Why don't Satanists sacrifice animals, is it to primitive?
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Most of what people think they know about Satanism is a lie.  They don't kill animals, children or virgins.  Anton LaVey specifically talks about these things in his writings and all are forbidden.  If people opened their eyes and did some research instead of parroting back the same lies over and over, this world would be a much better place.  \n\nInstead, they are generally satisfied to spew the same incorrect information over and over even when the correct information is given to them.  LaVey said that ignorance like that should hurt and I have to say I almost agree with him.\n\nHere are the 11 Satanic Rules of the Earth:\n1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked. \n\n2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them. \n\n3. When in another's lair, show him respect or else do not go there. \n\n4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy. \n\n5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal. \n\n6. 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. \n\n7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained. \n\n8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself. \n\n9. Do not harm little children. \n\n10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food. \n\n11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
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Well im not sure what to say about "Devil Worshippers" other than I think they have been mis-informed, I Myself am a Satanist and basically any information you seek about us can be found at www.churchofsatan.com . We dont kill animals or babies like we have so often been acused, nor do we go out seeking new members, new members seek us. But since im a nice guy you can pm me if you like im bored anyway and I'll help if I can.
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We euroamericans probably misunderstand this "sacreness of cows" I thought before that everybody is running around them worshipping, but it is very down-to earth worship, as one sage tells. Hazrat Inayat Khan, the leader of one of Sufi orders explains, that cows in India are worshipped because they give milk, or their urine is healthy, or they are peaceful animals - for very practical reasons. So it must be not ritual, but everyday life...\n\nYeah to us such naturalism seems strange or disgusting, but I know from childhood that to piss immediately on a burned hand is very effective method.
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Well,\nDo you think slaughtering a cow is abuse?\nOr cutting a chickens head off to butcher it?\nOr sticking a sharp hook through a fish, then chopping it's head off. \nOr throwing a live lobster into a pot of boiling water.\nUnless you are a Vegan, its all abuse, right? \nIf you eat animals, what dif does it make which one you are "abusing"? \nAlligator tail is the healthiest meat you can eat.\nHow about all the gators in Fl eating humans and puppies, is that abuse?  Makes you go  HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
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Very few mammals are exclusively one or the other without ever crossing over the herbivore/omnivore fence.\n\nHippos in particular are known to partake in meat on occasion, even killing their own food.\n\nBut when you consider even the placid milk cow, calmly munching away on grass in a verdant field.  This would seem to be the very archetype of the herbivorous animal.  Then, think about that grass.  Just how many bugs are living in, on, around or near that grass?  Does the cow take the time to gingerly remove every ant before cropping those blades?  No.  Bessie out there probably consumes more insects every hour than any spider, and probably almost as many as bats are always lauded for consuming each night.  \n\nSure, two grams of insects a day doesn't sound like much when its consumed by a one ton cow, but it has the same impact on the insect population as that two gram bat diet does.\n\nThe vast majority of carnivores are also at least partially omnivorous as well.  The cats tend to be among the most carnivorous among land mammals, but even they will sometimes eat fruit or other vegetable matter.  They'll also sometimes swallow grass, but that's not really for nutrition.\n\nIn biology, there are very rarely absolute stamps like HERBIVORE or NOCTURNAL or MONOGAMOUS or MARINE that always apply, without exception in all circumstances.
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The only mammals that the Bible permits the eating of are those with a cloven hoof that chew the cud.  So cattle, sheep, goats, deer, etc are all permited.  Humans don't chew the cud, nor do they have a split hoof.\n\nAlso, the Bible forbids eating an animal that died on its own.  Therefore, even if the above two conditions were met, you would have to properly slaughter the animal in order for it to be permited.  In the case of a human that would be murder, which is also forbidden.\n\nNow Christians would say that they are no longer under the law. (Perhaps even following the spirit of lawlessness.) They would say that Peter's vision of the sheet is to be interpreted that there are no unkosher animals.\n\nHowever, Peter's interpretation was that he should not call any man "unclean" (Acts 10:28).  Therefore, if the vision is to be interpreted as most Christians do and was in regards to food, then men are now something which is permissible to eat.\n\nOn the other hand if the vision was only symbolic (as visions and dreams always seem to be) then the vision was not about food, but was about association.  That is to say that those who are repentant and righteous from amoung the nations are permissible to fellowship with.  In that case, you can fellowship with every repentant person, but you are still forbidden to eat them.
