If Christianity taught believe in yourself instead of an Invisible Friend, a lot fewer of them would worship Trump.
Yeah, Trump being invisible too just gets them all confused.
There was actually an early sect of Christians called the Gnostics. That was sort of their whole thing.
A core belief was that everyone was the child of God, and thus, was God.
They also believed that Jesus asked Judas to go to the Romans.
The early church wiped them out to the last, and we only know what we do thanks to some sparse records and modern archeology.
As in the gnostic gospels? As usual, the ideas that ended up having the most muscle behind them became the “truth”.
Pretty sure that they named themselves. So closer to propaganda.
Satan is the only character who tells the truth in the Bible.
By Christians he’s seen as the enemy.
I dunno, the Christians might be on to something. Definitely some people around who need to believe in themselves a bit less.
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we should all totally become satanists now
New doom game comes out in 3 days.
HAIL SATAN!
I first read the Satanist Bible a year after leaving Christianity. It’s not only a parody of the Bible, it’s also all about believing in yourself. I found it very inspiring. My Christian family was not amused.
I mean, you don’t even need one, but you could be a card-carrying member of the Satanic Temple.. They’ve come out and said that anyone who wants to join can do so, no fees necessary. I would view it as more of a donation to their cause.
I am a card carrying member. I think I have sincerely held religious beliefs that some court cases should be protecting right now. I know small comfort, but it’s better than nothing.
The unnecessary commas.
Great. Now I’ve got that stuck in my head.
What do you, mean?
It is a writing convention to place a comma before a quotation.
They come and go, they come and gooooo.
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Fail
Sounds like the difference between supportive adult and an abusive one.
I wonder how many people stop to consider the validity of the statement anyway. Like, “Source?”
It is sourced, at the bottom of the image. I don’t know who that person is or what their theological credentials are, but they did source it at least.
Yeah, I’m referring to them, not the image maker.
Clearly I need more satan in my life.
Hail satan!
“Damn it to hell, I said believe in yourself! What is it with you religious people?”
That’s not Satan, that’s the snake. Satan’s just an asshole who does God’s bidding testing and tempting people like he did with Job. And it’s not the same as the nake or lucifer.
The ‘snake’ was the one who told Eve that God was lying to them, and that they would not die if they ate the forbidden fruit. This one is the cool guy who’s the equivalent of Prometheus.
Lucifer isn’t even in the bible at all. It’s a Roman mythical explanation for Venus because it was something bright that appeared sometimes in the sky, and it somehow got conflated with the bad versions of the “morning star” mentioned in the bible later. Funny enough, Jesus is also referred as “morning star” too. Also the King of Babylon, I think. “Morning star” may be just a saying to describe a characteristic, not a character, like “you are a rising star”.Good point, lucifer is a word used in some translations of the bible though, this book Isaiah was originally written in Hebrew and the word was heilel, and this was translated to latin as lucifer. It was referring to a Babylonian king, not the devil, or the fallen angel, likely Nebuchadnezzar. Some translation use this or similar wording.
Lucifer is latin and means light bringer, lux means light, ferre means bringer.
The serpent was cursed to live as an animal on it’s belly. So not the same person as Nebuchadnezzar.
Different devils (from the ancient Greek word diabolos) also not the same person, or one person
believe in the ball, and throw yourself!
“If you can’t believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in you!”
Fight the powa.
All my best teachers and coaches were Satan all along!
I wish kids would figure out that most teachers are trying to help them
