posted September 24, 2012 09:30 PM            

As it stands I'm the Pope of my own Religion, and its completely disorganized much like my desk...

[H A I L - I R I S]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan
C H U R C H - O F - S A T A N

[History]

In the 1960s Anton LaVey formed a group called the Order of the Trapezoid, which later became the governing body of the Church of Satan. The group included: "The Baroness" Carin de Plessen, Dr. Cecil Nixon, Kenneth Anger, City Assessor Russell Wolden, Donald Werby,[1][2] and Michael Harner. According to the Church of Satan historiography, other LaVey associates from this time include noted Science Fiction and Horror writers Anthony Boucher, August Derleth, Robert Barbour Johnson, Reginald Bretnor, Emil Petaja, Stuart Palmer, Clark Ashton Smith, Forrest J. Ackerman, and Fritz Leiber Jr.[3] The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco, California, on Walpurgisnacht, April 30, 1966, by Anton Szandor LaVey, who was the Church's High Priest until his death.[/img]

[Beliefs]

The Church of Satan does not "worship" or believe in the devil, nor do they believe in gods. LaVeyan Satanism follows the belief that one self is their own "God". They do not believe in suppression of desire and human nature. "My real feeling is that anybody who believes in supernatural entities on some level is insane. Whether they believe in The Devil or God, they are abdicating reason," said Peter Gilmore.[5] Gilmore defines the word Satan: "Satan is a model or a mode of behavior. Satan in Hebrew means 'adversary' or 'opposer'; one who questions."[5]

Satanists within the Church of Satan adhere to these as guidelines on how to live. However, it is important to remember that Satanists generally do view the Satanic sins, statements, and rules of the earth as things that one must go out of their way to do. The Satanist ideally sees these things as truisms and how they naturally live their lives, as opposed to a Christian or Jew, who would strive to follow the words of Christ or the mitzvot, respectively.
The Nine Satanic Statements[14]

[The Nine Satanic Statements outline what "Satan" represents in the Church of Satan]

Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence.
Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams.
Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit.
Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates.
Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek.
Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires.
Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development", has become the most vicious animal of all.
Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification.
Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years.

[The Nine Satanic Sins]

Stupidity
Pretentiousness
Solipsism
Self-deceit
Herd Conformity
Lack of Perspective
Forgetfulness of Past Orthodoxies
Counterproductive Pride
Lack of Aesthetics

[The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth]

Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
When in another's lair, show them respect or else do not go there.
If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them cruelly and without mercy.
Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and they cry out to be relieved.
Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.
Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
Do not harm little children.
Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they don’t stop, destroy them.

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Some of there Sins, Rules and creeds are pretty interesting/hilarious/awesome...

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If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them cruelly and without mercy

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Win!

posted September 24, 2012 09:42 PM            

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posted September 25, 2012 07:13 AM            

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Originally posted by Lei_Kuei:
If I didn't have [b]absolute disdain for organized religion, Id consider joining them for sh!ts & giggles...

As it stands I'm the Pope of my own Religion, and its completely disorganized much like my desk...

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Do you have a cool pope hat or vestments?

Also, they do make (or at least did) pope action figures. There's one of Innocent III, or at least was, if you ever need some whimsical office toys

There's also a toy called Nunzilla; it's a windup nun that shoots sparks out of its mouth. And nun bowling.

Nunzilla (complete with musical accompaniment):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdKcYz9fNbE

Nun Bowling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI_b_w7xj3g&feature=related

posted September 25, 2012 07:25 AM            

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posted September 25, 2012 07:45 AM            

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Do you have a cool pope hat or vestments?

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Robes...

And a fizzle stick/lightsaber for eating peanut butter with

Ive cut my face off twice this morning trying to eat breakfast...

posted September 25, 2012 07:59 AM            

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posted September 25, 2012 08:34 AM            

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posted September 25, 2012 08:38 AM            

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Originally posted by juniperb:

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those smileys are awesome

posted September 25, 2012 08:40 AM            

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Originally posted by Lei_Kuei:
Robes...

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hmmm....what about hats, though?

oooh and staffs

Personally, I'm more into the blingy kinds of vestments.

If you need inspiration for papal attire and accessories, including staffs, here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpX3XdU-V9o

and even if you don't, it's Monty Python and it's awesome

posted September 25, 2012 09:08 AM            

I don't defend my faith since I have none

My religion is built on pure lies

posted September 25, 2012 09:50 AM            

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Originally posted by Lei_Kuei:

I don't defend my faith since I have none

My religion is built on pure lies

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I meant your pope-faith

popeness?

popeitude?

popery?

posted September 25, 2012 05:15 PM            

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Originally posted by Lei_Kuei:

I don't defend my faith since I have none

My religion is built on pure lies

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the mendacious religion of Kuei`s

posted September 25, 2012 08:33 PM            

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The mendacious religion of Kuei`s

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Its Discordianism in its truest form... which is total lie

@Stawr: Yea me too... I have by my own ignorant volition, been practice many of his ideas for years... Although I wouldn't qualify as a practicing LaVey-Satanist, since I barely qualify as a practicing human lol...

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"Satan is a model or a mode of behavior. Satan in Hebrew means 'adversary' or 'opposer'; one who questions."

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posted September 25, 2012 11:56 PM            

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Originally posted by Lei_Kuei:
since I barely qualify as a practicing human lol..

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posted September 26, 2012 09:04 PM            

Once at 15 and another at 16 someone offered me a copy of the Satanic Bible by LaVey but I turned it down thinking it was about literal worship of Satan (rather than the Self) and was no more interested in that than I was the Bible or Koran. I was in my 20s before I got convinced to read it (along with The Satanic Witch) and found the books mentally stimulating (I wasn't as impressed as many are perhaps because I was already familiar with much of the philosophy of individualism and enlightened selfishness from other authors who predated LaVey) and I liked how it encouraged indulgence without addiction. To me, both vice and virtue are equally self-destructive unless balanced with good sense, but in moderation both vice & virtue can lead to a much happier and fulfilling life. And having read those books I'd have loved to have gone back in time to tell those who said I was a Satanist, "You say that like it's a BAD thing."

posted September 26, 2012 09:17 PM            

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posted September 26, 2012 11:51 PM            

I feel though, they named it poorly, hmmmm

As Satan and Yahweh are more or less interchangeable...

Luciferianism may have been a better choice, wonder why they settled on Satan

posted September 27, 2012 05:59 AM            

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Just to be clear I didn't even entertain the idea of becoming a Satanist.

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My bad! Sry

I think what I meant when I wrote my reply was... If you had ever contemplated such.

Again, my bad