Kelly of the Phoenix
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I thought it was sarcasm. My bad.
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Why would somebody willingly become a Satanist?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
He could be, but post history doesn't suggest so.
Ebionite
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Now you're changing the context from the fact that they didn't have knowledge to the issue of emotional motivation. You haven't asserted that emotion is irrelevent and you haven't identified any error in my argument.
Ebionite
Well-Known Member
No, he wasn't told to kill the animals just like Abram wasn't told to kill them in Genesis 15.
Ebionite
Well-Known Member
A day can be a metaphor for a long period of time that relates to a particular event.
Soandso
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Anything can mean anything if you stretch the definition to mean anything
Ebionite
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I'm not stretching the defintion. The same applies in English eg "Day of the Jackal".
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Most likely, Satan began appearing around the time of the book of Job, probably 600bce or there about. Satan started as a title and as a servant of God. Flash forward nearly 3000 years and Satan has gone through a radical metamorphosis, into a symbol of rational self interest/empowerment, agent of critical thinking and beacon of enlightenment.
Over 3000 years ago, Yahweh started out as just another principal god in a very polytheist Semitic pantheon, a god of war and storms. Now, he's supposedly the God of everything and everyone, supposedly.
Many figures change over time. It's interesting to see transformations develop from age to age.
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Soandso
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Sure, why not? That must be why it's taken so long for my dad to come back from the store when he left to go get milk. When he said 4 minutes what he really meant was 40 years. I can expect to see him any minute now
Esteban X
Active Member
I think you may be jealous.
Ebionite
Well-Known Member
No, John is only repeating what Jesus said. You could make an inference to idolatry because of what happened in Moses' day and because idols can be intangible eg Paul's doctrine of the crucifixion. Paul and James were at odds over idolatry.
Ebionite
Well-Known Member
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Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Sarcasm? Or, should I consider it not worth replying any further?
Colt
Well-Known Member
You think wrong! What I object to is condescending atheists who come to religious forums just to heckle people of faith. They just seem to want to argue not understand. A person who actively sets our to undermine the faith of others is an evil individual. IMOP
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
One example of alleged Satanists. The article doesn't lead to any more information on the group. That would be important. As a lot of the things like Ouija boards, animal familiars, etc. many modern Satanists don't accept as valid practices.
Anyway, should we break out the hundreds of on going cases of Christian, or other religious groups, abuse cases? The Catholic Church? The Mormons? Jehovah's Witnesses? The Southern Baptist Convention? Various Evangelical and independent denominations?
Colt
Well-Known Member
Kelly said she preferred Satanist watching her children, I was just pointing out that Satanists can be child abusers as well.
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Another thing? How big are microwaves in Britain? One of the accusations is that a kid (not a baby but a larger child)was "put in a microwave". That's suspicious. All the news reports are the exact same wording. Leads me to believe the report started somewhere with misinformation included then other agencies are just copy/pasting. Weird.
Colt
Well-Known Member
Good point! So, are you a Satanist?
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
I can be called a Satanist. I don't really care. I don't usually refer to myself as such. Because I don't want to be associated with the Church of Satan or the Satanic Temple, mostly out of respect and for differences in beliefs. Also, Satanism has become somewhat unfulfilling for me. I am related to them. I settle for now on calling myself Diabolist.