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I have to answer you question the way you asked it. Satanists killed more people for the purpose of their religion.Christians and those claiming to be, killed people for greed,selfishness and false freedom, not for their religion.
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First off...I say no.\n\nSecond of all, perhaps there's more to consider.  \n\nAsk yourself WHY satan appeared as a serpent in the garden?  (hit...satan always tries to decieve).\n\nIn Exodus, when the children of Israel are being afflicted by the "flying serpents" moses puts a serpent on a cross (um...symbolic) and says "look to the serpent to live".\n\nThis is not doctrine of my faith, however I sincerly believe that at one point the serpent was a symbol of christ rather than of satan.  Satan appeared in a manner trying to mimick christ and therefore decieve eve.  Moses knew this symbology but it's since been forgotten.\n\nI believe the snake was originally a symbol of Christ.
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i can understand why they do it but...\n\ni dont agree because animals are not humans and they do have different d.n.a to us.
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prep_girl_nessa  what you know about pagans wouldn't cover the tip of a rats wiener!..Where did you hear that pagans engage in cannibalism or drinking blood?.. You been watching too many HollyWIERD movies...lol\n \n  You guys are talking about communion..It is Figurative, symbolic! There is no flesh eating or blood drinking.. not by Christians OR Pagans.. yikes.. the ignorance and stupidity that goes on out here.. sheeees
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The short answer is that sacrifice was centralized in the Temple at Jerusalem, and when the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans, sacrifice was no longer possible. Prayer replaced sacrifice as the form of worship.\n\nBut I can't just give a one-sentence answer. So here's the longer version.  \n\nThe rules for sacrifices in Judaism are very ancient, and set forth primarily in the book of Leviticus. The first seven chapters, in fact, are almost an instruction manual for how to do each of the sacrifices. Boring beyond belief to most modern readers, but of immense interest to biblical scholars and historians.\n\nFirst, a basic feature of the Israelite sacrificial system, as with that of most ancient Near East cultures, was that most of the offerings were eaten by the priests, and sometimes by the donors of the sacrifice. Eating a ritual meal in the presence of God was considered important, and the sacrifice would not be complete without such a meal. It was not "barbaric," except in the sense that slaughter of animals for meat is barbaric. \n\nBiblical historian Richard Friedman says, "Modern readers often think that sacrifice is the unnecessary taking of animal life, or that the person offering the sacrifice was giving up something to compensate for some sin or to win God's favor. But in the biblical world, the most common type of sacrifice was for meals. The apparent rationale was that if people wanted to eat meat, they must recognize that they were taking life. They could not regard this as an ordinary act of daily secular life. It was a sacred act, to be performance in a prescribed manner, by an appointed person (a priest), at an altar."\n\nSecond, sacrifices were not merely for forgiveness of sins. Worship and celebration and thanksgiving and petition were the far more important reasons for sacrifice. God is described in anthropomorphic terms as smelling the aromatic smoke and responding favorably to requests. \n\nThere were various types of sacrifices:\n\nBurnt offerings ('olah) were certain animals or birds that were entirely burnt (except the hide). No portion was eaten. \nGrain offerings (min-khah) could be raw or baked into unleavened bread. A token portion was burned on the altar, and the rest was given to the priests for a meal. \nPeace offerings (zevakh shelamim) were a sacred meal, with sections of the sacrifice shared by the priest and donors. Only certain fatty portions of the animal were burned on the altar as God's share. The term is better translated as "gift of greetings" or "offering of well-being." \nExpiatory sacrifices are what you're asking about. I was going to say that's the "meat of the matter" but thought better of it. They are primarily described in chapters 5 and 6 of Leviticus. The purpose of such sacrifice was to obtain atonement for one's sins and forgiveness from God. They were usually eaten by the priests. \nSpecial sacrifices were offered in celebration, such as on national holidays. One such holiday, Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) was specifically aimed at expiation for all the sins of the individual or the community during the year.