Undomiel
May 27th 2003, 02:25 PM
One day, while visiting a forum of a celebrated paranormal radio talk show, I encountered the man who had taken on the task of replacing Anton La Vey as the leader of the Satanic Church. People came to debate him on several subjects, chief among these being that the concept of a Satanic Church was ludicrous because satanists believe worship of Satan is done via complete anarchy and the concept of "church" is an organized function - polar opposites. The gentleman then replied that the Satanic Church had taken on a new function on the planet. This is what caught my attention, since I'd heard most of the other Satanic arguments before and the new argument was a totally different twist in how to avoid God and wreak havoc on people of faith.
Apparently, to become a member of the Satanic Church, it's an absolute necessity that you NOT believe in Satan in the first place. In other words, to be a member of the Official Satanic Church you have to be an atheist! This caused a huge debate where hard core satanists of the pagan variety debated the new satanists who simply refused to believe any supernatural beings existed AT ALL. The old pagan satanists were in shock. They had seen the power of the supernatural in action and could not comprehend the new leader's dogma. Then he explained himself once he had everyone's attention. This is an approximation of what he said:
Since many christians and jews believe God and Satan exist, and have assigned them their own qualities based on old, archaic books, we shall give them what they want. They think Satan is there to torture and persecute them in their lives, so we are simply accomodating them. They think God is there to punish them for their so-called sins, so we are merely providing them with the punishment. If they feel guilt, we magnify it by rubbing their noses in it, just as they claim Satan does. If they are tempted to abuse drugs, we help them along. We offer them the pleasures of the world, just as the Satan they believe in would do. We personify their delusions and exaggerate them. Then we sit back and laugh at them for their stupidity. One less christian or jew, one less problem on the planet.
Their theology is designed to be as psychologically disruptive as possible. In other words, it's been designed by some professional doctors who happen to be satanists, with the sole purpose of totally messing up the head of an unsuspecting person of faith. If the christian or jew so targetted goes insane as a result, the satanist is just doing his job, fulfilling his role in the believer's mind. Supposedly, this also proves God isn't real or He wouldn't have let the satanist's theology mess up the mind of a person of faith. For the atheist scientist with a morbid fascination for human experimentation, this was a long awaited opportunity.
Now this was something the pagan satanists could sink their teeth into. Even though they recognized the power of the supernatural and spiritual Satan, the sheer sadistic pleasure of punishing those who had been spiritually or supernaturally, their arch enemies [et.al, christians, jews], was music to their ears. They approved.
Meanwhile, the atheists on the forums that were not Satanists, gave an approving nod because they were similarly sick and tired of christians and their ideas about repentance and damnation and figured these new guys had the right idea - God just don't exist. What more poetic way to get the point across. It was sheer genius in their opinions.
To say I was totally in shock would be putting it mildy. Here were men and women who believed in morality, who believed in equality, who believed in the freedoms of democracy, supporting the torture and punishment of a select portion of society simply BECAUSE they didn't happen to agree with them about religion.
I left that room with a whole new respect for the supernatural realm.
If you don't want to entertain the notion that evil exists and has an agenda, that's your business but generally-speaking, sticking one's head in the sand won't make it go away.
Apparently, to become a member of the Satanic Church, it's an absolute necessity that you NOT believe in Satan in the first place. In other words, to be a member of the Official Satanic Church you have to be an atheist! This caused a huge debate where hard core satanists of the pagan variety debated the new satanists who simply refused to believe any supernatural beings existed AT ALL. The old pagan satanists were in shock. They had seen the power of the supernatural in action and could not comprehend the new leader's dogma. Then he explained himself once he had everyone's attention. This is an approximation of what he said:
Since many christians and jews believe God and Satan exist, and have assigned them their own qualities based on old, archaic books, we shall give them what they want. They think Satan is there to torture and persecute them in their lives, so we are simply accomodating them. They think God is there to punish them for their so-called sins, so we are merely providing them with the punishment. If they feel guilt, we magnify it by rubbing their noses in it, just as they claim Satan does. If they are tempted to abuse drugs, we help them along. We offer them the pleasures of the world, just as the Satan they believe in would do. We personify their delusions and exaggerate them. Then we sit back and laugh at them for their stupidity. One less christian or jew, one less problem on the planet.
Their theology is designed to be as psychologically disruptive as possible. In other words, it's been designed by some professional doctors who happen to be satanists, with the sole purpose of totally messing up the head of an unsuspecting person of faith. If the christian or jew so targetted goes insane as a result, the satanist is just doing his job, fulfilling his role in the believer's mind. Supposedly, this also proves God isn't real or He wouldn't have let the satanist's theology mess up the mind of a person of faith. For the atheist scientist with a morbid fascination for human experimentation, this was a long awaited opportunity.
Now this was something the pagan satanists could sink their teeth into. Even though they recognized the power of the supernatural and spiritual Satan, the sheer sadistic pleasure of punishing those who had been spiritually or supernaturally, their arch enemies [et.al, christians, jews], was music to their ears. They approved.
Meanwhile, the atheists on the forums that were not Satanists, gave an approving nod because they were similarly sick and tired of christians and their ideas about repentance and damnation and figured these new guys had the right idea - God just don't exist. What more poetic way to get the point across. It was sheer genius in their opinions.
To say I was totally in shock would be putting it mildy. Here were men and women who believed in morality, who believed in equality, who believed in the freedoms of democracy, supporting the torture and punishment of a select portion of society simply BECAUSE they didn't happen to agree with them about religion.
I left that room with a whole new respect for the supernatural realm.
If you don't want to entertain the notion that evil exists and has an agenda, that's your business but generally-speaking, sticking one's head in the sand won't make it go away.