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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 5:13 am
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(October 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Christian Wrote: My Pastor said that Satanism and Atheism are same religions because in both, the adherents take personal responsibility for their actions. Is it true?
It depends what kind of Satanism you are talking about. LaVey's popular brand of Satanism shares that self-responsibility, and also a kind of Machiavellian utility, i.e. a resistance to letting others control your life with words you don't subscribe to.
I like the few minutes starting at about 12 minutes.
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 5:20 am
Actually, I am a Satanist.
Shhhh. This is our little secret.
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 8:18 am
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(October 28, 2014 at 1:59 am)ForumMember77 Wrote: It depends what kind of Satanism you are talking about. LaVey's popular brand of Satanism shares that self-responsibility, and also a kind of Machiavellian utility, i.e. a resistance to letting others control your life with words you don't subscribe to.
I like the few minutes starting at about 12 minutes.
LaVeyan Satanism: Sociopathy in cheap costumes.
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 8:56 am
(October 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Christian Wrote: My Pastor said that Satanism and Atheism are same religions because in both, the adherents take personal responsibility for their actions. Is it true?
Perhaps your pastor meant antitheism and not atheism. Satanism and antitheism go together rather well. Also, atheism is not a religion.
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 9:14 am
(October 28, 2014 at 1:57 am)Jenny A Wrote: (October 28, 2014 at 1:46 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: Darlin', they're tenets, not tenants. Issssssssh! That made me chuckle
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 9:54 am
(October 28, 2014 at 8:56 am)Sinbad Wrote: (October 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Christian Wrote: My Pastor said that Satanism and Atheism are same religions because in both, the adherents take personal responsibility for their actions. Is it true?
Perhaps your pastor meant antitheism and not atheism. Satanism and antitheism go together rather well. Also, atheism is not a religion.
Or maybe we give the Pastor too much credit, and he merely meant the old chestnut that anyone who doesn't serve the Lord serves Satan by default.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 10:22 am
(October 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Christian Wrote: My Pastor said that Satanism and Atheism are same religions because in both, the adherents take personal responsibility for their actions. Is it true?
How many troll threads did your pastor ask you to make here?
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 11:29 am
(October 28, 2014 at 12:52 am)Christian Wrote: My Pastor's got a Masters in Theology.
So you should be asking yourself why he thinks atheism is a religion. He's either ignorantly wrong or knowingly lying to you. Atheism is as much a religion as autism and priapism.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 11:47 am
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(October 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Christian Wrote: My Pastor said that Satanism and Atheism are same religions because in both, the adherents take personal responsibility for their actions. Is it true?
I don't know what satanism is, I looked into it once and it looked stupid so that's probably why I didn't remember it.
Anton la vay, his church looks like pretentious bullshit, he used to go round looking like some weird evil bond villain in a house decorated the same way. It's basically pretentious goths making a religion out of nothing.
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RE: Satanism and Atheism
October 28, 2014 at 11:55 am
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(October 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm)Christian Wrote: My Pastor said that Satanism and Atheism are same religions because in both, the adherents take personal responsibility for their actions. Is it true?
No. Your pastor is a moron.
(October 28, 2014 at 12:52 am)Christian Wrote: (October 28, 2014 at 12:47 am)dyresand Wrote: i hate to break it to you penguins do have a IQ higher than a pastor, even ants also a rock.
My Pastor's got a Masters in Theology.
That just proves the point.
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