Every synthesis requires an antithesis. If the gods are dead, so are the demons. Hate to disappoint but there's just us ordinary mortals...nothing more...though there could've been and still could be less.
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Every synthesis requires an antithesis. If the gods are dead, so are the demons. Hate to disappoint but there's just us ordinary mortals...nothing more...though there could've been and still could be less.
Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all fours, who, because of his " divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all" Anton Szandor LaVey
'Divine spiritual' development' is gibberish. We learn nothing from obscure metaphors. We're animals. We don't need a story book character to represent us as one. We do that pretty well by ourselves.
The text I quoted is from the Satanic Bible, it is part of the nine Satanic Statements. It may seem gibberish to you, but it is a corner stone of my beliefs
Gotta respect peoples beliefs - providing they hurt no one else - even when dreamt up by utter charlatans like Anton Lavey
As John Lennon sang. "Whatever gets you through the night."
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Gods and demons are truly alive... in the minds of men... who enact all manner of unspeakable things in their delusions of the divine will
How about this possibility, Prospero? :)
I don't believe in an afterlife, or reincarnation. But maybe we can be rebooted...
They asked Buddha why he wasted his time trying to get unbelievers with the program, and he said "some will understand"
The Jews, Christians, and Muslims all have lots of blood on their hands, but outside a few flaming suicides, Buddhism has managed to tally a pretty low deathcount. The Amish too. Even the Satanists.
Muhammad said you could be a businessman or soldier and still know the grace of God, as long as you had honor.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade: (scent of a woman) . Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard.