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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Dieties with skulls...(apology)
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 15:14:02 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 15:14:02 1985
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bradford wilson writes:
>      Again, I am sorry that there was a misunderstanding between us. 

I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, too.  I'd had quite a few flames
dumped in my lap that week and was taking your posting at its worst.
Was starting to get defensive and hurt.  (I tried to send you mail--but
it bounced back.  I'm posting this to net.religion and not net.flame,
because it's out of the flame stage, I hope.)

>These are the same people who disbelieve Satanic cults and witchcraft --
>we both know better than to do this.

Well, I don't know.   I certainly don't disbelieve witchcraft--in the
sense of Wicca, or just plain old magic (magic does work, but not in the
way most people think).  But the ideas most people have about what witchcraft
is are something I don't agree with.  And I don't think there really
are Satanic cults out there.  Satanism is not really a religion, but
a subset of Christianity--sort of.  It has no logical existance without
the existance of Christianity.  Someone who worships Satan is probably not
the sort to join with anyone else--too chaotic.  It's just some poor
bozo who can't take Christianity, but who is too uninformed to realize
he/she has lots of other options as far as religion goes.  Or just
some evil person--there are some out there.  But as far as organized
Satanic groups, no.

I have never seen any evidence for Satanic groups that wasn't obviously
cooked up by someone out to get Wicca, D&D, or music they don't like.
Or wasn't obviously a joke, like the LaVey (spelling?) thing, or something
in the National Enquirer.  But I could be wrong (as always).

-- 

                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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