by DireStrike » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:37 pm
As an atheist, it seems fairly normal to me. A handful of things that humans do over and over again are apparent:<br><br>- Denigration of the "Other"<br>Mixing in elements of the opposing theology is like fox having colmes on with hannity. It's a straw man, an effigy to be destroyed to bring the group together.<br><br>- Look, we got that too<br>Religions constantly grab elements of other religions and incorporate them into themselves. Most often this is the case when a ruling power is trying to impose its religion on a conquered populace, as the pagan rituals got sucked up and collated with christian rites when Rome conquered everybody.<br><br>- Simple contrast<br>Satanism is built on opposing god. How could it exist without god? If god is real, then the things held sacred by his followers must be sacred, so must be destroyed. If they can't be destroyed they must be taken over. If neither of those can happen your religion doesn't work, so you can bet one of those is gonna happen. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :p --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif ALT=":p"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=direstrike>DireStrike</A> at: 3/6/06 8:39 pm<br></i>