his stuff when it comes to The Church of Satan and it's...
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
My bad! LRon hung out with Crowley. Not the LeVay satanists. Nutcases, all, to be sure.
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pots: I didn't think that you condemned religion. I thought that you condemned religion's "metaphysical bullshit". You tried to explain the difference, but I'm afraid that I still don't understand is...
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gd779: I don't think I condemned religion, though I am critical. I certainly didn't condemn religion or the religious for making the "leap of faith" that the Adam of your quotation made. I understand...
View ArticleBy: dejah420
BlackFly, I'm sure you're kidding...but in case anyone else decides to take this rather excellent photoshopping job seriously... If you check the image where it makes it's debut on the internets...
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Satanists proclaim that doubt is vital in the absence of proof... Seems fairly laudable to me. To be clear, my point is that this philosophy necessarily leads to unchecked skepticism or, at best,...
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Satanists proclaim that doubt is vital in the absence of proof.... Seems fairly laudable to me. I recently read an article where Stanley Fish, discussing Paradise Lost, points out that Satan and Adam...
View ArticleBy: homunculus
A rock and a hard place await for for me Between the devil and the deep blue sea Everything I ever did right or wrong Hid out of sight where I belong, belong
View ArticleBy: Sidhedevil
Hildegarde, I'm not criticizing religions for being new, but maybe my post was confusing. A) My problem with many "new religions" is that they don't have the apparatus of charitable and civic...
View ArticleBy: blackfly
Trout: but who is rubbing elbows with the Man himself?! The plot thickens. ;)
View ArticleBy: tetsuo
"I thought the definition at least required the belief and the practice (however poorly realised) of the betterment of mankind - on a personal or social level." Religion? Really? I never really got...
View ArticleBy: gimonca
Normally, I wouldn't sink to something so obvious, but I cannot resist: Well first of all I'd like to apologize for the behaviour of certain of my colleagues you may have seen earlier, but they are...
View ArticleBy: troutfishing
"Followers of the Church of Satan live by the Nine Satanic Statements, which include Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek" - It sounds like George W. Bush and much of the...
View ArticleBy: matteo
I don't understand how anyone can join a church that was invented in their own lifetime, or even in their parents' lifetimes or their grandparents'. I wonder what Paul would think about that have a lot...
View ArticleBy: Blue Stone
Is Satanism really a religion? I thought the definition at least required the belief and the practice (however poorly realised) of the betterment of mankind - on a personal or social level. Satanism...
View ArticleBy: Hildegarde
History does not a religion make. Not all religions are about historical "truth". Sometimes they're about spiritual truth instead, which is more to the point. I don't think you should criticize a...
View ArticleBy: Sidhedevil
Hey, I resent that, elpapacito! I rejected Satan and all his works more than 20 years ago... So, here's the thing. I don't understand how anyone can join a church that was invented in their own...
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
Levey was just a low-rent L. Ron Hubbard LRon hobnobbed with Satanism for a while.
View ArticleBy: AccordionGuy
As long as he does his job well, he can engage in any belief system he wants. Besides, he probably has the best collection of heavy metal albums on the ship.
View ArticleBy: elpapacito
Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires! Meanwhile, in a little house in hell, SheDevil is all busy with his lover PapeSatan *papesatan* I wanna suck...
View ArticleBy: Mayor Curley
Mayor Curley: Which are the "I hate my parents" religions?! Anything not monotheistic? Those that don't form part of the western establishment? I'm curious. One that you shop for to reject the religion...
View ArticleBy: dejah420
Which are the "I hate my parents" religions?! Anything not monotheistic? Those that don't form part of the western establishment? I would venture a definition of "I hate my parents" religions as those...
View ArticleBy: lord_wolf
the "i hate my parents" religions are a damn sight better than the "i hate everyone who doesn't share my faith" religions
View ArticleBy: pots
Not a pretentious asshole. I read the article in the paper this morning and thought - in spite of my initial chuckle - that Crammer has as a rational a world view as any other person with a religion....
View ArticleBy: jsonic
A devil-worshipping non-commissioned officer... Satanists don't actually believe in the devil. (At least those of the Anton LaVey/Church of Satan variety).
View ArticleBy: influx
Just wonderful. Makes perfect sense to me. Why is this any different from any other religion?
View ArticleBy: Mayor Curley
If I were asked if I were evil, I would say yes - by virtue of the common definition. However, if you asked my family and friends you would hear a resounding 'no'. I get a massive amount from my...
View ArticleOne hell of a good sailor
Devil and the deep blue sea. A devil-worshipping non-commissioned officer in the Royal Navy has become the first registered Satanist in the British Armed Forces. Chris Cranmer, a naval technician...
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