Why Satanism?

I guess we all look for something in our lives. When I was protesting against Scientology, I read their books so I would not be ignorent if it came down to debating. In time I read other books, The Bible, the Book of Mormon, books on Paganism. I never looked into satanism because I beleived it was a christian myth. A label applied to non christian religions, particularly pagan religions. I bought a copy of the Omen Box Set from my local HMV and eventually went through the special features and there was an interview from a member of the "Church of Satan". A real satanist. So I started to look it up. There was an actual Church of Satan. I read that the founder wrote the beleifs in a volumne unsprisingly called "The Satanic Bible". Unlike other religions I read about, it didn't disgust me. Instead I was drawn to it. I read on the net these satanists did not worship the christian devil, they abhore child and animal sacrifice. They view enemies as being symbolicly sacrificed when casting a curse. They beleive a person's worth is based on what he can do and not on false forgiveness. So I went to London and found my own copy of the Satanic Bible. It explains the importance of accepting yourself. Not to feel guilt about doing things you enjoy as long as you're responcible.

Dispite finding my path, I still read others, even those I do not agree with. I feel ignorence is disgusting.

Original sin, creationism and the ultimate con.

I used to wonder about creationists. I used to wonder if these people are really that dumb. I used to think that the constant repeats of dated and dead arguements were maybe a result of some retarding of intelegence. That the dogma is so ingrained in these people that they could not see the truth. That dispite the evidence of our species origin, they deny its very existance. Are they that stupid? Sadly, the majority of them are. They swallow these so called "arguements" and repeat them ad nauseam. But the people behind these arguements. Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron, Jack Chick, Kent Hovind. They seem to put a lot of time and effort to create these wild claims and arguements. Such creativity, such boldness. Yet people mock them like their flocks for their lack of intelegence. I too numbered among them. Mocking them for the dumbasses they appeared to be. Yes, "appeared". There is a reason they hold on to this story. There is a certain plot point in the creation story which they rely on. Like the winfixer program, it creates a problem and ropes you in to buy the cure. In the Begining, God created the Heaven and the Earth. He creates Adam, Eve and the plants and animals of the world and tells Adam and Eve to eat what they wish except the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. A serpent talks them into it, they eat and God gets pissed at this transgretion. He curses humanity for this "Original Sin" and so he has to send people to Hell for unending pain. But 4000 years later, he sends his own son to die on a cross like a common criminal to pay for this sin so people can be forgiven, all they need do is beleive. A nice story. All you have to do is admit you're a sinner because of the actions of an ancestor you'e never met commited a deed long before you were born and you're expected to be punished unless you beleive a guy who was nailed to a piece of wood died and came back to life 3 days after who then flew into the sky. You can also show support by preaching this message to those around you, buying materials, bibles and other things for this holy crusade. You want to go to heaven? Do what we tell you, say what we want you to say, beleve what we want you to beleive, think what we want you to think. Oh and don't be stingy when the collection plate comes your way. So why do they deny evolution. If man is decended from less complex species, there couldn't have been an Adam or an Eve, therefore there is no original sin. And if there is no original sin, there is no need to be forgiven. No need to be forgiven, no need to serve these all too real human masters hiding behind their invisible tyrant.

A 2000 year old con in a 4.7 billion year old world. Dispite this relativly short time, it's been going long enough.

Death and eternal life

Today is Easter Sunday, The day christians celebraite the sacrifice of their god to appease his own bloodlust. To use the too often quoted John 3:16, God sent his only son so people may have eternal life. Eternal life is easy to define. You simply live for the rest of eternity. But what is meant by death in regards to the alternative to eternal life? You would think it was simply ceasing to exist. Nothing left of you. Just cold, dark void for the rest of time and beyond. Seems reasonable I suppose. Some argue living for eternity could get boring. So the end of it is preferable. Yet the most likely, is the one that isn't an option for the death worshipers. They define this fate as death, but in my opinion it isn't death at all. I'm talking about Hell. Jesus didn't die and come back so we could avoid non existance, he died so we could get past daddy before he locks us in his basement to do things that even Josef Fritzil would shudder at. It's not enough for us to be removed from existance, their loving god has to torture people with fire and pain. Infinite being with infinite sadism. Yet to avoid this, you simply need to beleive in the ressurection. Regardless of "sin" you can walk scott free and they call this justice.

Well, luckily I live in the real world. When I enter into oblivion, I'll be happy to know that such a cruel system isn't in place.