Issue 74
News: Devil Worshippers and Satanists are not the same thing.
I'm sure you have heard of devil worshippers, especially around halloween, and if you lived through the mid-eighties, I'm sure you have heard of Satanic Ritual Abuse cases, and how they were slowly shown to be hoaxes. I am also assuming that you don't differentiate between Devil Worship and Satanism. Although I am neither, I have read a lot about them (and I think I may know more about it than most Christian Anti-witchcraft activists), and I will tell you the difference between the two so that there may be no more confusion.
Devil Worshippers actually believe that the devil exists, and that the Christian God does also, but that they "just go to the other shop", unlike Christians. Apparently, he was an angel who left Heaven after an argument with God (as read in Milton's Paradise Lost) , and decided to make an alliance with mankind just to spite God.
Satanism, on the other hand, is basically a belief system which follows the "Best aspects" of Devil Worship, but not worshipping any Gods but onesself. Very few of the popular aspects of Satanism apart from unusual occult rituals remain in this version of Satanism. In short, the Satanists are basically harmless compared to their public perception, since they expressly forbid harming innocent people (expressly forbidding killing of innocent children) and animals, although animals may be killed for food or in self-defense, but under no other circumstances.
Band Name of the Day: Buddy Jesus. From the films of Kevin Smith.
Film Review: All Five of Kevin Smith's Askewniverse films.
Clerks: Dante Hicks is a convenience store clerk, and he is having a busy day, one of his ex-girlfriends is to be married, another is having a wake, he is supposed to be in a hockey game, and he's at work on his day off. Of the five films in the series, it is my least favorite, but it did lead to the creation of the other four films, and one must admire the fact that in the face of $100 million films in multiplexes, that a $23,000 film made in black and white managed to become a huge hit.
Mallrats: The first film in the series I saw, two friends seek refuge in a mall after being dumped by their girlfriends, meeting some interesting people in the process, including a man who is trying to see a sailboat in a Magic Eye poster, a 15-year-old sexologist, and Stan Lee.
Chasing Amy: This is my favorite film in the series for reasons which, and the first one to take place in a timespan of over 24 hours, a comic book writer named Holden MacNeill (an obvious Catcher ref) and a Lesbian-identifying bisexual comic book writer named Alyssa try to come to terms with the fact that they have fallen in love. Silent Bob speaks more in this film than in any other film.
Dogma: My second favorite film in the series due to its religious themes. Two fallen angels come to Earth in a complicated plan to negate the existence of the universe. They were both exiled from heaven and upon learning of the Catholic Church's restarting indulgences, they go to Jersey to get freed from their sins, get killed, and get into heaven, thus proving God wrong, and negating the Universe QED. A lapsed Catholic, the voice of God (played by Allan Rickman) and Jay and Silent Bob try to stop them.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: Jay and Silent Bob find out a movie is being made of Bluntman and Chronic, the comic Book characters who were based on them and showcased in Chasing Amy. Upon learning that they will make no money from the film, and that they have been given a restraining order from the quickstop store where they usually hang out (from Clerks), they decide to go to Hollywood and prevent the movie from being made, on the way, falling in love with a Jewel thief posing as an animal rights activist and making friends with an orangutan (a subtle nod to Mallrats.)
Quote of the day: If all you bastards are on the side of Good, then Im glad to belong to the Other Shop
____Alex, from the book version of ACO.
Link of the Day: Where are they now? A listing of all the former child stars whose future you may or may not wonder about.
I'm sure you have heard of devil worshippers, especially around halloween, and if you lived through the mid-eighties, I'm sure you have heard of Satanic Ritual Abuse cases, and how they were slowly shown to be hoaxes. I am also assuming that you don't differentiate between Devil Worship and Satanism. Although I am neither, I have read a lot about them (and I think I may know more about it than most Christian Anti-witchcraft activists), and I will tell you the difference between the two so that there may be no more confusion.
Devil Worshippers actually believe that the devil exists, and that the Christian God does also, but that they "just go to the other shop", unlike Christians. Apparently, he was an angel who left Heaven after an argument with God (as read in Milton's Paradise Lost) , and decided to make an alliance with mankind just to spite God.
Satanism, on the other hand, is basically a belief system which follows the "Best aspects" of Devil Worship, but not worshipping any Gods but onesself. Very few of the popular aspects of Satanism apart from unusual occult rituals remain in this version of Satanism. In short, the Satanists are basically harmless compared to their public perception, since they expressly forbid harming innocent people (expressly forbidding killing of innocent children) and animals, although animals may be killed for food or in self-defense, but under no other circumstances.
Band Name of the Day: Buddy Jesus. From the films of Kevin Smith.
Film Review: All Five of Kevin Smith's Askewniverse films.
Clerks: Dante Hicks is a convenience store clerk, and he is having a busy day, one of his ex-girlfriends is to be married, another is having a wake, he is supposed to be in a hockey game, and he's at work on his day off. Of the five films in the series, it is my least favorite, but it did lead to the creation of the other four films, and one must admire the fact that in the face of $100 million films in multiplexes, that a $23,000 film made in black and white managed to become a huge hit.
Mallrats: The first film in the series I saw, two friends seek refuge in a mall after being dumped by their girlfriends, meeting some interesting people in the process, including a man who is trying to see a sailboat in a Magic Eye poster, a 15-year-old sexologist, and Stan Lee.
Chasing Amy: This is my favorite film in the series for reasons which, and the first one to take place in a timespan of over 24 hours, a comic book writer named Holden MacNeill (an obvious Catcher ref) and a Lesbian-identifying bisexual comic book writer named Alyssa try to come to terms with the fact that they have fallen in love. Silent Bob speaks more in this film than in any other film.
Dogma: My second favorite film in the series due to its religious themes. Two fallen angels come to Earth in a complicated plan to negate the existence of the universe. They were both exiled from heaven and upon learning of the Catholic Church's restarting indulgences, they go to Jersey to get freed from their sins, get killed, and get into heaven, thus proving God wrong, and negating the Universe QED. A lapsed Catholic, the voice of God (played by Allan Rickman) and Jay and Silent Bob try to stop them.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: Jay and Silent Bob find out a movie is being made of Bluntman and Chronic, the comic Book characters who were based on them and showcased in Chasing Amy. Upon learning that they will make no money from the film, and that they have been given a restraining order from the quickstop store where they usually hang out (from Clerks), they decide to go to Hollywood and prevent the movie from being made, on the way, falling in love with a Jewel thief posing as an animal rights activist and making friends with an orangutan (a subtle nod to Mallrats.)
Quote of the day: If all you bastards are on the side of Good, then Im glad to belong to the Other Shop
____Alex, from the book version of ACO.
Link of the Day: Where are they now? A listing of all the former child stars whose future you may or may not wonder about.
Labels: Religious Right, Wicca
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