These “music streaking” do-whackies are just plain broken. Once I pulled up a Golden Oldies “streak” so I could listen to some older stuff that I liked as a kid (led Zeppelin, Beatles, Creedence, Stones, etc) and instead a bunch of music I grew up with was playing.
I couldn’t find a mailing address, so I sent a letter to the local Golden Oldies radio station to let them know they were broadcasting to the wrong “streak” and I’d like them to include a Mystery Sound segment on their show.
Don’t know why they had to get the police involved.
So I’m on the pulpit nominating committee for a church plant in our presbytery. That part alone should make you all chuckle.
The new church will serve a tough area of my county with a great deal of broken families, drug OD’s and crime. So I took a detour to buy some tequila and margarita mix there today just to see who this new pastor will have to minister to.
I kid you not the guy at the register was a satanist. I noticed the pentagram tattoo on his neck first. I know that skater/metal kids “back in my day” used that as an ironic counter culture symbol and was about to dismiss it when I noticed a bleeding ram tattoo, serpent sleeve down his arm handing an apple to a naked woman and “hell bound” across his knuckles. There was some sanskrit and other stuff I didn’t recognize as well.
Nice enough guy. After checking out I realized that satanists by default believe in a creator God. So he’s halfway there already lol.
For me there’s a difference between people (religious or not) that hurt others in a way that’s against their stated values or they’re just psychos with no religion or values (Catholic Priest, Columbine Shooters, Unabomber etc…)
It gets to a whole other level of evil when people make hurting others a requirement of their religion and proselytize others to do the same (Satanism, wahhabist Islam etc…)
When I was younger (13ish) messing around with mates, I would do some proper fire and brimstone preaching. Found it really satisfying. (I’m not Christian.)
Of late I’ve attended church because I belive my daughter should have the experience and choice a church of England school will afford.
I’ve had to turn down numerous requests to do readings in service because I’m scared I’ll go old school on them.
When I was around 10, I decided to become atheist but my parents still made me go to church. I took my revenge by taking out all the batteries in the clocks
The boys come running in to wake me up as I tried to sleep in on a Saturday morning. The 3yo does a flying elbow to the temple and I just shrug it off and roll over.
“Mom, it’s not working. He won’t wake up.”
“Daddy benched yesterday. Try hitting him in the chest.”
@Basement_Gainz@pfury Satanism gets a bad rap for no reason. It’s just individualism. The only bad “satanist” is the evil fucker using it as a coverup for raping his daughter.
A key tenet:
they reject God and see themselves as their own God
That’s literally why Satan got kicked out of heaven.
No, I am not a satanist. I am an atheist. But, satanism seems to be one of the least evil religions out there. Ironic, isn’t it?
I agree … I just thought it didn’t fit in with the theme of the playlist … Metallica sandwiched in between Dexy’s midnight Rider and Culture Club just strange bedfellows
Oh I know. Satanism was briefly discussed in the roe v Wade dumpsterfire thread. It’s basically what happens when you take free market and individualism concepts and make it a religion.
I’ve read far more tales about Scientology personally. By a mile
Satanists reject the authority of God, not existence
My impression that agnosticism means simply saying “I don’t know.” You have no firm belief that there is or isn’t a God(s), but just say I don’t know and not giving it much more thought.
This is the opposite of agnosticism- agnostics don’t reject or believe. They just don’t know.
Agnostic: “a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.”
I happen to be agnostic. Could be something out there, might not be. Cool with either outcome.