satanism is a theismoxymoron wrote:Your right on all accounts but are you seriously going to tell me that all this media attention doesn't have to do with the fact that these folks are satanists?AppleQueso wrote:Lastly, I really dislike it when church/state separation is framed as an atheism vs theism issue. It's not.
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Wrong. Satanists are atheists.dsheinem wrote:satanism is a theismoxymoron wrote:Your right on all accounts but are you seriously going to tell me that all this media attention doesn't have to do with the fact that these folks are satanists?AppleQueso wrote:Lastly, I really dislike it when church/state separation is framed as an atheism vs theism issue. It's not.
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lolwutoxymoron wrote: Wrong. Satanists are atheists.
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http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-fundam ... eliefs.phpdsheinem wrote:lolwutoxymoron wrote: Wrong. Satanists are atheists.
Read "WHY DO SATANISTS WORSHIP THE DEVIL?". I finally got to prove Dave wrong. I feel accomplished.
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Oh, well then. You read it on the intertubes.
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Ok, so I suppose these Satanists claim to be atheists, but I disagree with their claim thatoxymoron wrote:http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-fundam ... eliefs.phpdsheinem wrote:lolwutoxymoron wrote: Wrong. Satanists are atheists.
Read "WHY DO SATANISTS WORSHIP THE DEVIL?".
While LaVey may have claimed it as a philosophy and not a religion, there were centuries of people prior to him and many people in the years since who self-identify as Satanists and who do engage in practices considered "worship" of some "evil deity"."People who believe in some Devilish supernatural being and worship him are Devil-worshippers, not Satanists. Anton LaVey was the first to define Satanism as a philosophy, and it is an atheist perspective. “Theistic Satanism” is an oxymoronic term and thus absurd."
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Nope. I have a friend that is a Satanist and I frequently inquire about his belief. Although I have done research on here too.Hobie-wan wrote:Oh, well then. You read it on the intertubes.
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When I scan a forum post and I see they put a "TL;DR" section, I just don't read any of the post at all. I figure that if their post can be fully explained in a sentence or two, despite supposedly being worth the time to type up several paragraphs directly above, then it's probably not worth reading at all.
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Those people wouldn't be accepted by the Church of Satan as satanists in modern day which is what were talking about.dsheinem wrote: While LaVey may have claimed it as a philosophy and not a religion, there were centuries of people prior to him and many people in the years since who self-identify as Satanists and who do engage in practices considered "worship" of some "evil deity".
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The "Church of Satan" isn't inclusive of all people who identify as satanists.oxymoron wrote:Those people wouldn't be accepted by the Church of Satan as satanists in modern day which is what were talking about.dsheinem wrote: While LaVey may have claimed it as a philosophy and not a religion, there were centuries of people prior to him and many people in the years since who self-identify as Satanists and who do engage in practices considered "worship" of some "evil deity".