LaVeyan Satanism
Wherein Panda tells us as much about LaVeyan Satanism as she possibly can.
First she will start with a brief history of Satanism en generale, followed by a history of Anton LaVey and why he thought his brand was better. The meat of the lesson will be filled with information about The Church today including, but not limited to:
Each bulleted item constitutes a lesson and will be cut up into one post a piece. All topics may not be covered, but I encourage them to be. Discussion will follow each lesson (AKA post) until Panda posts a new lesson. For reasons of expediency discussion on each lesson will end when the new lesson begins. Discussion of the entire course may begin once Panda says the course is over.
I could have looked up all this junk on some alt.yahoo bullshit, I'm sure, but I prefer to hear it from the horse's mouth. Plus, Panda, you'll become more informed on the aspects of your religion that you were rusty on.
First she will start with a brief history of Satanism en generale, followed by a history of Anton LaVey and why he thought his brand was better. The meat of the lesson will be filled with information about The Church today including, but not limited to:
- Their hierarchal structure
- Geopolitical distribution, along with percentage of population
- Political involvement, if any
- Prominent LaVeyan Satanists
- Stated objectives of The Church
- Panda's personal experiences
- The Church in the future
Each bulleted item constitutes a lesson and will be cut up into one post a piece. All topics may not be covered, but I encourage them to be. Discussion will follow each lesson (AKA post) until Panda posts a new lesson. For reasons of expediency discussion on each lesson will end when the new lesson begins. Discussion of the entire course may begin once Panda says the course is over.
I could have looked up all this junk on some alt.yahoo bullshit, I'm sure, but I prefer to hear it from the horse's mouth. Plus, Panda, you'll become more informed on the aspects of your religion that you were rusty on.
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Uhh, 'scuse me what? >_>
Hahah I'll do it if you really want me to xD
Edit: But I still would love to hear what Panda has to say about it.
but right now I have a horrific Hangoveresque migrane so im going to sleep.
Recordare, Jesu pie,
quod sum causa tuae viae:
ne me perdas illa die.
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus:
redemisti Crucem passus:
tantus labor non sit cassus.
Juste judex ultionis,
donum fac remissionis
ante diem rationis.
Ingemisco, tamquam reus:
culpa rubet vultus meus:
supplicanti parce, Deus.
Mario, Wikipedia's great, but I didn't go to it right away for a reason. I'm not just interested in learning about Satanism - I'm also interested in learning about Panda.
Any :objection:s?
Whether you agree with it or not, throwing a brick through a church window isn't as much of a dire insult as stealing a communal wafer.
Guy's being a douche and fanning the flames, it would have died down by now if he wasn't throwing wood on the fire.
So I'm pretty sure that guy who took the cracker and didn't eat it was specifically trying to piss off the catholic church, and the church isn't completely overreacting. The guy knew what he was getting into, and did it specifically for that reason.
EDIT: First time I read through the articles I mainly just read the first half, but after going abck and reading through all of the first one it seems like the student genuinely didn't realize the trouble he was going to create. Still wrong for not knowing it, but I would disagree with actually punishing him for it. STILL. It is a big deal for the Catholic church, and despite what some people believe, you can't just break a huge rule in someone's religion and then expect them to be perfectly okay with it. ...I don't like Bill Donohue.
To make it perfectly clear, these people were WILLING TO MURDER IN THE NAME OF GOD.
I have a very big problem with that, and I approve of the professor bringing the knowledge of some peoples' fanatacism to light, mocking them or no.
You cannot have religious freedom if you allow religious groups to enact real-world punishments for someone not taking their beliefs as seriously as they do. There's very little difference between that and conversion by force.
Also, and I'm just my expressing my opinion of a philosophical system and not of any of its adherents, LaVeyan Satanism is bullshit and basically a LARP game for pretentious atheist philosophers. The underlying tenets aren't really objectionable to me (and have really nothing to do with Satan at all, even on a metaphorical level -- existentialism and secular humanism could fit the bill just as nicely) but the intentionally confrontational attitude and self-righteous condescension toward actual religious beliefs make it a petty, immature and negatively-defined group of loudmouthed malcontents who contribute nothing. Also, many LaVeyan Satanists are Randian Objectivists, which further enhances the imperious self important ham fisted internet jerk image that they have created for themselves.
Ah, the wonders of having a Religious Studies student on tap.
Oh God, save me from your followers.
A] Yeah I'm a guy, thought it was kinda obvious but ok :]
B] I vote we just let this thread die because I can tell McJake is obviously fired up about this and I don't wanna be on anyone's bad side. So let's just all go back to the general discussion forum, and forget this ever happened, k? I'm sorry I opened my mouth in the first place. x.X
Just saying. I'm not saying they were right in sending out death threats, but it's a pretty big deal in the religion.