I was watching an interview with a satanist the other day where he expressed that they really do not believe in the devil. It is more of a philosophy about doing what though will, without guilt and being anti-christ. You could say we are anti-christ being atheists as we don't believe in him or god, the holy ghost, etc.
Now being an atheist means non belief in not only god, but the devil. Would you agree? I think that satanists serve a purpose however. They can drive the religious right nuts and have just as much right to display their symbols like the goat and pentagram, just like the christians have done with the cross and christmas displays, etc.
So I started to listen to an old band I kind of forgot about from my teenage years, Iron Maiden. I remember the uproar in 1982 when they came out with The Number of The Beast and the people that tied them to being satanists. I can't stop listening to these discs lately. Music can be therapeutic and I find I am listening to more of that evil, "satanic" music lately!
So people have always liked to fuck with me about being an atheist. Now I have really given them more to think about as I am telling them I am a satanist and not an atheist,lol!
Well Halloween is coming up and I am sticking up on some gory props for my front porch. Anyone know where I can get a few gallons of pigs blood?
Just enjoying my mid life crisis! 666, the one for you and me! LOL!
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A lot of the bands Kiss, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper etc.... were just the anti-establishment of the era. They were flaunting themselves in front of the uptight moral majority in defiance. It really had little or nothing at all to do with actual Satanism. The Satanic bible is actually a good read. There are suggestions for ritual magic in it. To the Satanist, God is the God of "don't do this and don't do that." He is a tyrant who seeks to control every aspect of being. Satan on the other hand is the god of "Go ahead and try this and try that. Seek wealth and power if you want to." Satanism is permission to do as you like in the world with the full understanding that if you harm others, harm will return to you. It follows more occult teachings, "As above so below." etc.... I read a lot of this garbage when I was younger. Like the other theists, Satanism is based on wild assertions and no actual evidence for anything.
I Agree, and am just having some fun with it. When I was younger people actually convinced me a lot of this music was evil. With age comes some wisdom and you do develop a certain I don't care what they think attitude. Seriously though, I am enjoying this Iron Maiden music and I know my neighbors are not! How IRONic.
I was working for a community agency in the 70's. A cop came in to do a training on Satanism for all us counselors. Most of my clients were young kids having problems and their families. Music was an issue but the evidence was not there.... They were doing the same thing with the music that they did with the marijuana issue. "USE IS ONCE AND YOU WILL BE ADDICTED. YOU WILL GO ON TO BE A HEROIN ADDICT." Pure ignorance.
So a friend and I were sitting in the back of the room and the cop giving the lecture in the front was playing examples of SATANIC MUSIC. I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. I laced my fingers on top of my head like a rooster's crown and wildly rocked back and forth with the music. My friend and I were in stitches and the Cop who was a Christian and discussing how all of this was an attack on god, was about as pissed off as could be. Of course this only made me laugh harder and it made him get more serious and sound stupider and stupider. I don't know what my co-workers thought of the lecture. No one ever mentioned it to me. Some of them were Christians so I think they might have been afraid and the rest??? Well. perhaps they just didn't care.
Yes pure ignorance is right. That is too funny! Glad you did that to him. I actually love to mock christian people who think that music, movies and what they deem inappropriate is against their god! Do what thou wilt! Fuck them and their holier than thou attitude. I hear Finland has a very big satanic following and they even burn churches in protest. I am not advocating burning churches. I think a bulldozer would do a better job! LOL!
One group of religious fucktards attacking another group of religious fucktards. Each of their faiths must be true because they are willing to die for them. (Christian logic 101.) It just makes you wonder what century some of these idiots are actually living in.
I had someone accuse me of being a Satanist once. I had to explain to them that a atheist simply does not believe in a god or gods.
In order for me to worship the devil I would need to believe the God exists. I do not. I don't see how a true Satanist can not believe that god exists. The devil and god are at odds with each other, Can't have one without the other in my opinion.
Satanists do believe god exists. He is the evil one and Satan is the good one.
I've never been interested in this type of music. In general, I prefer something more calm and relaxing. I really like ambient music and I can find a lot of cool tracks and even playlists on YouTube. It is not always convenient to open a video, so I found the Tubidy service to quickly find and download music to my phone, laptop or any other device. By the way, it's free which is definitely a big plus for me.