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In reply to the discussion: Would you be cool with Hillary's faith if she was a Satanist? [View all]liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)37. That is fascinating. I've never heard of Satanism from that perspective before.
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Would you be cool with Hillary's faith if she was a Satanist? [View all]
whatchamacallit
Jun 2014
OP
That's LaVayan Satanism. Which is not the same as other forms of Satanism.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#48
Most who self-define as "Satanist" don't believe in the Biblical "Satan", soooooo....
moriah
Jun 2014
#3
Well, Satanism got about the same bad rep as witchcraft, and through similar means....
moriah
Jun 2014
#23
Some people get off on the "edgy" thing. Of course, the same thing can be said about witchcraft.
moriah
Jun 2014
#49
Apparently, someone took great umbrage. It was a ridiculous alert, and got what it deserved.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2014
#60
That is fascinating. I've never heard of Satanism from that perspective before.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2014
#37
LaVeyan Satanism, at least, seems more compatible with Randian libertarianism than with socialism.
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#24
I was OK with Nixon being a Quaker. And, I'm OK with Hil being a Methodist.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#27
For me the turn off is not the religion but the particular religious group that she hung with
newthinking
Jun 2014
#33
Well... it wouldn't be pandering BS, but it's still just magical thinking. nt
Demo_Chris
Jun 2014
#35
The only thing Stalinists and Satanists have in common is hipster facial hair:
Ken Burch
Jun 2014
#54
moot point. There's no conflict between satanism and support for military interventionism. n/t.
Ken Burch
Jun 2014
#52
At least it would be something different and new for a presidential candidate . . .
hatrack
Jun 2014
#58