From:    Ammond Shadowcraft                     Area: Base of Set
To:      Lady Byron                              4 May 92 09:09:00
Subject: nature vs The Gift...                  Sent UpdReq 

> Date: 25-Apr-92 13:05
> From: Lady Byron
> To:   Ammond Shadowcraft
> Subj: Re: satan
> JM>     Well, I haven't heard a satanist
> JM> specifically say that - but why
> JM> would you all want to serve a god that is not
> JM> victorious?  Jesus is
>> You might want to remember that this "battle" between Satan and
> God/Jesus only occurs in the Christian mythos.  There are many, many
> other religions out there.
  It seems the battle between Nature and the Gift has been recorded
  in Buddhist tradition also. Buddha was confronted by Mara under
  the Bodhi Tree. I think that other traditions record it too, but
  veil the event (as was done in the Garden Myth where the so-called
  serpent told the truth and YHVH *lied*). That's not Hebrew, but
  Babylonian in origin.
> Satanism does not work within the Christian mythology.  We do not
> see any "final battle" coming -- Satan, to me, represents
> individuality and egocentricity.  This is not the same as sin.
  Setianism works that way, but midway through my Navy hitch (as a
  BAC) I ran into 6 Satanists on a Navy sub-rescue ship. Their pitch
  was infact a reversal of Christian eschatology.
> It would, indeed, be silly to "follow" a god that we knew was going
> to "lose" in the end.  But this is only a Christian story, and has
> nothing to do with true Satanism.
  My opinion is that all the Gods will lose eventually because they
  will be redefined in human language. It would have served us much,
  much better had that redefinition happened in Western culture 300
  years ago.  
 

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