AYRT This just in. If a religion isn't large, odds are people aren't likely to be part of it. IDK how accurate the stat is, but Wikipedia has only 100k people as Satanists. Odds are there aren't that many on a pet site. Especially when people admitted they only did it for the reaction.
I am also less likely to believe these people are official Satanists given the "Summon Satan" sigs. The official athiestic (most common) version (http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-fundamental-beliefs.php) does not, in fact, worship Satan. Here is another source on that (http://www.religionfacts.com/church-of-satan). Hence why I said these people didn't likely know anything about Satanism and weren't likely Satanists, but we're instead likely trolls trying to stir shit up.
I still am not a fan of atheistic Satanism, as it is an "every man for himself" philosophy that recommends intolerance and vengeance ("If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them cruelly and without mercy"), which I don't think is good for a society, but I highly doubt any of those people were talking about real atheistic Satanism or were truly Satanists.
I had a more difficult time finding out anything on theistic satanism as it is less collected. What I mostly saw was as part of polytheistic religions, where, again, it wouldn't be a focus on Satan as a god by himself entirely. But then we get into the order of the nine angles. Here is the wiki article on it (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles), but you can find more online if you care. They seem to be one of the dominant forms of theistic Satanism. And fuck, yes, if a group reveres Hitler for what he did (among other things), I am all about discriminating against them even if they are a religion. At least on a petsite, where shit like that is not acceptable.
ummmm yeah I know about laveyan satanism? i practiced it for years. no need to be condescending.
and none of that changes that a religious practice being obscure doesn't mean it's okay to police people's beliefs or religious expressions, unless no one is allowed to discuss religion period. these people did it for a reaction, but now there's a prescient of nonchristian messages being treated more harshly than christian ones, which is unsettling and mirrors a serious real-life problem. and one specific group of satanists revering hitler doesn't mean every satanist deserves to be mistreated by proxy. there's plenty of neonazi neopagans. that doesn't make it okay to discriminate against all neopagans as a blanket. personally? im not a fan of christianity. that doesn't mean im going to rail about how christians deserve a special level of censorship to suit my sensibilities, or say anyone who disagrees must be twelve.
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Re: Furvilla Thread
(Anonymous) 2016-07-26 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)This just in. If a religion isn't large, odds are people aren't likely to be part of it. IDK how accurate the stat is, but Wikipedia has only 100k people as Satanists. Odds are there aren't that many on a pet site. Especially when people admitted they only did it for the reaction.
I am also less likely to believe these people are official Satanists given the "Summon Satan" sigs. The official athiestic (most common) version (http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-fundamental-beliefs.php) does not, in fact, worship Satan. Here is another source on that (http://www.religionfacts.com/church-of-satan). Hence why I said these people didn't likely know anything about Satanism and weren't likely Satanists, but we're instead likely trolls trying to stir shit up.
I still am not a fan of atheistic Satanism, as it is an "every man for himself" philosophy that recommends intolerance and vengeance ("If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them cruelly and without mercy"), which I don't think is good for a society, but I highly doubt any of those people were talking about real atheistic Satanism or were truly Satanists.
I had a more difficult time finding out anything on theistic satanism as it is less collected. What I mostly saw was as part of polytheistic religions, where, again, it wouldn't be a focus on Satan as a god by himself entirely. But then we get into the order of the nine angles. Here is the wiki article on it (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nine_Angles), but you can find more online if you care. They seem to be one of the dominant forms of theistic Satanism. And fuck, yes, if a group reveres Hitler for what he did (among other things), I am all about discriminating against them even if they are a religion. At least on a petsite, where shit like that is not acceptable.
Re: Furvilla Thread
(Anonymous) 2016-07-27 10:24 am (UTC)(link)and none of that changes that a religious practice being obscure doesn't mean it's okay to police people's beliefs or religious expressions, unless no one is allowed to discuss religion period. these people did it for a reaction, but now there's a prescient of nonchristian messages being treated more harshly than christian ones, which is unsettling and mirrors a serious real-life problem. and one specific group of satanists revering hitler doesn't mean every satanist deserves to be mistreated by proxy. there's plenty of neonazi neopagans. that doesn't make it okay to discriminate against all neopagans as a blanket. personally? im not a fan of christianity. that doesn't mean im going to rail about how christians deserve a special level of censorship to suit my sensibilities, or say anyone who disagrees must be twelve.