\n\nIt is important to say that expiatory sacrifices were only efficacious if the offenses were inadvertent or unwitting. Remember that there was no separation of church and state in those days--religious law was also the law of the land. In the case of crimes or deliberate acts, the law dealt directly with the offender, imposing real punishments and trying to prevent recurrences. The Hebrew prophets denounced the idea that ritual sacrifice could atone for intentional deeds. \n\nExpiatory sacrifices were also required from the priests or leaders of the people who commit errors or offenses. There is considerable ritual involved, including the sprinkling of the blood and burning of aromatic incense. \n\nSimilar sin-offerings are required for sins of omission, as well as for act
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Always pagan feel that they have to sacrifice something to God when some nature disaster happen to them that debolished their income at that time (plantation, animals etc). They thought that God is angry for some reason, thus they thought sacrifice would be the best way to calm God!\n\nAgain u can see that christians believe are likely with pagan believes, the biggest sacrificed in the world is JESUS!Christians want to believe that God Son is scacrificed for thier sin.. That's totally ridiculous!!\n\nAnimal sacrifices started with Abraham.. when God want to test him, God asked him to sacrifice his own son.. but  then God change the sacrifice to Goat. This kind of sacrificed is just the way to show our piousness to God. The other reasons for animals sacrificing (lamb, goat,camel or cow) in Islam is to manure cooporation between Muslims.Usually the rich people or the comunity will share money to buy this animals, and together they cooporate to manage the animals and share all the foods with everyone especially to the poor.\n\nThis is one way muslims remember the poor and help each other.\n\nThe reason for there is no new religion nowadays as the whole world has been communicate and all the history the origin of religions has been known.. so i dont think so anybody would make a new religions.. \n\nbut there are case peoples made thier own religions and after that they sacrificed themselves.. this is all illegal.\nPlus God has said that the last prophet (Muhammad) will be the last person who made the revelations about Gods' religion.
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They answered this in one of the interviews after one ot the finales. They aren't allowed to eat them unless they 'come into camp and fall over dead'. If they did, the natives might get angry... no to mention PETA.
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I don't know how appropriate the answer was, but why bother with anyone who doesn't like cats anyway?  I'm christian, I love cats, have 3 of them. Have dogs too.  Have no patience for people who don't like animals whether they're christian or not.  We are to be good stewards to the creatures God gave us, I take that to mean to respect and care for them.\n\nCourse, that doesn't really apply to snakes, aligators and bugs for the simple reason they kinda gross me out.
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animals didn't torture slaves and criminals, people did, they used animals to do it.  Oh lions were the main ones.
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With Mad Cow disease, pumping antibiotics and growth hormones into cattle to fatten them, how can it be safe to consume their flesh?  That's not counting the cancer that runs through their muscles after the "spot" was removed from the carcass.  Chickens pass on Leukemia, and pork was never intended for human consumption if you believe the Word of God.  There ARE "clean" and "unclean" flesh foods of the land, sea, and air, mentioned specifically in Deut. & Leviticus.  If you look up the life-span of pre-flood human beings who were mostly vegetarians you'll be surprised to find they lived hundreds of years.  After the flood, when God gave man permission to eat animal flesh, man's life-span diminished quickly, until 70 years was the "norm."  It's an interesting study.  And yes, I'm a vegan and happy to be one.
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It isnt that they worship them... \n\nHinus believe that all animals have Atman or soul and thus should not be killed. Also killing leads to bad karmic consequences and the consumption of flesh is not sattvic; meaning one can not achieve full spirituality or a close connection with Lord.