these are excerpts from the "satanic bible", i edited somethings that i dont really agree..
i dont personally believe in satan or god for that matter, i am an aetheist by choice.. although some points and ideas here really got to me..
some of the concepts are very individualistic and selfish, but i do accept that we are instictively selfish, with of course the capacity to be kind, loving etc.. but our prevailing core human instincts are those of selfishness, self preservation, lust, greed, etc.. but remember we also have free will, and the power to chose..
anyway, here are some chapters from the satanic bible, hope u enjoy reading:
LIFE AFTER DEATH
MAN is aware that he will die, someday. Other animals, when nearing death, know
they are about to die; but it is not until death is certain that the animal
senses his coming departure from this world. And even then he does not know
exactly what is entailed in dying. It is often pointed out that animals accept
death gracefully, without fear or resistance. This is a beautiful concept, but
one that only holds true in cases where death for the animal is unavoidable.
When an animal is sick or injured he will fight for his life with every ounce of
strength he has left. It is this unshakable will to live that, if man were not
so "highly evolved" would also give him the fighting spirit he needs to stay
alive.
It is a well known fact that many people die simply because they give up and
just don't care anymore. This is understandable if the person is very ill, with
no apparent chance for recovery. But this often is not the case. Man has become
lazy. He has learned to take the easy way out. Even suicide has be come less
repugnant to many people than any number of other sins. Religion is totally to
blame for this.
Death, in most religions, is touted as a great spiritual awakening--one which is
prepared for throughout life. This concept is very appeasing to one who has not
had a satisfactory life; but to those who have experienced all the joys life has
to offer, there is a great dread attached to dying. This is as it should be. It
is this lust for life which will allow the vital person to live on after the
inevitable death of his fleshly shell.
History shows that men who have given their own lives in pursuit of an idea have
been deified for their martyrdom. Religionists and politics leaders have been
very crafty in laying their plans. By holding the martyr up as a shining example
to his fellow men, they eliminate the common sense reaction that willful
self-destruction goes against all animal logic. martyrdom and
non-personalized heroism is to be associated not with integrity, but with
stupidity. This, of course, does not apply in situations which involve the
safety of a loved one. But to give one's own life for something as impersonal as
a political or religious issue is the ultimate in masochism.
Life is the one great indulgence; death the one great abstinence. To a person
who is satisfied with his earthly existence, life is like a party; and no one
likes to leave a good party. By the same token, if a person is enjoying himself
here on earth he will not so readily give up this life for the promise of an
afterlife about which he knows nothing.
The Eastern mystical beliefs teach humans to discipline themselves against any
conscious will for success so they might dissolve themselves into "Universal
Cosmic Awareness"--anything to avoid good healthy self-satisfaction or honest
pride in earthly accomplishments!
It is interesting to note that the areas in which this type of belief flourishes
are those where material gains are not easily obtainable. For this reason the
predominant religious belief must be one which commends its followers for their
rejection of material things and their avoidance of the use of labels which
attaches a certain amount of importance to material gains. In this way the
people can be pacified into accepting their lot, no matter how small it may be.
Only if a person's own ego is sufficiently fulfilled, can he afford to be
kind and complimentary to others, without robbing himself of his self-respect.
We generally think of a braggart as a person with a large ego; in reality, his
bragging results from a need to satisfy his impoverished ego.
Religionists have kept their followers in line by suppressing their egos. By
making their followers feel inferior, the awesomeness of their god is insured.
Religious martyrs have taken their own lives, not because life was intolerable
for them, but to use their supreme sacrifice as a tool to further the religious
belief. We must assume, then, that suicide, if done for the sake of the church,
is condoned and even encouraged--even though their scriptures label it a
sin--because religious martyrs of the past have always been deified.
It is rather curious that the only time suicide is considered sinful by other
religions is when it comes as an indulgence.
INDULGENCE INSTEAD OF ABSTINENCE
People often mistake compulsion for indulgence, but there is a world of
difference between the two. A compulsion is never created by indulging, but by
not being able to indulge. By making something taboo, it only serves to
intensify the desire. Everyone likes to do the things they have been told not
to. "Forbidden fruits are sweetest."
Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary defines indulgence thusly: "To give oneself up
to; not to restrain or oppose; to give free course to; to gratify by compliance;
to yield to." The dictionary definition of compulsion is: "The act of compelling
or driving by force, physical or moral; constraint of the will; (compulsory,
obligatory)." In other words, indulgence implies choice, whereas compulsion
indicates the lack of choice.
When a person has no proper release for his desires they rapidly build up and
become compulsions. If everyone had a particular time and place for the purpose
of periodically indulging in their personal desires, without fear of
embarrassment or reproach, they would be sufficiently released to lead
unfrustrated lives in the everyday world. They would be free to plunge headlong
into whatever undertaking they might choose instead of going about their duties
half-heartedly, their creative urges frustrated by denying their natural
desires. This would apply in the majority of cases, but there will always be
those who work better under pressure.
