From: robert.mcclenon@verizon.net 
  
 On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 10:19:05 -0400, maxine in ri  
 wrote: 
  
 >Robert McClenon wrote: 
 >> 
 >> On 27 Aug 2004 21:22:15 GMT, Woodchuck Bill  
 >> wrote: 
 >> 
 >> >bazza@darkforces.com (James Bazza) wrote in news:1093630883.18593@isc. 
 org: 
 >> > 
 >> >>                      REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) 
 >> >>                unmoderated group soc.religion.satanism 
 >> > 
 >> > 
 >> >Hello James. Someone will probably flame me for this, but here goes 
 anyway. 
 >> 
 >> Any discussion of Satanism is likely to lead to flames. 
 >> 
 >> > 
 >> >The concept of Satanism strikes me as inherently evil. For the sake of 
 >> >Usenet as a whole, I don't think creation of such a group would be a good 
 >> >idea. There is already an alt group for this, and it doesn't seem to be 
 >> >very popular. This could be due to lack of propagation, I wouldn't know. 
 >> > 
 >> >My 2 cents. Take it with a grain of salt. 
 >> 
 >> As a Catholic Christian, I am not sure that the concept of Satanism is 
 >> evil, because I am not sure what Satanism is, or what it has to do 
 >> with any particular Christian (or Muslim) concept of Satan. 
 >> 
 >>      - -     Bob McClenon 
 > 
 >Considering that it was a creation of Christianity, perhaps you 
 >should look into what your scriptures have to say on the topic. 
  
 My Scriptures make various mentions of Satan.  They make no mention of 
 Satanism.  (One could claim that a few of the references in the later 
 epistles to false teachers could be of Satanism, but they are mostly 
 about Gnosticism.) 
  
 The Christian concept of Satan is that he is evil.  However, Satanists 
 have reworked the whole concept of Satan to the point that I do not 
 know whether Satanism is evil or merely bizarre. 
  
 A reasonable comment. 
  
      - -    Bob McClenon 
  
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