(December 17, 2024 at 8:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(December 17, 2024 at 7:29 pm)Belacqua Wrote: It's because modern American "Satanists" don't believe in Satan. It's cos-play.
They could just as well be Mickey Mousists, except the Satan thing pisses off the Christians more. And I'm sure they're happy that their statue was broken, because it gets them more attention and gives them an opportunity to prosecute someone who was "oppressing" them. Political theater.
Their real beliefs are just what modern liberal Americans believe.
This is in contrast to old-style European Satanists, who actually believed they were risking something, and weren't just grandstanding.
They could be Mickey-Mousists, too.
Have you seen the number of conservative christians in the States having melt-downs about practically anything to do with Disney...
To be fair, Mickey Mouse is probably copyrighted, so it would be hard to get permission to use him in that way. Likewise Hello Kitty.
Whereas Satan is in the public domain.
(And if Satan were real, he would certainly live in the public domain.)
