NakedOnMyChain -> RE: SATAN!! (8/4/2006 2:37:58 PM)
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ORIGINAL: tootilted [:@] Absolutely detest this topic..... Satan made a choice. He didn't get a bum rap. I'm certain he loves his world and his deceptions and lies. I'm not the most religious person in the world but I have done enough research to know enough to fear Satan and what he stands for. I would never pursue anything that has anything to do with occultism not even what appears to be fun astrology. I was once badly scared by a ouiji board. Satan and his demons.......have a bad rap for a reason. If we're interpreting this in the most literal sense, then I refer you to my earlier post on page two. According to the strictest dogma, he didn't have a choice in the matter. The whole battle was over why humans received the gift of free will (which is what the bible refers to when it says we were made in God's likeness and image) and the angels didn't. Yes, I've done my research. I was raised as a Roman Catholic, though my preferences have changed, went to Catholic schools, and have always had a very strange fascination with obscure, dark Christian mythology, especially regarding Lucifer. I read anything I can get my hands on on the subject. Thanks, Emp, by the way, for bringing up the link to the Milton quotes. One of my favorites is on that list, "The mind can make a heaven out of hell or a hell out of heaven." I love my Milton. I first read "Paradise Lost" ("Paradise Regained" isn't as good) in an etymology class when I was fourteen. I still love it. Isn't it amazing what a good teacher can instill in you?
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