Vampier wrote:Planet Guy ... Excellent and I will take you at your word and be as direct as I can in the future when asking you something. I confess that my reservation in doing so up to now , has been founded on my non-desire to be a source of yuck yuck or wisecracking. But If such was accompanied by sincere words and answers, I think i could find the lot palatable. Ta.
I would very much like to know how you view the Satanists in relation to your own views and not to challenge or to mock them but to simply know the. Ta
Vamp, you expressed interest as to my views on this so here ya go....
My views on satanism are more informed by my jewish upbringing than by the fact that i'm an atheist.
With judaism.... as w any religion, there is a wide range of views on what if any afterlife awaits us. But, by and large, jews do not believe in the concept of heaven and hell.
so...no hell=no satan.
as an atheist it's simply not possible to believe in the existence of the devil if you do not believe in the presence of god.
if we are to accept at face value that satan and his teachings/wishes are all about spreading "evil", unrest, suffering, and chaos... then i find it hard to accept and condone any card carrying, dues paying "satanist" signing on for all that.
on the other hand, i have zero problem w anyone who gravitates towards a theism and "faith" that lifts them and their actions to higher ground (no pun intended).
i think a large percentage of people who actually believe atheists are "Satanists" are confused by the politics of it all. as an exmpl...if someone doesn't agree w my views on abortion, and thinks that "killing a baby" is "evil"....they then comesto the conclusion that i must be a satan worshipper? say what????
just as easily, i might turn around and say that how scott pruitt has put our health and our planet in peril.... all so that big money corps might further line their greedy pockets, that is the very definition of "evil"... and that anyone who has no problem w his actions, and the trump admin that condones this.... is also 'evil' and therefore must be a "satanist".
viewing people who hold different political views in that way (as satanists) is kind of a goofy way to look at things if you ask me.
yet, such has been intimated, implied, and outright stated by you vamp, by glen, and by dane on several occasions.
hope that sheds some light on my views on "satanic worship". hope you weren't expecting anything too profound as you're likely disappointed.
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