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by AntigoneRising on September 25th, 2008
A locust came in my house and was removed 4 diff times 2 of the times it landed on my knee what does that mean like superstitions n stuff
by Katie_S4439 on July 18th, 2011
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I have a witches ball (stores negative energy) for over 6 years, I need to replace. How do I dispose of the old one?
by Jill_T6879 on December 2nd, 2011
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How do I fully retract the celtic cross athame as on wiccanway.com?
by Anonymous on August 19th, 2011
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I'm new to the Wiccan path. I need to find a brother or sister of the Craft to educate and guide me. I have tried Witchvox. Help me!
by greyowl on July 21st, 2011
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Do you trust the word of a wiccan, a witch, or a worlock? Over the word and testimony of the savior Jesus Christ..
by trueservantminn on November 7th, 2011
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ok, wait. People who worship Satan DON'T believe in God? Really?
by advracer on October 7th, 2008
It's complicated. They acknowledge an opposing power, but refuse to accept him as anything but a problem. See joyofsatan.com for more.
by LarryH54 on October 7th, 2008
Well, it depends on the TYPE of Satanism. First you must understand that most Satanists do not worship Satan. LaVeyan Satanists, in particular, find worship of ANYTHING abhorrant. If they can be said to worship anything, they worship themselves. They do not see opposing supernatural powers. They see opposing NATURAL powers - blind conformity (represented often as Christianity, but their view applies to all status quo social structures) and its challenger. Satan is used as an symbol for this challenging. They do not believe in any entities. www.churchofsatan.com . To understand this, you need to read the Satanic Bible by Anton Zander LaVey, which is basically nihilistic existentialism.
by AntigoneRising on October 7th, 2008
The Temple of Set is basically LaVeyan, having been formed by disgruntled former priests and priestesses of the Church of Satan. Theistic Satanism does exist, but they view the whole paradigm much differently than any Christian paradigm you can find (except perhaps Gnosticism). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic_Satanism
by AntigoneRising on October 7th, 2008
Taking from a the word Satanism that they must worship Satan as Christians worship Christ is a myopic paradigm missing the picture. Christianity is one of the few religions based upon the name of the deity. Mormonism isn't comprised of those worshipping Mormon. Hinduism isn't comprised of those worshipping Hindus. Judaism isn't comprised of those worshiping Juda. Islam isn't comprised of those worshipping Isla. Breaking down a word and concluding that the word must contain the deity/deities worshipped is not a valid approach. One would be wise to actually do some research on the matter.
by AntigoneRising on October 7th, 2008
antigone, and larry, thanks so much for the answer. I knew a few satanists, once upon a time. And they DID worship satan, as being an enemy of God. So they believe in both, just thought Satan was the more powerful of the two. So that was the reason for my original question up above.
by advracer on October 7th, 2008
Theistic Satanism, as you have seen, does exist. They mostly do not view the two characters (Satan and Yahweh) the way that Christians or Muslims do, though. It is more along the lines of Gnosticism, except those Gnostic sects say Jesus freed humans from the oppressive Yahweh. In this case, Theistic Satanists (and Luciferians) believe Yahweh is the oppresser and Satan is the one who had the courage to rebel.
by AntigoneRising on October 7th, 2008
Rising. You and I should do lunch.
by Rahlaer on October 8th, 2008
:) Where are you at? :)
by AntigoneRising on October 8th, 2008
Jersey. Where the weak are killed and eaten.
by Rahlaer on October 8th, 2008
Ah, I'm in NC.
by AntigoneRising on October 9th, 2008
Wow finally someone with some sense!!
by gumtreewallow on December 21st, 2009
Complicated is an understatement, Larry, but not with proper research. With enough knowledge of ancient paganism, sumerian mythology, and sanskrit, one can very easily discover that Satanism existed long before Judaism and Christianity were ever even thought of.
For general information about it, yeah you could visit www.JoyofSatan.org
Another good source of info on this subject is a Youtube channel -
TheIndigoNation
by ThatOneSatanicFellow on August 15th, 2011