"Jesus, dude was God on earth, in human flesh. He was no warlock."
*SIGH* wow... You going slightly off topic, but here goes..
says who? A book somebody wrote? Your church?
I have said this before and I will say it again, Christianity does not own Jesus. so you do not have a say thats worth more than anyone else on the subject of Jesus.
Muslims and others believe Jesus was infact NOT God, and simply a prophet, many more don't even believe he existed, or that he was simply a man. The majority isn't behind you on this. anyway, he was murdered because he said he was God or the son of God, and was also murdered for basically being EVIL and against God (ie - supporting the devil). He was also killed because he could supposedly do things that only a warlock could do right? If "magic" is all evil, then Jesus was evil. You seperate miracles from magic whenever it suits your purpose. Nice..
This is my opinion. I believe he was a prophet, he was a man, he was God as all humans and everything else in the universe is part of God, and I believe the only thing that made him special is his enlightenment that allowed him the ability to influence the very fibre of the universe. Jesus is simply what we should aspire to. Anyone can do it as Jesus said over and over and over. But people don't wanna believe that its possible for them to be like him. They want him to be special. Basically you are saying Jesus is evil for suggesting everyone has the ability to perform "magic" or "miracles". Whatever you wanna call them..
The only people who don't like Harry Potter are people who haven't read the harmless, and brilliant books. They only deal with good and evil just as every other major story has. Lord of the rings, star wars etc etc etc. I guess they are all "satanic" too. I have heard that before.. Yet the bible is EXACTLY the same, and you judge it differently.. hmmm...
And its pretty obvious you are very ignorant about satanism..
Satanists may believe in "magic" to SOME extent, hardly waving wands..
Satanists do not beleive in good and evil. They don't believe in God or satan, even though their name suggests they follow satan.. Im sorry for you if it dampens your reason for being such an avid christian, but there is no satan and there is no war between satanists and christianity, except for the fact that christianity promotes guilt and whipping oneself for inevitable "wrong doings and desires" whereas satanism promotes making the best out of your life and enjoying everything you possibly can in abundance.
The only reason Christians have such a distorted perception on satanism is because the church needs to convince its memebers, and others out there, that there is a war to fight, that evil does exist. Its called propoganda and it keeps people in check via fear, aswell as recruiting new members to further extend their influence over our world. Because if they convince you of that, then any human being would choose to fight against the evil that apparently wants to consume the world. Your church is controlling you and you are too blind to see it. Perhaps you shouldn't take their word for anything, and should do some research on your own..
Here are the "commandments" of the church of Satan which is the largest satanic religious sect in the world.
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, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
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. 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.
8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
9. Do not harm little children.
10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
Now go and read the bible and make comparrisons, then take a look at how many millitary men and woman are christians.. Killer Christians.. And then tell me, which is more of a problem? Christianity or Satanism?
You realise satanism was around long before christianity. Satan is a life force that is present in everything in the universe which is exactly the same idea many people perceive God to be. Hence they are the same idea. They just compete with eachother.
Also, there are a very few sects of satanism that believe satan is infact the true, loving God, and that "God" from the bible is the devil in disguise. They believe the bible is written by the devil to trick everyone into worshipping an evil, jealous, ruthless entity. So you see, these people are doing what they believe to be right for themselves and the world, just like your typical christian. Very few people are going to actually choose to be "evil" if they believe "good" exists, and they are relative, so if one exists the other does too. It seems only the points of view are different. Satanists believe christians are largely igorant and are holding the world back. Kinda like what atheists believe.
Christians renamed the devil in the bible to "Satan" because satanism used to be in competition with christianity, until christianity practically wiped it out for millenia by the above mentioned method.
All those pedophiles and murderers who SAY they are satanists have been proven to infact have acted alone, and have proven to not be associated with satanism at all, and have no knowledge on the subject. They never belonged to a church. They never read satanic texts. They infact were using it all as an excuse. They get applauded by christians when they accept Jesus instead, and they get off easy or are thought of as insane to avoid jail time. Its an easy way out for them.
No satanic ritual murders or large groups of devil worshippers have ever been found to exist or involved in anything in the past like all your churches seem to suggest. Its all BS and the cops and fbi etc have said this many times openly, however you people just refuse to accept this, instead believing your church over facts.
Those few who do believe they are devil worshipers haven't even researched enough into it, to realise that satanists don't beleive in the devil, satanists don't believe in human or animal sacrifice, which is more than I can say for christianity/judaism and most other religions.. They dont understand that all those things are propoganda perpetuated generally in catholic films with no accuracy. symbols like upside down crosses etc have no link to satanism. Satanism is not anti-christianity as you have been led to believe, how could it be seeing as though it was around before christianity? The only reason satanism dislikes christianity is because christianity is hypocritical in their eyes, aswell as the fact that christianity has been trying to destroy them through lies and propoganda for millenia, and they still continue to do so without much criticism.
so in effect christianity and likewise religions have created these so called devil worshipers. Afterall you can't believe in the devil and not God. They are from the same book. Your religion is to blame for creating these people and also for making it such an easy excuse for crimes. They are not satanists. Do some research before you open your mouth. Just like these teenage rebels should do some damn research before skinning dogs and then blaming it on satan because they watched the exorcist and wanna be like "satan" or they are apparently posessed... They are just in a self destructive phase and they are looking to get caught and are looking for shock factor. They also feel more alive when they do things that are considered "evil" by society. In that way they are fully present which is a very pleasing state to be in. Other people have sex with prostitutes, sky dive, drive like maniacs and take drugs in order to get the same effect. What we should be striving for is to be able to get to this state of mind in any situation with no effort.
If you want to find people who really intend to be evil, then lookup "family of God" AKA The Family inc.. The biggest pedophile and wife swapping hippies on the planet. They were never brought to justice even though they raped children all day long, aswell as made child pornography. I can only assume it was because they SAID they were christians and followed the example of Jesus. Nothing could be further from the truth. Evil sobs. They also tortured children to "break them" on camps so that they were easily controlled and used for sexual satisfaction..
anyway, if you wanna read about what the majority of satanic sects REALLY entails, then here is a linky link
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Satanism:_An_interview_with_Church_of_Satan_High_Priest_Peter_Gilmore