Do you know the difference between a Satanist and a Devil worshiper?
Chewy
2012/07/05 11:43:54
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There is a very real difference! A "Satanist" is someone who sees Satan (or The Devil) as a "symbol" of freedom from religion and it's ignorance and it's strictures and it's insanity. Satanists live for themselves and those who they choose and they live the way THEY want (as opposed to the way those who are religious are TOLD they MUST live or face eternal punishment)! The Satanist does unto others as they DO unto them...not the other way around (as Christians are constantly told to do)!
A "Devil Worshiper" on the other hand is someone who believes that there is a being we call "Satan" who is actually the "God" of this world and they think that by following and "worshiping" this "being" they will gain power,etc ( thus they are sort of like "AntiChristians" in that they are just as religious and enslaved as the Church is).
The Satanic Bible outlines what it means to be a true Satanist.
A "Devil Worshiper" on the other hand is someone who believes that there is a being we call "Satan" who is actually the "God" of this world and they think that by following and "worshiping" this "being" they will gain power,etc ( thus they are sort of like "AntiChristians" in that they are just as religious and enslaved as the Church is).
The Satanic Bible outlines what it means to be a true Satanist.
Sa·tan·ism (stn-zm)
n.
1. The worship of Satan characterized by a travesty of the Christian rites.
As Satan is suppose to be the devil, I don't see much of a difference.
there are no passages within the older parts of the Hebrew Scriptures where Satan is portrayed as an evil devil - the arch enemy of God and of humanity. At most, he is described as a henchman who carries out God's evil instructions. There is no dualism here between two powerful supernatural entities: an all-good God and an all-evil Satan. God is portrayed as performing, directly and indirectly, both kind and evil deeds. When:
plagues are to be sent, or
a great genocidal flood is created to kill off almost all of humanity, except for Noah and his family, or
Onan was killed because he practiced an elementary form of birth control, in violation of a cultural tradition, or
Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because its residents were abusive to the needy and to strangers, or
Lot's wife is turned into a pillar of salt because she looked the wrong way,
it is God who does it. In essence, the ancient writers of the early Hebrew Scriptures looked upon Jehovah as performing both good and evil deeds
Satan 49 times, Devil 57 times, Lucifer Once.
There are no passages within the older parts of the Hebrew Scriptures where Satan is portrayed as an evil devil - the arch enemy of God and of humanity. At most, he is described as a henchman who carries out God's evil instructions. There is no dualism here between two powerful supernatural entities: an all-good God and an all-evil Satan. God is portrayed as performing, directly and indirectly, both kind and evil deeds.
when you let me know who the jesus guy's stenographer was maybe we can find out who the writers of the OT were.LOL
what i think does matter as does what most people think. but thats okay we can exclude the fanatical ones. what they think definitely doesn't matter.LOLdelusional thinking is best kept away from the logical ones.