I have never read the "Satanic Bible" while I try to keep an open mind and I have studied other religions, reading the Satanic Bible is something at this time I don’t have a good feeling about reading.
With that said however, I have “heard†(don’t know if it is true) that the book was named the Satanic Bible more for shock and awe than anything else. That the author is an atheist and he doesn’t believe in God, or heaven or hell or Satan. Well I'm almost done w/it. I'll have a write up about it soon I hope. The tone of the book leaves me to believe he DOES believe in the "devil". I highlighted every reference it made to God and satan.
Another thing that is irritating is people always criticize religious people for being hypocrites.. well yeah, of course Christians are hypocrites, EVERYONE is a hypocrite to some extent and/or at some point or time in their life.
Everyone who is not a Christian or who does not believe in God, please try to read the following with an open mind and try to understand the best you can what I am trying to say.
And please keep in mind, I am not trying to preach to any of you. I am explaining what being a Christian is about so those of you that are not might have a better understanding.
In my mind there is a whole set of dynamics that covers pretty much every issue in regards to other religions, how everything works for the over all good and I am at peace with everything I believe and feel. Unfortunately a lot of the stuff I know and I feel I believe God has placed upon my heart and my mind for my own personal benefit because try as hard as I may I cannot seem to articulate clearly the most important questions that people have that I have come to understand.
To some of you that might sound as a cop out, some of you will fully understand what I am saying. But honestly, it is not a cop out. Just the way it is.
Now to explain what being a Christian is about.
The whole point about being a Christian is acknowledging you cant get to heaven by works alone. Being a Christian means you believe that to get to heaven you have to believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. There is no works we can do to get to heaven. Leading the most pure and sinless life possible does no good. Just to clarify the term "works" in other words you can NEVER deserve heaven because your good deeds outweight the bad things youve done. Sin is sin. If your guilty your guilty. It's like being in court for a crime you committed but before the judge gives you your sentence (hell in this case) a Man steps up and says I'll pay his penalty for him. All you have to do is except the free gift.
Being a Christian does not mean you will never sin, what it means is that you are still a sinner but you have a free pass to heaven because Jesus died for your salvation.
Now, here is where the water gets reallllly muddy, murky and treacherous.
As a Christian we know that God knows we are going to sin, but there is a fine line between sinning and saying to God “oh crap I did it again†and having a sincere heart of not wanting to do it anymore. Or committing a sin, knowing it is a sin and not even being worried about it because “I am saved†Although we will still go to heaven regardless of our sins now, we still dont get away with it. There are blessings to be had and lost as well as punishments for our sins. Ea. persons punishment will be dif. from the next just as one persons sinful temptations are dif. from another.
If anyone ever tells you your life will be easier by becoming a Christian they are wrong. It's actually harder. Spiritually speaking we now have Satan always trying to make us slide backwards. And we do have more "rules" to follow than a non Christian. BUT this life is nothing in comparison to eternity.
I mean does that make any sense? It basically boils down to your heart and how you perceive your sin.
Kind of like one of the problems I have with some attitude of Catholics. “some†have no problems with going out and doing whatever they want because they “know†on Sunday they can go to confession and it will be ok. I personally feel that type of attitude is dangerous when it comes to God, sinning and the whole forgiveness thing.
Are the Catholics wrong? To paraphrase “Only God knowsâ€
But personally I don’t feel good about it.
As far as people bunching in Islamic terrorist with the Muslim faith and trying to make a comparison as to “who’s God is right?†Islamic terrorists who are killing people “in the name of Allah are the same as the Christian extremists who bomb abortion clinics, or try to enforce their Christian “religion†upon others.
In my opinion both Christian Extremists and Islamic terrorists worship the same God, a false one.
At least they don’t serve the God I serve.
As I have stated before, I have briefly studied the Koran and was left with feeling a true follower of the Koran and the Muslim faith is not much different than a true Christian.
All of you who slam these beliefs are only looking at the worst examples and judging all based on people who are not practicing the faith as they should.
The “Christian†crusades that everyone seems to condemn Christians for. Guess what? The crusades were all about power and greed from men, and men used Gods name to accomplish their greedy desires.
So yeah, when you call a Christian a hypocrite, well guess what we are. That is why I am pretty honest with people about my feelings. I don’t try to hide the fact that I have perverted sexual desires, but I do restrain myself.
I don’t hide the fact that I sometimes get angry, because I do.
I don’t hide the fact that sometimes (not often) I latterly would like to kill someone that pisses me off. Because I do.
But as the bible says, it is not what goes into a mans mouth that defiles him, it is what comes out.
The general teaching of this passage means you have NO control over the thoughts that come into your head, you can only control how you act upon those thoughts.
And we are all human. Sometimes we can suppress our thoughts and our desires that might be considered bad. And well, sometimes we cant.
Being a Christian does not automatically take every desire for worldly pleasures away. Sometimes it does. But more often than not it is a long process.
God doesn’t want you to get your crap together and live a righteous life BEFORE you get to know him. He wants you to get to know him while you are living in all of your sins, in all of your perversions. He accepts you for who you are. And then he works with you.. throughout your entire life.
So call us Christians hypocritical,. Call us evil, call us the worse sinners of all.. because guess what folks.. we are.. the difference is we understand and realize God loves us anyway.
THAT my friends is what being a Christian is about. It is not being perfect because we know we never will be, it is not about no longer sinning, because we know that is not possible, It is not about not being hypocritical because in a lot of ways we are more hypocritical than everyone else because we TRY to live by certain guidelines and we often fall short. But at least we TRY to live by a certain code that is nor harmful to others.
So with that, I feel lead to not say anything further.
Good write up Thrash.
Then I don't have to worry about being offended by seeing satanists in there. or gay sex. or offensive language on the walls. WHO'S WITH ME? WHO'S WITH ME? ? ?
They are treated equal while giving nothing.
