Ha! I love 'em both! :) Problem with the Satanic Verses iirc is that even though the Muslims had put a real price on Rushdie's head, he's just a novelist, and the book was only intended to entertain people.
Satanism with its black masses, etc. is really nothing to be afraid of anyhow. The church was founded by someone who perceived his experiences with Christianity as being two-faced (I'm not necessarily inclined to disagree based on my own experiences with Christianity). The church validated its members' desire to live as they wanted (imo always a good thing). I've never heard a legitimate and provable instance of them hurting anyone (as compared to Christians, Muslims and Jews). Granted that probably has a lot to do with the math of it -- 'cause when you do the math, you realize that there have historically been so few satanists that the likelyhood of any one of them being homicidal is much lower than for mainstream religions which have historically had larger memberships by several orders of magnitude. So the satanists like to dress up in black robes and have a mass with a naked chick on an altar while they fornicate and read the bible in reverse. Doesn't sound to me like that's hurting anyone. :) Honestly sounds pretty silly (and fun) to me. :) Seriously anyone who's afraid of Satanists should do some homework. Go back and find the articles and documentaries about Alister Crowley (who I heard died crazy after his son died during one of their rituals, but I'm not convinced that's not either coincidental or just because Crowley himself went crazy irrespective of his group, much like I don't believe the women in TX killing their kids are representative of Christianity as a whole). And Crowley's successor Anton LeVey who founded the Church of Satan after having been a lion tamer. :P http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan I've not read these entries thoroughly myself... just FYI. I have seen a recorded interview with LaVey ... He seemed like a nice guy (not unlike Marylin Manson actually). :) Sandra Clark wrote: > I did something similar many years ago, though it was > Jehovah Witnesses, > At the time I lived in a courtyard apartment building in > Northridge, CA. > (The apartment building had a large courtyard which all > the apartments > faced. I had my windows open and was cleaning my > apartment. I heard the > JW, outside, but it was going to be pretty obvious that I > was home (even if > I closed my windows). So I went and got my copy of Salman > Rushdie's "The > Satanic Verses" and put it on a chair near the door. Went > back to cleaning > and eventually they came to my door. > Picked up the book, as if I were reading it, and opened > the door. When they > went into their spiel, I politely declined, and told them > I was a satanist > (I'm not, don't worry). I asked them if they were > interested in attending > our ritual, that I was preparing for it now and that we > were always > interested in willing "vict oops, I mean converts". > They not only left my apartment in a hurry, they left the > entire building > <heee heee> > I also found this on the web, also by Ven. Shravasti > Dhammika > http://www.hvk.org/articles/1004/122.html s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199050 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
