It's all superstitious poppy-cock. The only reality we can know is the physical universe that we engage with with our senses.

BUMP.

NOT CRAP!

Linus Van Pelt wrote:

salfordboysclub wrote:my take is ..if you dont . . . harm anyone then do what you want..

Satanism's "Golden Rule", more or less.


Change the Communism to Socialism, and I agree somewhat with tmh's analogy. The thing is - Satanism (not to be confused with Devil Worship, etc.) isn't really a religion in my book, as it makes no claims on the supernatural, no claims on cosmogony, no claims on morality, other than promoting amorality. So it becomes kind of an apples to oranges matter. Comparing the philosophical component of Christianity to Satanism is a good comparison, I think, and it does seem like a Socialist to Capitalist comparison.

Also:
Satanism: Crap. Humans survive and thrive to the extent that we cooperate. A philosophy/religion/belief system that elevates the individual over all else is bad for humanity. Fortunately, it got named "Satanism", so it will never catch on. Unfortunately, it also goes by "Libertarianism", and that might catch on.

This is all true. A true Satanist wouldn't really worship anything as they are trying to be the religiosity to the "worship" of Christianity, for the most part Satan merely symbolises the idea rather than being a patron diety.

toomanyhelicopters wrote:Satan seeming cool all depends on your perspective and your personal interpretation of what Satan represents. to me, Satan represents a combination of utter selfishness, cruelty, and deception. if you have anywhere near as active an imagination as i do, i don't see how you could picture the apex of selfishness, cruelty, and deception, and say that seems remotely "cool". what is your characterization of Satan?

Did not the god of the Old Testament himself perpetrate mass infanticide and brought about devastating floods upon his creation and whathaveyou?

Are not slavery and submission clearly and unambiguously advocated all throughout the fucking bible?

Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.

(Peter 2:18, I could go on)

So, as for the "christianity equals socialism" thing, I'd have to refer you to Marx' writing on religion. "Satanism," if anything, was mounted against precisely the burgeoning capitalist-bourgeoise mentality that libertarianism deifies (see Fred Nietzsche, Baudelaire et al), and as a means of exploring, on its own terms, themes of friction, morality, desire, and freedom of thought and expression. As noted, it has absolutely zero to do with the horned dude (or socio-economics for that matter).

And even when it does, it is still occasionally amusing:



Also, Jimmy Page.

nice:

The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth

by Anton Szandor LaVey ©1967





1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.

2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.

3. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.

4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.

5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.

6. Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.

7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.

8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.

9. Do not harm little children.

10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.

11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.

mr.arrison wrote:11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.

Perfect.

mr.arrison wrote:7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.

Total bullshit.

Smell the magic, Gramsci.

sunlore wrote:

Dude, this guy is wearing a little DEVIL SUIT!
Look at that! Like the guy on the Underwood Devil Spread can.
He should be running around with a little pitchfork too...

Imagine if Christian priests had little tutus that looked like clouds and carried harps, or strolled up to the alter schlepping a cross.

Could it be that these satanists are just a playful lot, and they don this cute l'il suit, with it's horns and everything (!) because they have a sense of humor?
That would explain this photo.

Of course, so would:

5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.

-A