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To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (39152)	6/5/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I just tried to find a definition of Satanism in a search engine, and found the most hilarious links you can imagine. I wanted to paste some choice bits here, but the ones I wanted to paste weren't pasteable. One line described their aim of establishing the "reign of the able over the idiotic." Judging from my admittedly limited research, Satanism appears to be an extraordinarily childish (and ungrammatical) religion. This is pasted from the most intelligent link I found: Have you ever wondered why Santa and Satan are never seen in the same place at the same time? The reason is that Santa is really Satan in disguise, and vice versa. Just like Superman and Clark Kent (except for the blue tights), Santa and Satan are never seen together. The Top Ten Reasons Why Santa Is Actually Satan. 1 Santa is an anagram of Satan. 2 Both like to live in extremes of temperature (Santa at the North Pole, Satan in Hell's eternal fire and brimstone). 3 Both know whether you have been naughty or nice 4 If you're bad, Santa gives you a lump of coal, Satan make you sit on burning coal. 5 Satan has his horned minions and helpers, Santa has his reindeer and elves. 6 Both appear dressed in red. 7 Santa is known as Saint Nick, Satan is known as Old Nick. 8 Both exist in ancient legends from many cultures. 9 Santa is real .... so is Satan. 10 Both try to attract young children to them, Santa with presents, Satan with promises of wicked fun. magna.com.au

To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (39152)	6/5/1999 12:05:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Don't know about Satanists, Bob, but the Gnostics definitely maintained that the Creator God was a Demon. This demon did not "usurp" the rightful place of the True God; he was merely an emanation of Him, or rather, of It. The Divine Source does NOT create -- it emanates, somehow; and the further away from the Divine Source an emanation is, the more inferior it is. Eventually it crystallizes into matter, which is at the farthest pole from spirit, and hence is evil. Humans (or at least the gnostics among them) contain a "divine spark" somewhere in their souls, and their task is to use it to find their way back to the Divine Source, despite the traps laid for them by the wicked Creator God and his various henchmen. Joan