{"tag":"christians","articles":{"blog\/mythology\/hail-satan":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/hail-satan","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2019-09-18T18:34:22+02:00","publishedAt":"2020-03-01T18:16:00+01:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"hail-satan"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"hail-satan","title":"Hail Satan \ud83e\udd18","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Hail Satan ?\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022300\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Hail Satan ?\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022300\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy Twitter bio includes the words \u201cHail Satan \ud83e\udd18\u201c.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept I don\u0027t believe in Satan (nor in his evil enemy, Jahwe)...\nSo why the hell the did I put put it there?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Hail Satan ?\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022800\u0022 height=\u0022500\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Hail Satan ?\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022800\u0022 height=\u0022500\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy Twitter bio includes the words \u201cHail Satan \ud83e\udd18\u201c.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept I don\u0027t believe in Satan (nor in his evil enemy, Jahwe)...\nSo why the hell the did I put put it there?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, first of all: Satanists don\u0027t believe in Satan.\nJust read their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.churchofsatan.com\/faq-fundamental-beliefs\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E FAQ\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESatan to us is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism, and it serves as an external metaphorical projection of our highest personal potential. We do not believe in Satan as a being or person.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYup, a symbol. They chose this one, because it\u0027s controversial, that\u0027s all it is \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut that being said \u2013 I\u0027m not even a Satanist. I do agree with most of their philosophy (and despise some parts of it),\nI own a copy of \u201cThe Satanic Bible\u201d by LaVey (and I find it unbearably boring),\nand I follow their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchofSatan\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Twitter account\u003C\/a\u003E (it\u0027s smart and hilarious!).\nBut that\u0027s pretty much it.\nI\u0027ve never visited any temple, never witnessed any ritual, didn\u0027t bother to become a member,\nand in my daily life I don\u0027t really bother thinking about Satanism too often.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil, that is, a random Christian sees something I wrote online,\nchecks out my bio to find an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/yourlogicalfallacyis.com\/ad-hominem\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E ad hominem\u003C\/a\u003E to use,\nand replies with something along the lines of \u201cyeah, but you worship Satan, so what do even know?! \ud83e\udd21\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd that\u0027s the point: \u003Cem\u003EI don\u0027t believe in Satan, but I know that this person does.\nAnd they are scared of him.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ve spent too many years of my life suffering because of their mythology \u2013\nnot being able to be myself or do things I wanted to do \u2013 just because I had been indoctrinated\ninto being scared shitless of some horned imp with a pitchfork.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI say \u201cHail Satan\u201d not because I actually praise a nonexistent character from a horror book,\nbut \u003Cem\u003Eto show Christians that I\u0027m not afraid of their imaginary enemy\u003C\/em\u003E.\nThose two words represent \u003Cem\u003Emy victory in the fight for liberation of my mind from their indoctrination\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI say \u201cHail Satan\u201d just because I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Eproud\u003C\/em\u003E of the fact that I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Enot afraid\u003C\/em\u003E to say it anymore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, and there\u0027s one more thing: if you read the Bible, you\u0027ll find out that Jahwe is actually the bad guy in this story...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction:\njealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive,\nbloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal,\nfilicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.\n\u003Cem\u003E(Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo on the off chance that the Christian mythology is actually true (it\u0027s not, let\u0027s not kid ourselves \ud83d\ude44),\nI\u0027d rather make sure that I won\u0027t end up in the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IPD1YGghtDk\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Celestial North Korea\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECall it a \u201cReversed \u003Ca href=\u0022\/blog\/przegrany-zak%C5%82ad-pascala\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-pastafarianism\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E Pascal\u0027s wager\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d, if you will \ud83d\ude09\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["christians","hell","satan","satanism"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_small.png","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Hail Satan ?\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022150\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy Twitter bio includes the words \u201cHail Satan \ud83e\udd18\u201c.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept I don\u0027t believe in Satan (nor in his evil enemy, Jahwe)...\nSo why the hell the did I put put it there?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/hail-satan_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Hail Satan ?\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022150\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy Twitter bio includes the words \u201cHail Satan \ud83e\udd18\u201c.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept I don\u0027t believe in Satan (nor in his evil enemy, Jahwe)...\nSo why the hell the did I put put it there?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, first of all: Satanists don\u0027t believe in Satan.\nJust read their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.churchofsatan.com\/faq-fundamental-beliefs\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E FAQ\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESatan to us is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism, and it serves as an external metaphorical projection of our highest personal potential. We do not believe in Satan as a being or person.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYup, a symbol. They chose this one, because it\u0027s controversial, that\u0027s all it is \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut that being said \u2013 I\u0027m not even a Satanist. I do agree with most of their philosophy (and despise some parts of it),\nI own a copy of \u201cThe Satanic Bible\u201d by LaVey (and I find it unbearably boring),\nand I follow their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchofSatan\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E Twitter account\u003C\/a\u003E (it\u0027s smart and hilarious!).\nBut that\u0027s pretty much it.\nI\u0027ve never visited any temple, never witnessed any ritual, didn\u0027t bother to become a member,\nand in my daily life I don\u0027t really bother thinking about Satanism too often.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil, that is, a random Christian sees something I wrote online,\nchecks out my bio to find an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/yourlogicalfallacyis.com\/ad-hominem\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E ad hominem\u003C\/a\u003E to use,\nand replies with something along the lines of \u201cyeah, but you worship Satan, so what do even know?! \ud83e\udd21\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd that\u0027s the point: \u003Cem\u003EI don\u0027t believe in Satan, but I know that this person does.\nAnd they are scared of him.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ve spent too many years of my life suffering because of their mythology \u2013\nnot being able to be myself or do things I wanted to do \u2013 just because I had been indoctrinated\ninto being scared shitless of some horned imp with a pitchfork.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI say \u201cHail Satan\u201d not because I actually praise a nonexistent character from a horror book,\nbut \u003Cem\u003Eto show Christians that I\u0027m not afraid of their imaginary enemy\u003C\/em\u003E.\nThose two words represent \u003Cem\u003Emy victory in the fight for liberation of my mind from their indoctrination\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI say \u201cHail Satan\u201d just because I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Eproud\u003C\/em\u003E of the fact that I\u0027m \u003Cem\u003Enot afraid\u003C\/em\u003E to say it anymore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, and there\u0027s one more thing: if you read the Bible, you\u0027ll find out that Jahwe is actually the bad guy in this story...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction:\njealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive,\nbloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal,\nfilicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.\n\u003Cem\u003E(Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo on the off chance that the Christian mythology is actually true (it\u0027s not, let\u0027s not kid ourselves \ud83d\ude44),\nI\u0027d rather make sure that I won\u0027t end up in the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IPD1YGghtDk\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E Celestial North Korea\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECall it a \u201cReversed \u003Ca href=\u0022\/blog\/przegrany-zak%C5%82ad-pascala.lite\u0022\u003E Pascal\u0027s wager\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d, if you will \ud83d\ude09\u003C\/p\u003E","words":458,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}}}}