Happy Birthday Satan!

[Brattus]

Because along with the church you get freedom from taxation and because of the etymology of the word it is a house belonging to a lord. The lord doesn't have to be a deity.

OK. I understand the taxation thing. That makes perfect sense.
But are saying that they believe that there is or once was a living man named Satan?

 

[Illiadus]

Marduk, would you agree that the article in the Jewish encyclopedia shows that the old testament contains conflicting depictions of Satan regarding his ability to act independently of God, his place in physical reality, et c? If not, could you please sum up in 25 words or less the homogenic image you have of him, for reference.

I feel ridiculous quoting myself, but if you exchange the word "homogenic" above with "homogenous", the connection to the past (the old testament, et c) completely disappears, so you're wrong about my intentions.

As for stylistics, which is to some extent a matter of opinion, the dictionary definitions that you provided will actually do fine. Read them carefully and you'll see how my usage makes sense. On the other hand, if, for whatever reason, you feel that I am not entitled to use a word in a creative and original yet perfectly consistent and logical way, then that's your opinion.

But it is an opinion, Marduk.

As for the rest, I don't really care. I'm sorry I wasted your time, but I kind of thought it was a light-hearted thread made just for Halloween.

 

[Illiadus]

Bye now.

 

[Brattus]

youre talking movies, I'm talking reality
http://www.jedichurch.org/
http://www.jedi-church.co.uk/

You can't talk reality about a movie. That is all star wars is, a movie.
The force isn't real no matter how many wingnuts believe it is or put up silly websites about how it is.

 

[Brattus]

As for the rest, I don't really care. I'm sorry I wasted your time, but I kind of thought it was a light-hearted thread made just for Halloween.

That was my intent of the thread.
I did ask the question about the Satan Christian thing seriously though.

 

[Marduk]

OK. I understand the taxation thing. That makes perfect sense.
But are saying that they believe that there is or once was a living man named Satan?

Satan is used as a figurehead, its more about what the concept represents
here are their "Nine Satanic Statements"

1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence!
2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!
5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek!
6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires!
7. 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!
8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!
9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years!

you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about their beliefs from their website
http://www.churchofsatan.com/

 

[Brattus]

Satan is used as a figurehead, its more about what the concept represents
here are their "Nine Satanic Statements"


you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about their beliefs from their website
http://www.churchofsatan.com/

Damn! That big hooter chick was right! I AM a Satan worshiper!
Holy Halloween Batman!

 

[Marduk]

Damn! That big hooter chick was right! I AM a Satan worshiper!
Holy Halloween Batman!

Why don't you re read it replacing "Satan represents" with "I like", then you'll have something really worthwhile to follow

As for the rest, I don't really care. I'm sorry I wasted your time, but I kind of thought it was a light-hearted thread made just for Halloween.

You jumped in on my response to fnord to tell me that in your opinion there was no connection between Tiamat and Satan, you then went on to admit you knew nothing about Tiamat and as we saw very little about Satan
I thankyou for your comments, but you lack the knowledge to make statements like that
k ?

 

[Brattus]

Why don't you re read it replacing "Satan represents" with "I like", then you'll have something really worthwhile to follow

Gee I don't know. I kinda like being a Satan worshiper.
That sounds no where near as boring as saying I have no religious beliefs.

Who knows, if I had told her last night when she asked that I was a Satan worshiper I could very well be knee deep in big hooter christian poontang right about now.

 

[nescafe]

Gee I don't know. I kinda like being a Satan worshiper.
That sounds no where near as boring as saying I have no religious beliefs.

Who knows, if I had told her last night when she asked that I was a Satan worshiper I could very well be knee deep in big hooter christian poontang right about now.

Knee? Kinky! Hopefully other organs would have been involved as well, tho.

 

[Marduk]

You can't talk reality about a movie. That is all star wars is, a movie.
The force isn't real no matter how many wingnuts believe it is or put up silly websites about how it is.

so they don't worship the force then ? (despite being wingnuts)
and it isn't a deity ? (despite not actually existing)


The Jedi part was just to illustrate that people worship things that aren't deities, I expect a better answer would be, "poontang"
or the other popular non deity worship thing

Money,
what did you think I was going to say

 

[ParrotPirate]

I found Jesus once - he'd slipped down behind the sofa cushions, along with a couple of pens, about 20 pence in assorted copper change, half a comb and a rather dessicated apple core.

Thought I found him in the trunk of my car once. Turned out to be a bag of cans I hadn't recycled yet!

 

[Xephyr]

oh boy are you single, or just in the wrong thread

Nah, not single.
But if I were, I'd be happy and quite content with my own company.

No need for imaginary friends to depend and lean on.

 

[alfaniner]

I just did a decimal to binary conversion and found that
666d=1010011010b

(10/10/01 10:10)

Looks like it's already come and gone, with nary any fuss.

 

[Sonny2]

A co-dependant type of person cannot imagine how someone else can exist completely independantly.

Very well put.

 

[epix]

OK. I know that Halloween is not Satans birthday and never meant to be.

That's right. Satan was born on 21st January.

 

[Brattus]

That's right. Satan was born on 21st January.

Gregorian, Julian, Hebrew or Islamic?