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From: vexen |
Date: April 20th, 2005 03:40 pm (UTC) |
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I don't believe in good and evil. I am a Satanist, not a Christian or an inverse-Christian. My religious has a different history and different beliefs to Christianity. Some parts overlap, many don't. Anti-Christians are still Christians, not Satanists. I am an atheist, Satan is a symbol that represents my religion.
Unfortunately, words are too useful to do without, and if we tried to avoid using nouns you'd find it very difficult. It's best to be clear, and not to make assumptions about usages of words, in short, it's best to try and find common practices and if unsure, to define your terms!
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From: vexen |
Date: April 21st, 2005 07:14 am (UTC) |
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It's not that simple. Symbols are emotional and complex and rarely represent concrete things. For example, the Buddhist Nirvana. Does it exist? Buddhists believe in it, in striving for it, but in a true sense "Nirvana" is a non-existence. The Christians use lots of fish symbolism and "light" symbolism that they got from Mithraism, yet this "light" is purely symbolic, gnostic. They certainly don't believe that God has a particular frequency and candela! Religious is largely metaphorical. Satanism is the same; it's symbols *are* symbols, and there is no pretense that they represent anything more. Satanism is an example that thwards "i say religion is based on belief" All beliefs are based on belief. "belief is based on a priori assumptions like: satan/god exists" Not always true. Agnostics base their belief on NOT making the assumption that God exists, and in admitting they don't know. It's not as simple as you'd have it! Who is Satan (in Satanism?)? Lots of answers: http://www.dpjs.co.uk/satan.html
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