Because it makes them feel good? Because it's a part of their culture? Because it helps them look for meaning in their own lives?
culture i can understand, people ain't always got access to knowledge beyond what they're raised with
but when you have no excuse not to know that people do not magically come back from the dead, that the idea of a person transmuting food with a touch is so unlikely as to be beyond the realm of consideration, i mean....
Fuck you. You don't have even a rudimentary understanding of the concept of "culture".
Take your anime pillows, take your hentai collection, and crawl back up your skank mother's syphilitic ass and don't come back out until you've at least developed the critical thinking skills of a Down's baby, you inexcusably retarded child-fucker.
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Satanists scare me.
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
I respect other people's beliefs, as long as they're not jerks about it.
Shoot, my best friend went from being Jewish to Satanic to Atheist to I don't know what. He liked to experiment.
sounds like he also likes being a prick
(i've never met a satanist who wasn't a colossal prick about the subject)
They always freaked me out, since they seem to enjoy giving Catholics a hard time.
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My church generally uses the money from donations to feed the homeless and do other missionary/charity projects around town.
Since donations have dropped a bit, we've cut back from our program that helps people pay bills.
Lent is a time where you either give up something or do something extra. I think I'll just go to church on Weds. I was going to give up "Drugs, Sex, and Rock n' Roll" for Lent, but I think that'd be too much.
how is missionary "work" equitable to charity
Missionary work also often includes participating in social programs thereby spreading the gospel of compassion and yada yada.
Stuff like that, presumably.
now if they could just help people without lying to them
but no, that would be missing the point
The, uh
the "gospel of compassion" is just being nice and helping people in need.
There isn't a whole lot of "JESUS WILL SAVE YOU FROM YOUR POVERTY IF YOU OPEN YOUR HEART TO HIM" at soup kitchens.
Way to make sweeping generalizations about people trying to help others because it's the right thing to do, though. Good job with that.
Well see Fallout is a tool.
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Satanists scare me.
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
i'm going to put your mind at ease
Those people do not exist.
There's no such thing as satanic ritual abuse. There were no satanists in the 80's kidnapping, brainwashing, or raping people. Didn't happen and is based on a bunch of nothing.
There are real Satanists, but they're basically a bunch of overdramatic atheists.
Satanists scare me.
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
i'm going to put your mind at ease
Those people do not exist.
There's no such thing as satanic ritual abuse. There were no satanists in the 80's kidnapping, brainwashing, or raping people. Didn't happen and is based on a bunch of nothing.
There are real Satanists, but they're basically a bunch of overdramatic atheists.
The documentary I mentioned was about how they kidnapped a 16 year old girl.
I mean, that's pretty serious. Iirc they also got her addicted to drugz and all that stuff.
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edited February 2009
I can say the Wiccans I've met are very down-to-earth easy to get along with people, and associating them with Satanism is dumb.
I don't really get it, but I don't have anything against them either.
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Until this thread I didn't know lent or whatever even existed.
I'm still not entirely certain that this isn't just a plot to mess with protestants.
I was raised protestant. We did lent.
Maybe it's an American thing then. I have never heard of it, and I went to church a few times.
And that church is the oldest church in the country.
Lent is hardly an American thing. Which country are you in?
Oh.
I'm in Finland, which isn't really very religious.
We have religions, but no one really gives a shit about that.
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edited February 2009
The only thing I know about Satanism is that once my youth minister bought a Satanic Bible for knowledge's sake, and said there were inverse Beatitudes in there.
Stuff like "Blessed are the strong" or something. Some years ago, that might be wrong.
Satanists scare me.
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
i'm going to put your mind at ease
Those people do not exist.
There's no such thing as satanic ritual abuse. There were no satanists in the 80's kidnapping, brainwashing, or raping people. Didn't happen and is based on a bunch of nothing.
There are real Satanists, but they're basically a bunch of overdramatic atheists.
The documentary I mentioned was about how they kidnapped a 16 year old girl.
I mean, that's pretty serious. Iirc they also got her addicted to drugz and all that stuff.
the documentary you watched was a lie
there was never a single instance of satanic ritual abuse ever
Satanists scare me.
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
The Christians who did this also scare me.
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edited February 2009
Lent is a damn good thing for people to practice, just because it is the process of mind over matter. That you are above your own damned addictions and can actually go without your pleasentries for once in your pampered, miserable life.
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Satanists scare me.
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
i'm going to put your mind at ease
Those people do not exist.
There's no such thing as satanic ritual abuse. There were no satanists in the 80's kidnapping, brainwashing, or raping people. Didn't happen and is based on a bunch of nothing.
There are real Satanists, but they're basically a bunch of overdramatic atheists.
i used to work with a true blue Luciferian
he was uh...
okay imagine a rat that stands like a man, that paints his fingernails black, has acne scars instead of fur, and loooooooooooooooooves pills and heroin
yeah
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Why depressing? It's far away!
Take your anime pillows, take your hentai collection, and crawl back up your skank mother's syphilitic ass and don't come back out until you've at least developed the critical thinking skills of a Down's baby, you inexcusably retarded child-fucker.
the sticky icky licky, nicky~~~
No more Stephen Colbert? He's my hugaboo!
I'm still not entirely certain that this isn't just a plot to mess with protestants.
feels good, man
I know humanity as we know it will probably be long gone by then, but man, it's still a disappointing end to the Universe.
I was raised protestant. We did lent.
GoFund The Portland Trans Pride March, or Show It To People, or Else!
I said depressing, not ridiculously stupid
Not again ...
Maybe it's an American thing then. I have never heard of it, and I went to church a few times.
And that church is the oldest church in the country.
Shoot, my best friend went from being Jewish to Satanic to Atheist to I don't know what. He liked to experiment.
sounds like he also likes being a prick
(i've never met a satanist who wasn't a colossal prick about the subject)
The serious ones anyway. The kidnapping, brainwashing, murderous raping ones.
They showed us a documentary about Satanists during religion class once.
You could make a movie about it
They always freaked me out, since they seem to enjoy giving Catholics a hard time.
Well see Fallout is a tool.
it's mutual
but i've cultivated this persona here and it's hard to get out of sometimes
Lent is hardly an American thing. Which country are you in?
i'm going to put your mind at ease
Those people do not exist.
There's no such thing as satanic ritual abuse. There were no satanists in the 80's kidnapping, brainwashing, or raping people. Didn't happen and is based on a bunch of nothing.
There are real Satanists, but they're basically a bunch of overdramatic atheists.
The documentary I mentioned was about how they kidnapped a 16 year old girl.
I mean, that's pretty serious. Iirc they also got her addicted to drugz and all that stuff.
I don't really get it, but I don't have anything against them either.
That's like being a fatass and saying you've cultivated the mold under your armpit.
Oh.
I'm in Finland, which isn't really very religious.
We have religions, but no one really gives a shit about that.
Stuff like "Blessed are the strong" or something. Some years ago, that might be wrong.
Man I can't wait to get home and transubstantiate some bomb headies into joy
I should rephrase that I mean I remember them in the 80s but I have not actually seen one around for a long time
To celebrate their possibility of existence I will now post an animated parade
the documentary you watched was a lie
there was never a single instance of satanic ritual abuse ever
it never happened to anybody
The Christians who did this also scare me.
Twitch (I stream most days of the week)
Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
i used to work with a true blue Luciferian
he was uh...
okay imagine a rat that stands like a man, that paints his fingernails black, has acne scars instead of fur, and loooooooooooooooooves pills and heroin
yeah