Originally posted by SpyMoose
Its not really satan they worship, they just Coopted the symbol of satan, because they knew it would offend people and thats part of what they like about being satanists, gave it a big make over and get to have a nice counter culture religion of thier very own.
I dont agree at all with the idea that this is what christianity should be. By far the majority of christians i know are completely relateable regular bible thumping, everything liberal protesting segment of nice kinds of people. They get a bad rap from the ultra right wing evangelical segment of thier religion. But i cant say ive evere met a satanist who wasnt a pretentious self righious snotty idiot (I notice the wiccans ive known are the same way, although the wiccans ive known were also stupid raver kids into extacy). Although in their favor there are probably fewer satanists than ultra right christians.
Its like anton lavey said,"religions are easy to invent",
if you want to follow the religion of a cat,thats catism,catism would include these statements:
(1) Don’t run, if you can walk.
(2) Don’t walk, if you can stand.
(3) Don’t stand, if you can sit.
(4) Don’t sit, if you can lie down, and
(5) Don’t stay awake, if you can take a nap.
Principle religion of a cat,you could take that as a religion quiet easily,providing you stuck to the rules.
Its not a religion unless you follow a system religously,if its what you do.
So if you dont follow the church of satan religously,then youre not of it,even if you claim thats what you follow,and agree with.
In many respects thats what christianity is,the problem is you got assholes who claim to follow it but dont,or they misquote it,plus their religion is all inside that book and they seem to take it how they please,sometimes including the 10 commandments,i mean which part of THOU SHALT NOT KILL did they not understand?
They constantly attach meaning to things when there could be an alternate meaning.
Christianity should be clear in what it says and be followed accordingly,with the strict rules set and not broken,if they are broken you are NOT following it as a religion,you have your own,thats the problem.