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Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
(September 9, 2015 at 11:14 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 12:01 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: This stuff freaks me out like nothing else, but nonetheless it's kind of intriguing in a morbid sort of way.  Undecided

They picked Satan on purpose because it makes Christians uncomfortable. They could have just as easily picked Cthulu. They want you to be freaked out because it might be the only way to get some people to see how others feel when they're constantly bombarded with messages from a human-sacrifice-centered cult.

When my family (who are mostly Catholic, since I am half-Cajun, on my mother's side, even though she personally converted to Southern Baptist, my dad's faith) start getting too heavily into their human-sacrifice-cult talk, I tend to fire off a quip from Warhammer 40K to let them know how creepy I find their ideas:

"Blood for the Blood God!"

You can dress it up in a suit and tie and a pretty bonnet with bows, but in the end Christianity is a weird combination of a blood-sacrifice cult from the Ancient Near East's desert sheepherder/warrior tribes and amalgamations of the various Pagan ideas in first century Persian, Greek, and Roman cultures. The idea of murdering a man-god as a substitute for a baby sheep sacrificed ritually to placate a Blood God is no more or less creepy than any other pagan idea I have seen, including those of Satan Worshipers (distinct from Satanists). The only difference is that Satan Worshipers are more aware/open/honest about their creepy ideas, and our culture is so heavily-infused with the insanity of Christian doctrines that people don't see just how creepy their most basic ideas really are, when examined from a "fresh sheet of paper", so to speak.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost

I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.

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RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue. - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 9, 2015 at 11:25 pm

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