I Am Christ

[michaelsherlock]

Congrats, you just summarized the doctrine of the modern Satanist Church perfectly.
http://www.churchofsatan.com/
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I wonder if you even followed the link? It really is quite amusing how perfectly your beliefs line up.
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I followed the link and read the "affiliation" Page, and I must say, I fail to see the resemblence. Satanism is a religion created in the 60s by Levay, and although his goal was to bring down organized religion, (a place where perhaps our minds meet), his method was to create a religion and more beliefs to do so. I think you have failed to grasp some of the nuances of what I have written.

Being that I think Satan is a misunderstanding to begin with, one which was popularized and propagated by the Christian Church to possibly frighten people into joining their church, a trick used by many ancient religions, I see no essential similarity with my idea, and the church of the Hebrew verb, Shatan!

I would be thrilled to hear in what way you see the similarities.

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And by the way, Socrates and Plato never mentioned anything ever about Christ. He wasn't made up yet.

I never said that Socrates and Plato, mention Christ. Please, please, please, read more carefully.

What I was referring to, which seems to have been lost on the majority of the members of this forum, is that the "notion" was propagated by these men.

His speech is blasphemous. He praises a man in place of a god so that he can praise a man as though he were a god. If Socrates can replace a god, then other men can replace the gods as well, other more worthy men like Alcibiades himself. Alcibiades is taking his revenge on Socrates. He refutes Socrates by professing his love for him inspite of the fact that he does not appropriate his way of life. The power politician overtly denies philosophy is a genuine possibility for ordinary human beings.