(April 9, 2017 at 4:20 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Talk about missing the point.
No, I am not saying you elevated Satan to a god status. I AM saying the character name is stolen from prior traditions. What the newer users view it at does not change the fact it was used by prior people.
Satan is technically a word, not a name. And once again, no one here is claiming that the word satan is new or was created by Satanists. Who are you even arguing with about this? It sure isn't me.
(April 9, 2017 at 3:41 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Again it is just as stupid for Buddhists to claim their religion has nothing to do with deities or superstition. Even TODAY you can find BUDDHISTS with superstitions like Nirvana and still believe in spirits.
What the fuck are you even talking about Buddhism for?
(April 9, 2017 at 3:41 pm)Brian37 Wrote: You trying to cop out to a "philosophy" is no different. It is incorporating old motifs, character names and changing the interpretation.
Satanism is a philosophy. A religion requires belief in a supernatural deity. Satanists do not belief in supernatural deities. What the fuck are you even talking about?
(April 9, 2017 at 3:41 pm)Brian37 Wrote: It works the same way with any product one might buy. Coke puts out a cherry soda, and not to be outdone Pepsi looks at that and says "hey we need to get in on that" and they put out a new cherry flavor soda, give it a different color can and slightly different flavor, but none of that changes that the roots of soda were around long before either company.
You are STILL taking old ideas and attempting to make them less dogmatic.
You are still marketing a club and still using a word that has a far longer past than your new interpretation.
You are still making the mistake of thinking that Satanism is somehow in competition with religion. It is not. No one is "marketing a club." what are you talking about? Are we having the same conversation? And once again, no one here disagrees that the word satan was first seen in the Torah. Who are you arguing with this about?
We can go back and forth on this for the rest of the day if you like, but so far the only thing you've displayed is that you don't understand what Satanism is and that you seem to have no interest in understanding what it is.
Not sure how many times you want to repeat yourself here, but I'm getting sick of participating in this pointless back and forth, so unless you offer something new in your next post, I doubt I'll be replying.
I'm still open to continuing a discussion on Satanism via private message, but like I said I have a creeping suspicion, for whatever reason, that you have no interest in this type of open dialogue and would rather continue your pointless, endless rant about how satan isn't a new word.
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
