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17859673? ago

If Satanism is real, so is God. One cannot exist without the other.

You really have no idea what you're talking about.

Which is really super ironic when you follow it up with:

Instead of immediately downcasting someone's race, religion, or anything, try to find common ground.

Try understanding what Satanism is actually about. It falls under the "or anything" category (a philosophy, rather than a religion).

No, they don't worship or even believe in what religious folks call "Satan". Satanism is incompatible with "Devil Worship", in fact, Satanists find "Devil Worshipers" to be foolish and repugnant also. They also abhor rapists and especially child abusers, even bestiality is off the table.

So when you say "try to find common ground", perhaps you can start there, instead of assuming that Satanism is about Devil worship or even believing in Satan, just because the title contains the word "Satan".

17860049? ago

Confused. How do you define Satanism?

17860299? ago

The best way to get a concise answer to that, without me running the risk of stating it incorrectly, is to check the FAQ on their site. I'm going to omit the link from here, but it's not hard to find your way to it if you're open to understanding them.

What I can say with regards to the commonly assumed definition that they believe in or worship "Satan", though, is that they very simply do not believe in or worship Satan, or God, or demons, or anything 'supernatural'. It's an atheistic philosophy. Now, that of course creates a rift between them and religious people, but, we don't all have to share the same beliefs 100% in order to find common ground as pertains to corruption and thinks like sexual abuse, human trafficking, etc etc.

For the record, I'm not even a Satanist, nor an atheist.

17860697? ago

Thanks. Words can totally mislead. It's still quite confusing for it to be called Satanism though if what you say is true.

17860822? ago

I understand your confusion. Honestly, it's partially a gag(joke), intended to troll - even the aforementioned FAQ makes no secret of the intentional trolling. They're not doing it out of hatred, though. Sure, some individuals show hatred towards the religious, but that's on the individual, not the group. Same as how hateful <insert follower of religion x/y/z>s shouldn't been seen as representative of all others.

Yes, Satanists are notorious for trolling, but in an ideal world we should all be able to take a bit of ribbing from time to time and then dish some out and just generally have a laugh.

17860878? ago

Laughing is good. Confusion not so much.

17860932? ago

Eh, I laugh at myself when I get confused sometimes. Depends on the context.

If I confused myself by not reading something correctly, or for example, when some code I'm working on fails miserably and I spend 30 minutes trying to figure it out only to realize a typo was to blame, I have to laugh at myself.

17859752? ago

It's people like you that create the hate.

Wake up.

17859819? ago

No, it's fear and deliberate ignorance which fosters hate. I've said nothing hateful to you. I'm being blunt, sure, but I'm not being hateful.

You said it yourself:

A change in mindset is needed to win this battle.

Instead of immediately downcasting someone's race, religion, or anything, try to find common ground. A place where Evil cannot thrive.

I've pointed out common ground:

Satanists find "Devil Worshipers" to be foolish and repugnant also. They also abhor rapists and especially child abusers, even bestiality is off the table.

If you ignore this and try to blame me for your own hatred/ignorance, that's your problem and you're ignoring your own advice re: finding common ground and a change in mindset.

17861938? ago

What have you done today to combat evil?

Have you actually done anything worthwhile to eliminate the Evil found in the hearts of men?

Please, enlighten all of us on your many achievements.

17862233? ago

Y'know, rather than sperging out and spewing vitriol (hatred), you could actually take your own advice.

It's the weekend, so you'll have to forgive my not doing any major digging as per what I usually do with my spare time.

Please, enlighten all of us on your many achievements.

You first. Go on, show everyone what you've put your time into, rather than assuming that I don't give my time to helping out around here.

You can treat me as an enemy all you like, you can make me out to be your bogeyman. I know that I'm not the problem here though, you also don't know who you're talking to so I'll forgive you for knowing not what you do.

It's up to you whether you're willing to look further into what I've said, or remain ignorant to it. I won't hate you for it, despite your behavior.

17866361? ago

Satanists are liars and the children of The Deceiver the creator of the original lie. Get thee behind me.

17862879? ago

See, all you do is "think" and that from my perspective is dangerous.

Please go harass some old people at the park, or kick some kids in the playground.

And in the very kindest words I can find, go fuck yourself silly.

17862920? ago

Please go harass some old people at the park, or kick some kids in the playground.

I've never done either and have no desire to.

And in the very kindest words I can find, go fuck yourself silly.

Thank you for proving my point that I'm not the hateful or ignorant one in this. Have a nice day.