RE: This is unexpected.
May 9, 2011 at 10:58 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2011 at 10:59 pm by DeistPaladin.)
I always thought "Satanism" was just another name for goth teenagers in rebellion against their fundy parents.
With your description, my initial reaction is that this is much like "scientific pantheism". For the scientific pantheist, "God" is the sum total of the universe but that universe isn't conscious or acting in any deliberate way. So basically, they're atheists with some pointless category confusion.
To be honest, I have a similar reaction to your stated identity. If I've understood you correctly, you're a hedonist with a more shocking and widely misunderstood name that you're going to have to spend a lot of time explaining and clarifying to anyone you share that identity with (as you've done here).
Personally, I think belief in a conscious being is a base requirement for any deity or divine agent before adopting that being's philosophic or religious label. Otherwise, it's a category confusion with the universe, energy, love, pleasure, or some other concept.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. You don't need my approval. I only provided my honest reaction because you asked.
With your description, my initial reaction is that this is much like "scientific pantheism". For the scientific pantheist, "God" is the sum total of the universe but that universe isn't conscious or acting in any deliberate way. So basically, they're atheists with some pointless category confusion.
To be honest, I have a similar reaction to your stated identity. If I've understood you correctly, you're a hedonist with a more shocking and widely misunderstood name that you're going to have to spend a lot of time explaining and clarifying to anyone you share that identity with (as you've done here).
Personally, I think belief in a conscious being is a base requirement for any deity or divine agent before adopting that being's philosophic or religious label. Otherwise, it's a category confusion with the universe, energy, love, pleasure, or some other concept.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. You don't need my approval. I only provided my honest reaction because you asked.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
