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Here's the prayer for people who don't read the article:
Hail satan!
As long as you say it tongue in cheek. At least as far as I was taught lore (and that could be completely wrong to history because religion), Satan was the one with the bad plan: to make everyone be good; remove choice from the equation.
The great irony (and hypocrisy) of Christianity at least is, it teaches that God is all wise in part because he was willing to give us free will. The ENTIRE POINT is he will not force us to be good, but that's exactly what the Christofascists who freak out over other religions want: to remove choice.
Modern Christianity is literally its own antichrist. Hailing Satan isn't the answer, but being privy to why he was supposedly bad, is.
Hail Satan (not tongue in cheek). We've been to space please stop believing in bronze age mythology.
I'm speaking of deploying good communication skills like an intelligent person and not a brainless ape responding to the presence of religous words, but you do you.
What? I thought Satan, or Lucifer (whose name means angel of light or something like that) was punished because he gave knowledge to humankind, not because of attempting to remove choice.
Regardless, who the fuck cares if it's said tongue in cheek or not?
If another user says "Thank God!" are you going to say "As long as you say it tongue in cheek" too?
I would say that there's some degree of value to hailing satan semi seriously, as long as it's in the vein of hailing the idea of standing against power out of control. There's value in archetypes in that regard.
It's not praising a literal entity, it's praising the idea of satan as the icon of rebellion and revolt. It's the difference between levay style Satanism and satanic Temple style. Not that I am a member of any of them, but I dig the idea of using the iconography of the christo-fascist bullshit to work against them.
I dunno', I think to Christians and the religious (the ones who need to be somewhat receptive to the message) aren't going to be as eager to give the innocently rebellious interpretation.
Though leftists and liberals have always been terrible at messaging, so I guess that's just par for the course...
I think you'll have a problem making rebels care what they think. I know I sure don't.
Hail Satan 🤘
I see how that can be a shock.
I mean, if you think rebellion against authority is a bad thing. But I thought this was America. Rebelling against tyrannical authority is our nation's origin story.
That was a while ago though.
Yeah, and people who are the authority are suspiciously opposed to rebellion against them.
A while ago. Heh.