A good point. The simple answer is that satanism can be many things, anything from leading people away from Christ towards atheism, to being in general a worshipper of evil and of doing everything the opposite of what is normal, to hatred for nature, to actually worshipping the devil. Laveyan satanism didn't exist at that time, but it is more about neo-paganism with indulgence and a superficial lifestyle, using the word satanism mainly to provoke. Marx falls into the first category obviously, the second possibly, and the third certainly. The fourth his quote implies but it could be "mere poetry". The fifth, no, since Laveyan satanism didn't exist at that time.
Moreover, if you think communists always mean what they say, then you are certainly naive! What other ideologies do you have such endless trust for, that you would believe everything they said? Judging from the massmurder of 60 million people and enslaving the rest under cattle-like conditions, they didn't really live up to their promise of being "for worker's rights" as they claimed in the USSR, did they?
So, basically, every atheist is a satanist?
And that's easy compared to next question - what is normal?
I don't believe that politicians ever mean what they say, communist or not. And don't go into 60 million people and cattle like conditions. It always ends badly.Moreover, if you think communists always mean what they say, then you are certainly naive! What other ideologies do you have such endless trust for, that you would believe everything they said? Judging from the massmurder of 60 million people and enslaving the rest under cattle-like conditions, they didn't really live up to their promise of being "for worker's rights" as they claimed in the USSR, did they?
That is not what a satanist is, you cannot make up a definition of satanism and use it to insult people in that way. So let's just say for argument's sake I was a monk who lived in practical isolation, living a life clean of any impurities (drug-related, sexual, or otherwise) and had never harmed another living thing in my life, but I took on a student and did not teach him about the teachings of Jesus Christ. Would that make me a satanist? I realize that's a horrible argument, but so is making up your own definition for a very controversial and well-discussed word such as satanist.
I've known a few satanists, not those who sacrifice virgins to create the Antichrist, but the ones that just live their lives the way they want to and let others do the same. Guess what, they were all better people than the fundies I've known.
I was once a satanist myself, so I know what I'm talking about. Secondly, I admitted and clarified my poor phrasing (due to late time of the day!) in the post just above this one. Not teaching about Christ is not satanism. Actively leading people away from Christ, isn't satanism. But compulsively wanting to destroy nature and God, being almost scared of the existence of natural things, and always wanting to turn everything natural as unnatural as possible, is satanism - because it is hatred for nature slash God.
Another good point out of my slightly careless phrasing. The answer is of course no. Leading people away from God slash nature, towards unnatural things, can be seen as satanic only if it is combined with a compulsive belief that nature or God is evil and must be destroyed or changed beyond recognizeability.
Great! I hope you are vigilant and be sure to learn of concepts such as the Hegel dialectic and false flag attacks, which are often used to bring about such conditions where massmurder is possible.
Why do you equate God with nature?
Mass murders weren't exclusive to communism.Great! I hope you are vigilant and be sure to learn of concepts such as the Hegel dialectic and false flag attacks, which are often used to bring about such conditions where massmurder is possible.
Considering cattle like conditions, at the moment I'd very much like to trade my piss-poor, almost-starving paradise-like democratic conditions for a car, nice house, two holidays a year, free health care and free education cattle-like communist conditions.
Because that is what makes it easiest to understand what he is. He is everything that exists. That which is true, is God. The main difference, is that God is also a force that makes sure evil will always be defeated by those of pure heart.
Which communist dictatorship would give you that? The USSR, or North Korea, or Turkmenistan, or Burma, or Cambodia?
Well said. Throw in "he's got them" and you can invade Iraq or alternatively "world peace" and you can become Miss America.
I was mostly thinking Yugoslavia.Which communist dictatorship would give you that? The USSR, or North Korea, or Turkmenistan, or Burma, or Cambodia?
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