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Is it right for a Satanist to feel not-superior or lack self confidence around a certain person?
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Is it right for a Satanist to feel not-superior or lack self confidence around a certain person?
Is it right for a Satanist to feel not-superior or lack self confidence around a certain person?
I believe that a true Satanist will deem themselves superior in all aspects to other people in regard to their own situation.
Interesting thread. There is a trend, one that makes me a but sick to my stomach, to adopt the label Satanist as if doing so somehow changes you or elevates you above others in some meaningful way. It doesn't. This air of superiority is generally a hollow thing, for in my observations nothing is as truly humbling as walking (as opposed to typing some **** on the internet) the dark path, gaining 'pathei mathos' and in sodoing, learning your own boundaries and limitations...for this is indeed the first step towards transcending them.
As for nihilism..I find it empowering, but misunderstood. The knowledge that none of this really matters, that perspectives of good and evil are arbitrary, and that there is no master purpose towards which 'right actions' can lead you is psychologically liberating. This is not to say we each do not strive toward our own ends.
It's far worse to dilude yourself into thinking
you are better at something
than you actually are.
Wouldn't that be undue and dishonest, though?
Another question: What are your views on Nihilism?
Is it right? That question does not compute.
Does it happen? Of course. A Satanist won't likely say that he's the world's best at everything he wants to do. The feelings that this conflict brings are one strong motivation for self-improvement.
So how does this view of nihilism differ from the idea of "create our own meaning" attitude towards atheism? I'm not sure what your getting at exactly, that we create our own goals, or that we are free to be Satanic (and thus in-tune with our nature) when we realize there is no purpose or meaning?
Atheism isn't really an ism..it's misleading language. An atheist is simply anyone that lacks superstitious belief in entities that can be classified as 'deos'. An atheist can still believe in spirits, karma, faith healing, ufos or any number of fringe things.
Atheism has nothing to do with it. If you believe in a deity that has no master plan and doesn't give a ****, you can also be a theist nihilist. With that said...
The idea that there is a 'right' way to act or think is based on the idea of a 'right' morality. This creates objective purpose to the believer in doing and believing these 'right' things and by contrast steering from the 'wrong' ones. This is the stuff of the RHP, a forced stasis in that which is naturally dynamic(us, our minds, our experiences). Once it is realized there is no lawgiver but the facticity of the phenomenal world, no driving purpose towards 'right' or 'correct' conduct, hence no objective 'reason' for anything that we do or happens to us beyond the WtP of ourselves and others, a lot of doors open. Sure, to many this is a dark and depressing concept..creating our own meaning moment to moment provides no comfy security blanket, no ego boost that comes with being 'special' or 'purposed', and nothing to fall back on when you feel weak or tired. Yet, the alternative to me seems a sort of intellectual suicide.
Is it right for a Satanist to feel not-superior or lack self confidence around a certain person?
Since it's a natural human emotion I would say there's no shame in that, it's how you react in response to the feeling that matters.
Agreed, the use of the label "Satanist" should be of little or no importance. The substance and knowledge is all that is of value. This is often the human desire to label or identify ones self to a certain path or belief system. Even more broad terms such as Left Hand Path can be limiting to the individual. What is the true meaning or goal? To defeat personal limitations and conceptions of our human condition? Satan may only be a starting point before it becomes restrictive. This is not the end goal as the reunification with God is to the Christian. The identification with Satan should only be a temporary tool to reach further beyond one's previous limits.Interesting thread. There is a trend, one that makes me a but sick to my stomach, to adopt the label Satanist as if doing so somehow changes you or elevates you above others in some meaningful way. It doesn't. This air of superiority is generally a hollow thing, for in my observations nothing is as truly humbling as walking (as opposed to typing some **** on the internet) the dark path, gaining 'pathei mathos' and in sodoing, learning your own boundaries and limitations...for this is indeed the first step towards transcending them.
As for nihilism..I find it empowering, but misunderstood. The knowledge that none of this really matters, that perspectives of good and evil are arbitrary, and that there is no master purpose towards which 'right actions' can lead you is psychologically liberating. This is not to say we each do not strive toward our own ends.