Anglorfin wrote:Boy I hope I don't get flamed for this ...
FLame on!
J/K
Anglorfin wrote:Boy I hope I don't get flamed for this ...
hippiecrits!KateG wrote:Yes, it continues to amuse me that the portion of the population most prone to ridiculing or assaulting hippies for their long hair in the 60s/70's is the same population (and/or their offspring) most likely to sport it now.
I don't worship any deities myself and I don't think of people who do as being misguided. But aren't the people who actually worship Satan (I don't mean the goth kids) worshipping evil? I don't think most religions are based on the adoration of evil. I think worshipping evil is not a very good thing---would not the worshippers be expected to perform evil acts as well? I think people should be free to worship Satan as long as people aren't being hurt, but I must say I do consider them to be misguided if they are professing to love evil. Maybe Satan stands for something different to Satan-worshippers than the idea does to me.Anglorfin wrote:....Boy I hope I don't get flamed for this but I believe that worshipping Satan is just as misguided as worshipping ANY other deity. So I can't help but laugh when people point out how "wrong" someone is. As long as a religion helps people calm their souls then it is doing its job. If you can do that through other means then that is just as good too.
Well, you're placing a filter of dualism over what might not beCynth wrote:But aren't the people who actually worship Satan (I don't mean the goth kids) worshipping evil?
Yes, exactly. According to their church leader (Anton LeVay?) God is a capricious bully, and Lucifer a freedom loving individualist. "I will not serve" ect., ect.peeplj wrote:I think they view God as evil and Satan as a sort of underdog hero.
Thus, Satanism, to my understanding, doesn't worship evil, because it views God as being the true evil and his followers as being misguided.
Please note, though, that LeVay's Church of Satan is not the onlyFather Emmet wrote:Yes, exactly. According to their church leader (Anton LeVay?) God is a capricious bully, and Lucifer a freedom loving individualist. "I will not serve" ect., ect.