Satanic Church

BillyMitchel wrote: »

When I was a kid they wouldn't even go up there late at night! Dont care what anyone says it is one creepy scary place!

Must check it out for myself some night, armed with my great big OH and his paintballing gun, scare the hell outta them!
They wouldn't be expecting that :eek:

csi vegas wrote: »

BillyMitchel wrote: »

When I was a kid they wouldn't even go up there late at night! Dont care what anyone says it is one creepy scary place!

Must check it out for myself some night, armed with my great big OH and his paintballing gun, scare the hell outta them!
They wouldn't be expecting that :eek:

Think bits of it are blocked off at this stage though. Check out the thread in paranormal it's interesting and some very very interesting opinions!! Can't link because on a phone but just make sure to leave your lights on when your reading it!

I was a LaVeyan Satanist up until a few years ago. I was lame and found religion, but the basic philosophy has stuck with me, I'd definitely recommend reading the book. Satan is a metaphor for human spirit, desiring what it wants but with society telling you no. Basically, do whatever makes you happy, as long as you don't impede the happiness of others. It's purposely antagonistic and convoluted though. But hey, LaVey slept with Marylin Monroe, he must've been doing something right :P

The Satanic Bible is actually a clever book, when you realise that the whole 'Satanic' styling was just to provoke a reaction. And while the philosophy is mostly based upon 'Might is Right', it's still a hell of a lot less damaging to kids than 'Atlas Shrugged'. Basically, it's do what you want as long as no one else gets hurt.

Addressing something another poster said, LaVeyan Satanism is VERY pro-feminism, just not in the boring way. It encourages women to actually use their attractiveness in any way to advance themselves, which is a good idea. And it doesn't call them wimmin, so it wins automatically. I mean, LaVey's widow ran the Church of Satan, and his daughter runs an offshoot. Generally, misogynists don't let women call the shots. There was even a specific book, 'The Satanic Witch' written exclusively on this topic. Again, worth a read even if you're a dude, there's some nuggets of wisdom hidden under all the posturing.

I know of no actual Satanists in Ireland, sadly, although I've met several morons claiming to literally worship Satan. Smile and nod, smile and nod...

Basic info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism

You can get The Satanic Bible in Tower usually, they stock some pretty random books. Avoid 'The Satanic Rituals', that's just weird. Bout a tenner, worth it.

There was also a Forum Request put forward for it a while back, though I don't think it did too well.

TL;DR: It's a worthwhile philosophy, there's no literal belief in a devil, Satan is all metaphor, just look past the antagonistic imagery and you'll be grand.

Anyway, I felt this needed another real response. It's really not fair that they don't get a chance just because of the name. But by all means, don't let me stop the trolling :P

When I was younger I was a Satanist, only thing that made me move was reading The Book of The Law and finding a philosophical path I agree with more.

It's a great way to approach life and very progressive. I got alot of flack for it as people instantly think you actually worship the devil, but it's more like being an Athiest with pantomime thrown in for fun. You use Satan to simply provoke a reaction, as it is used as a symbol to how much it goes against other practises that they must think its the faith of the devil.

Only reason I stopped giving myself the title was I found it a little bit too selfish at times, and I found the work of Crowley to be much more in tune with the my beliefs.

As others have stated, it's worth picking up The Satantic Bible no matter your faith, it's a really funny read and very thought provoking at times.

Urizen wrote: »

But hey, LaVey slept with Marylin Monroe, he must've been doing something right :P

Yeah? Just look at what happened to HER :eek:
GOODNIGHT NORMA JEAN and then it was curtains!

WakeUp wrote: »

Some of the comments on this thread are astounding as if Satanism is "cool" and "great" and such things like that. Most of the people involved in the lower levels of satanism are simply mugs and think they are rebelling but the higher you go the more evil and ghastly it gets. There are so many documented cases all over the world about Satanic ritual abuse if anyone cares to look try Australia to begin with or Scotland or here in Ireland. Should be warned though once you open that door you may wish you didnt as the things the victims say happened to them are so horrible only evil can be responsible. Satanism is not cool nor is it great its evil. Satanists in many cases are child abusing child murdering sickos. Every 40 seconds a kid goes missing in the US over 2000 a day 800,000 a year. Thats a staggering statistic I wonder how many of them poor souls fall prey to the "great" bunch of lads that are satanists. Wtf is wrong with some people,jesus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_satanic_ritual_abuse_allegations

What are you rabbiting on about, seriously. I'm not sure which is worse, people who take satanism seriously or people who take satanists seriously.

I don't want to stoop to defend satanism (it's real dumb), but your wikipedia article 'evidence' has the keyword 'allegations' right there in the title. Most of the tid-bits in it I'd put on par with evidence for witchcraft in the salem witch trials, and while there are no doubt a lot of sickos who profess to be satanists I'm fairly confident the vast majority of practising satanists are people who took dungeons and dragons a little too seriously in their teens. As for the kidnapping statistics - that's terrible but it's not like satanism has a monopoly on child kidnapping and rape.

WakeUp wrote: »

I think the majority of Satanists like you say are misguided people I would agree with that but plenty of them are twisted freaks. Another evil cult like many religions the world over.

You're the misguided one here mate. LaVeyan Satanism is a predominantly atheistic philosophy, with little ritual practice (and even at that, entirely metaphorical and mostly solitary) and certainly contains nothing that could be called 'twisted' or 'evil'. What YOU are thinking of is devil worship, not Satanism. Devil worship is actually an offshoot of Christianity, and is something entirely abhorred by true Satanists, and anyone with a working brain (in my opinion).

I will readily agree with you that anyone claiming to worship a 'devil' needs to either grow the hell up or get sectioned, but I'd ask you get your terminology straight before making such allegations. Actual Satanists don't deserve that kind of slander.