Generally, those who need to endure a certain amount of hardship to produce to
their full capabilities are in basically artistic vocations. (More will be said
later about fulfillment through self-denial.) This does not mean to imply that
all artists fit into this category. On the contrary, many artists are unable to
produce unless their basic animal needs have been satisfied.
For the most part, it is not the artist or individualist, but the average
middle-class working man or woman who is lacking the proper release for their
desires. It is ironic that the responsible, respectable person-the one who pays
society's bills--should be the one given the least in return. It is he who must
be ever conscious of his "moral obligations," and who is condemned for normally
indulging in his natural desires.
It has been clearly established that the majority of all illnesses are of a
psychosomatic nature, and that psychosomatic illnesses are a direct result of
frustration. It has been said that "the good die young." The good, by Christian
standards, do die young. It is the frustration of our natural instincts which
leads to the premature deterioration of our minds and bodies.
It has become very fashionable to concentrate on the betterment of the mind and
spirit, and to consider giving pleasure to one's body (the very shell without
which the mind and spirit could not exist) to be coarse, crude, and unrefined.
AS OF LATE, MOST PEOPLE WHO DEEM THEMSELVES EMANCIPATED HAVE LEFT NORMALCY ONLY
TO "TRANSCEND" INTO IDIOCY! By way of bending their behinds around to meet their
navels, subsisting on wild and erotic diets like brown rice and tea, they feel
they will arrive at a great state of spiritual development.
"Hogwash!" He would rather eat a good hearty meal, exercise
his imagination, and transcend by means of physical and emotional fulfillment.
It seems that after being harassed with unreasonable religious
demands for so many centuries, one would welcome the chance to be human for
once!
The Eastern mystic is even more preoccupied than the Christian with
avoiding animalistic actions that remind him he is not a "saint", but merely a
man--only another form of animal, sometimes better, more often worse, than those
who walk on all fours; and who, because of his "divine spiritual and
intellectual development" has become the most vicious animal of all!
characterization of most faiths--NO ONE CAN PIN THEM DOWN IF THERE ARE NO STRAIGHT ANSWERS THAT CAN BE GIVEN!!
Having to use religion as an excuse for their masochism is bad enough, but these
people actually have the effrontery to feel superior to those who are not
bound-up in self-deceitful expression of their fetishes! These people would be
the first to condemn a man who found his weekly release with a person who would
beat him soundly, thereby releasing himself from the very thing which would, if
unreleased, make him--as they are--a compulsive church-goer or religious
fanatic. By finding adequate release for his masochistic desires, he no longer
needs to debase and deny himself in his every waking moment, as do these
compulsive masochists.
Indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt
no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to insure guilt on the
part of its followers. The Christian Church knows that it is impossible for
anyone to avoid committing these sins, as they are all things which we, being
human, most naturally do. After inevitably committing these sins financial
offerings to the church in order to "pay off"God are employed as a sop to the
parishioner's conscience!
If all attempts to sell something (be it a product or an idea) have failed-***
will always sell it. The reason for this is that even though people now
consciously accept *** as a normal and necessary function, their subconscious is
still bound by the taboo which religion has placed upon it. So, again, what is
denied is more intensely desired.
There is certainly much evidence that past religions are, every day, lifting
more and more of their ridiculous restrictions. Even so, when an entire religion
is based on abstinence instead of indulgence (as it should be) there is little
left when it has been revised to meet the current needs of man. So, why waste
time "buying oats for a dead horse"?
LOVE AND HATE
You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love
everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up
being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too
freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the
other cheek to your enemy!
Love is one of the most intense emotions felt by man; another is hate. Forcing
yourself to feel indiscriminate love is very unnatural. If you try to love
everyone you only lessen your feelings for those who deserve your love.
Repressed hatred can lead to many physical and emotional ailments. By learning
to release your hatred towards those who deserve it, you cleanse yourself of
these malignant emotions and need not take your pent-up hatred out on your loved
ones.
There has never been a great "love" movement in the history of the world that
hasn't wound up killing countless numbers of people, we must assume, to prove
how much they loved them! Every hypocrite who ever walked the earth has had
pockets bulging with love!
Every pharisaical religionist claims to love his enemies, even though when
wronged he consoles himself by thinking "God will punish them." Instead of
admitting to themselves that they are capable of hating their foes and treating
them in the manner they deserve, they say: "There, but for the grace of God, go
I," and "pray" for them. Why should we humiliate and lower ourselves by drawing
such inaccurate comparisons?
This is so only because people are afraid to face the truth--and the truth is
that human beings are not all benign or all loving. Just because the people
admit that he is capable of both love and hate, he is considered hateful. On the
contrary, because he is able to give vent to his hatred through ritualized
expression, he is far more capable of love--the deepest kind of love. By
honestly recognizing and admitting to both the hate and the love he feels, there
is no confusing one emotion with the other. Without being able to experience one
of these emotions, you cannot fully experience the other.
Rules of the Earth
1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
3. When in another's lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, let him/her leave.
5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
6. Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
7. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
8. Do not harm little children.
9. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
10. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, retaliate you can take him/her.
Excerpts from the SATANIC BIBLE
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