chamlis wrote: but there ARE some legitimate religious reasons for sacrifice.
Chuchu wrote: Which it wasn't... why not post back here in the event of your pet's throat being slit, left to bleed to death and and it's scull crushed for good measure and we'll see how you feel. Muppet.
Demetrius wrote: Where is the harm if the animal was killed humanely?
Archeron wrote: The harm is that it is not up to the Joe Soap on the street to decide when an animal should live or die, whatever their reasoning behind it.
chamlis wrote: Wait, aren't Satanists just hedonists? I mean, they don't actually worship the devil and perform sacrifices, they just party and have lots of sex. Luciferians are the devil-worshippers.
chamlis wrote: Probably bored f***ed up kids who don't even know how to spell "depressed". No animals should ever be harmed deliberately. I don't agree with them, but there ARE some legitimate religious reasons for sacrifice. This is not one of them. Cnuts.
Demetrius wrote: suggesting that a Satanic ritual had been performed there.
Talliesin wrote: Archeron wrote: The harm is that it is not up to the Joe Soap on the street to decide when an animal should live or die, whatever their reasoning behind it. As a meat-eater and leather-wearer I have to disagree.
chamlis wrote: Wait, aren't Satanists just hedonists?
Talliesin wrote: Not only is the killing itself ethically different to the likes of Voodoo where the sacrifice ends up on the table, but I doubt they even managed to raise much power, or to make any use of what power they did raise.
Shabadu wrote: Actually, the average Joe Soap has absolutely no say in how or when animals are slaughtered for consumption. It's regulated and strictly enforced. You can't say 'I eat meat, therfore I have the right to kill this pheasant', you have to wait for the correct season and have a hunting license and a gun license first. Joe Soap has no right to go around killing animals on a whim.
julep wrote: animals should only be killed if they are going to be eaten.
Dragan wrote: Eh....no....for a Satanist, their god is her or his own person. They realise that they in fact, in control of there lives, and as such, are omnipotent to themselves. Who knew?
Talliesin wrote: Certainly true of Church of Satan, but not every person who identifies as "Satanist".
Sgt. Politeness wrote: When im feeling not so fresh and short of power, i have been known to put a bullet into a kitten or 2. As all right thinking individuals know, sacrifices are great for recharging the old batteries. Then, i do a rain dance, and worship a few rocks.
Bambi wrote: Lol at "true satanism" how can makey uppy stuff be true and untrue? Anyway, if a dog was mutilated/killed a crime was commited so all the argument's with regards that can fall into if its okay or not to break the law. Some people seem to think it is I guess
Demetrius wrote: In this case the dog seems to have been mutilated alright, and yet animals have been sacrificed in ceremonies for thousands of years. Some before me have pointed out that in some religions the animal is eaten after the ceremony. Why do some people find this repulsive? Is it the ceremonial aspect? I know I'm moving away from the topic, but many religions have ceremonies regarding the slaughter of animals for food.
Archeron wrote: The idea of these type of people killing innocent animals is abhorrent. Particularly so when you hear that the animal died a nasty death.
I'd bet good money whoever did this didn't even know how to conduct a sacrifice properly.
magpie wrote: Given that this kind of stuff went out of everyday use over 1000 years ago I'd be incllined to think there are very few people who do know.