To define the concept of devil worship I came across an informative website called Devil Worship, Your Friendly neighbourhood Devil Worshipper’s Site mapThroughout the website there are links to articles or as the website describes them as 'sermons' regarding topics that concern Devil Worship. The first sermon is titled What Devil Worship is. The author of this sermon focuses on who devil worshipers actually worship. He denies the basic assumption that many followers of others make (including myself also), that the devil is an fallen Angel. He goes on to claim that the Bible does not refer to the devil as a fallen Angel at all but rather as a dragon. He provides a quote from Revelation 12:9 : "The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray."It is a clear from reading this introduction that devil worship is a way of expressing one's devotion to a cultural scapegoat that is reclaimed as a slandered divinity. The examples that are mentioned include Apep in Egypt, Loki in Northern Europe and Satan in Christianity. However if the particular devil being worshiped is Satan a more specific term is used. Instead of devil worship it is referred to as Theistic Satanism. Another website I came across is The Description, Philosophies and Justification of Satanism. This website had a very negative perspective on devil worship. arguing that those who choose to worship the devil are influenced by Christianity and are looking for a way to rebel. To carry out this rebellion they worship the devil rather then God in Christianity. It is clear that this website is biased and is attacking devil worship to justify its own form of satan worship. However the polemics of this website and the differences between devil worship and satanism is a discussion I am going to leave for another post. I am guilty myself for automatically associating the term devil worship to a group of people who worship satan, who is the evil entity mentioned in Christianity and Islam. The tern devil is not limites to a single evil entity such as satan but can be used differntly across various cultures. Although one thing is clear, the term devil whenever used in any culture refers to some sort of evil, be that a spirit or a human being. |
Wednesday 15 December 2010
What is Devil Worship?
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see that is intersting because i too would have just associated devil with satan. However other than that i am now well and truly confused, isn't it funny how so much can be happening and you are compeletely unaware of it. I do agree with the rebels statment though as i have previously mentioned this. Some people just have nothing better to do and my advice to these people would be get a job!!! I mean i get people having a belief in a god because it provides hope and a sense of security , what could you possibly get out of something that just cause anarchy. look forward to reading your next blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Amera. Thank you for your comment. At first I too saw devil worship as something people have made up just to make a point and are not really into it and that it is all a facade.
ReplyDeleteBut the more i look into it, the more i find how some people are actually serious about it and take offence when you mock them. Which i suppose would be the same for any person who is passionate about their beliefs. I hope the rest of my blog keeps you intrested to find out more. :)
you know what PanDora it just what i have commented late about brain washing the followers prey on vunerable people and give them a reason to their problems for people who cant seem to forgive they are proving them with the option of revenge i think that is probably why i am so scepitical about it all.
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