Something to like about Satanists

[randomdiversion]

Using the same logic that allows the Mormons to abscond post-mortem with the souls of famous people from other religions, Satanists say they "turned gay" the soul of the deceased mother of the head of the Westboro Baptist Church

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[palemoonsdream]

One really can't, you are right ^^

Kind of curious thing is that of all the people I've got to know in my life that take religion very serious, Satanists are the funniest and most relaxed people so far.

[randomdiversion]

I'm not really sure what their belief system is. Their 'Satan' is very different from the one portrayed by Christians so I hesitate to speculate too much.

Based on the Christian version, the Satanists might be more relaxed because they probably don't view certain kinds of fun as 'evil' the way Christians do. I would hazard to guess that recreational sex isn't 'sinful' to them, for example.

[palemoonsdream]

It's really a very interesting topic, especially when one grew up in a very christian area, simply because as you said one is very biased by the protrayal by the church. I wouldn't consider myself to follow one of the regular religions, so I'm neither christian nor satanic, but I studied both to be able to talk about it.

As for a more relaxing lifestyle due to a lack of restrictions, well ... recreational sex isn't sinful, but being true to the eleven rules is possibly hard too. Not impossible like the 10 commandments, but still hard, like not to give opinions or advice unless you are asked for them. What I like about them though is that it's in the foundation of their belief not to harm children and never to make any sexual advance without full consent.

[randomdiversion]

Do you happen to know what their 11 rules are?

I would certainly find the rule about opinions and advice difficult!

[palemoonsdream]

* Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
* Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
* When in another’s lair, show them respect or else do not go there.
* If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them without mercy.
* Do not make sexual advances unless you are entirely sure that it is consensual.
* Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and they cries out to be relieved.
* Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires.
* Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
* Do not harm children.
* Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
* When outside your lair, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them.

[randomdiversion]

Wow. I like those. :D

[palemoonsdream]

They certainly have a nice touch! As far as religions go those would be the rules I'd feel most comfortable with following, but organized religions are so blaaah, at least to me ;)

[elenbarathi]

This is them: Church of Satan - and here they are on Wikipedia. Their founder Anton LeVey played the Devil in Rosemary's Baby. I haven't heard much about them since he died - back in the day, they used to be more-or-less a 'spank-and-thank' club, Kink Lite with theatrical goth trappings, decades before 'goth' was A Thing.

Recreational sex is 'sinful' to them, all right - what fun would it be if it wasn't? The whole point of Satan-worship has always been 'sin', the spice of the Forbidden, secretly being bold rebels against God and Society by having it off in complicatedly perverse ways. From a Pagan viewpoint, it's very hard to take them seriously.

Anyway, nice to see they're putting their traditional penny-dreadful drama-mongering to such socially-responsible use. It makes me think of Satan's song Up There from South Park

"But what is evil anyway? Is there reason to the rhyme?
Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes!"