Quote Originally Posted by ISAtlanta300
By your definition, YOU yourself, Paul SHOULD call yourself a Satanist, because you believe in worshipping one's self, doing what you want, eye for an eye and that man are equal to animals.
by definition, you could say that, but i'm not one for labels... i guess you could say i am apart of Paulism and i worship myself. if you read the 9 statements ect you could see where tons of people fall into that, even christians (not smart christians). if we take it by my definition minus the rituals i would say more people than i can count would fall into this, but the stigma of the name w/ the rituals just kills it for me. i don't believe in god so how can i believe in satan? and the rituals for any religion reminds me of some nerdy kid playing D&D. if we were intended to be magicians we would be fighting for middle earth
Exaclty, and you have proven my point here. Since you don't remember the name of the religion is evidently CLEAR that they DO NOT call themselves CHRISTIANS !! That is EXACTLY the same situation that LAVEY is in. He used the term "satanism" for his cult wrongly, if indeed he does not worship the devil. Those people would have been using the term "Christianity" wrongly, if they indeed are polytheists.....
Ya they are not christians... there is a name for these people but i just escapes me...