Seriously, is there an up side to Satan worshiping?

[LostInAnomie]

I just don't get it.

[AmyDeLune]

1. Well Sure!

You get a pResident in the White House! ;)

(apologies to any DU Satanists, I just couldn't resist.)

---Amy

[daddybear]

13. But..

.... it is so true! He is the king of satanists...

[Still_Notafraid]

2. Good Question

lol

[Droopy]

3. I've done a little reading on Satanism

And it looks to me that most Satanists are just sardonic atheists. I'm sure there are a few "genuine" Satan worshippers out there, but they are just losers trying to gain personal power in a world in which they feel powerless.

[immoderate]

22. This agrees with my experience

Satanists just do the opposite of Christians to piss them off.

--IMM

[bambo53]

4. A better question might be,

Why do people feel the need to "worship" anyone or anything?
Is reality so empty that we need imaginary friends?

[daddybear]

16. It was built in....

by our creator... some just reject it which is their God-given right... with consequences.

Now, that's all I is gonna say so have a fit.

[bambo53]

18. That excuse for reality won't work anymore.

Introduce me to one single, living, human being that has suffered a "consequence" for accepting reality and renouncing childish superstitions.

We all have our right to remain as is though.

[daddybear]

27. There are many....

and one day you may meet them... I pray not.

Nuff said.

[aquart]

5. No, it's badly set up.

In return for devotion to Satan, you get to rot in Hell which is run by Satan.

Which, of course, is the tipoff that it isn't a real religion, just a thing thought up by people who are usually Christians.

Jews, for instance, don't split God into two parts, one good, one evil. Our God does it all which may account for Jewish humor. So it isn't really possible for us to be satanists.

But Christians have a terrible problem with evil being done by the one they worship, so they truncate his power and give all the cool stuff to Satan, making him sexy and secretly thrilling. Jesus gets to be endlessly benevolent and sympathetic, which, if you recall his hair-trigger temper when he was breathing, might not always be fun for him. Jesus never gets to be sexy. Which I think sucks.

[ogradda]

6. never thought about it

um...you get to wear flowing robes to services?

[Lexingtonian]

7. Yes

You'll get an invitation to become Member of the Board of Halliburton, Inc. after the first month. Further benefits will follow.

No more freezing during the winter, either. You'll always have a nice warm place to call home!

[jdots]

9. I worship the ground

that W crawled out of Anton Levay was a putz .

[chuckrocks]

8. seriously

whats the upside of having a "positive" sounding invisisble cloud being?

[Swamp Rat]

10. You get to eat babies?

[The Flaming Red Head]

11. The Republicans got you in their corner and...

your songs are played on Clear Channel, daily.

[Coyul]

12. you can sleep in on sundays. nt

nt

[underpants]

14. No response really-that has to be one of the all-time DU subject lines

Thanks for the laugh.

[MrSandman]

15. Ritualistic orgies???

[name not needed]

17. You get a week's notice when Keith Richards finally kicks the bucket

in 3083.

[jdots]

20. Well Shecky the money's good..............

but the benifits suck....Ha? i gave up being an atheist no holidays i feel alot of love in the room

[name not needed]

21. You also get a free hot plate

and a signed picture of Ronald Reagan and Adolf Hitler. :)

[Robb]

19. You get your own monogrammed hot water bottle

...plus a personal army of the undead to go forth and do your bidding.

And I think dental. :shrug:

[liontamer]

23. orgies with goths

plus a group of friends who encourage you to be a petty thief. Mostly just a group of people to pal around with during high school esque hijinks.

[Zomby Woof]

24. yep

Boneless christians will never know, however.

[ismnotwasm]

25. Sure

According to the bible, he's a beautiful being. If you're in to the asthetics of the stuff. The ugly devil is a dark ages invention. Take off on Pan, and who is one of my favortie mythological Gods, and others like him/her.

[miss_kitty]

26. I would think

That one as a Satanist would look FORWARD to going to hell, which is apparently, really easy to get into. At least, that's what many organised religions would have us believe...:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[qnr]

28. Up side? Well, I guess that

You'd have a real reason for your local/national conservative/fundamentalist/right-wing/etc. fellow Americans to hate you, which is slightly better than wondering why they hate you simply because you wish for a better world. :shrug: