Satanism: Why's it got such a bad rap?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan

Doesn't seem all the bad to me. Probably just villainized by Christians. I like the nine satanic sins lol:

Stupidity
Pretentiousness
Solipsism
Self-deceit
Herd Conformity
Lack of Perspective
Forgetfulness of Past Orthodoxies
Counterproductive Pride
Lack of Aesthetics
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wow. so they're guilty of their own sins. go figure. Maybe it means they need a Savior too.

GodWarrior98 · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject:

Because it's a religion founded on being super rebellious. Yeah, man! That'll show those Christians!
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Hit_me_up024 · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject:

i really like the way they look at things. they do not worship the devil rather they admit that they are sinners and say: If your going to be a sinner, you might as well be the biggest sinner on the block
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Tornado_Creator · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject:

I used to be a Satanist... the philosophy was quite fulfilling, basically hedonism along way. It worked for me. Unfortunately I later realised that the vast majority of the group actually did believe in Gods, Demons, or Magic (spelt with or without the 'k' depending on if you're being trendy). It seems most of them are just as delusional as the other religious groups out there. This became apparent after I was taken down from the "respected members" list on the official Church Of Satan website for being too disrespectful to the theistic Satanists...

...yeah, maybe they deserve that rep.
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Isambard · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject:

The christians in the US need someone to name as evil incarnate for the week else they implode from pent-up jackassery. Hence why they targetted the church of Satan with fictious stories and libel about what they do to children.

The irony of course is while they were crying about fictious crimes agaisnt children, the catholics priests were having a molest-a-fiesta with their alter boys.
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howgoyoufar · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

Meh, I say i'm a satanist to freak people out. To me it just means atheist who dislikes christianity.
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jaycorath · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject:

Satanists have invited their "bad rap" onto themselves. Clearly satanism exists because a bunch of douchebags decided it would be fun to mess with the heads of christians because its fun.

Well, its fun, sure, but its also childish. And I must say, Tornado_Creator's description of why he was turned off to satanism ring true to my experience. Its just... silly.

I don't know which group is most ignorant/childish: Satanists or Christians who actually take satanists seriously.
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Tornado_Creator · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

Some of the ideals where good... looking out for number one without being cruel or classically evil, avoiding self-deceit and counter-productive pride, and a respect for intelligence and critical thinking. The ironic thing is, despite "pretentiousness" being a sin in Satanism, most people did nothing but empty posturing. It was a sad day when I realised this.
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Dawkadoodle · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject:

Probably along the line of reason why Hilterism didn't quite take off and not many people trust the John Wilkes Booth Movement.

Raggle Fraggle · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject:

I always thought that they were just hedonistic atheists.
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jaycorath · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject:

just like hedonism-bot
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Isambard · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject:

Raggle Fraggle · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:

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