You know what Azakel (and everyone),
most people are completely ignorant about what Satanism is actually about.
You certainly don't think the christian churches encourage their members to read the Satanic bible, do you? Satan is the christian adversary!
It seems strange here on RF when there is a massive misconception about a particular religion,
because RF is a coming together of real people in one place,
DEMONSTRATING what their faith is REALLY about.
I'm kinda sad about how this thread has turned.
Heneni.... it would be helpful and wise to ASK the practicing Satanists here
what satanism is REALLY all about,
instead of "acting" as the authority of a religion that is nothing more than hearsay for you.
And everyone else,
maybe consider cutting Heneni just a bit of slack.
I know she is essentially dragging your religious label/title through the mud,
and that sucks...
but it is only a label misunderstood-- a misconception-- that she is dragging.
She is not insulting the REALITY of what your belief system is all about.
Most times a calm informative interaction does far more to dispel misin-formation
than knee jerk insults.
Christians are fed misinformation regarding Satan....
and thus Satanism every sunday,
every religious training,
every bible class & sunday school.
Satan is the Christian Bogeyman. *sigh.
Indoctrination runs deep,
and bogeymen can be hard to dismantle,
especially when they are reinforced constantly by your own in-doctrination.
I myself never understood or knew a thing about Satanism
until I came to RF and met real practicing satanists.
All I "knew" before that were a whole variety of bogeyman stories.
Heneni, why not take the opportunity to ASK the Satanists here,
what their practice of Satanism is really all about?
Honestly, you are making constructive conversation difficult
by acting as an authority on the subject.
You may believe that Satan owns people's souls
and rewards them for repulsive and vile murder and torture...
but really, you need to consider how vile this (mis)understanding is
to good and upstanding satanists here on this forum and everywhere.
What if people went around igrnorantly accusing christians of this kind of vile behavior!
I'm quite sure you would not sit back silently.
You are insulting the real faith of real people here.
Badly. Agregiously even.
Please ASK RF's own Satanists,
what their religion is about.
This is actually WHY the site is called "Religious Education".
In Love...
~Vi~