I read this morning on Fox News of a man in Michigan who claims to be a Satanist. This may not sound like anything new; there are plenty of people in our world that are so deluded by their sin that they worship the devil. But the interesting thing about this particular version of devil worship is that it claims not to worship the devil per se but to worship "self." As Fox News reports: "The church doesn't worship Beelzebub, it believes in taking responsibility for your own actions and being your own god." When they interviewed the founder of this "religion," he explained by adding, "I don't care how much fun killing people is...that sort of thing is just not acceptable."
Oh, really! Isn't that interesting? Not only can this guy apparently not see the blatant contradiction in his thinking, he also apparently cannot see that his "religion" gives him absolutely no basis whatsoever for making the claim that he makes.
(1) If everyone is to be their "own god," then that means that everyone is to make their own laws for themselves. You cannot be "your own god" and be subject to following someone else's laws. That someone else would actually be your god and not you yourself. And that means that you cannot have a religion that says: "you are your own god" AND "you must be subject to certain objective laws (like, e.g., not killing people)." This religion is self-defeating; it contradicts itself explicitly.
(2) There is no basis in this guy's religion that allows him to be able to say that "killing people...is just not acceptable." Only the Christian worldview gives him the basis for making that claim (which Christianity actually does, in the 6th commandment). He must "borrow" from the Christian worldview in order to make his claim that murder is wrong. His own worldview does not allow him to say this. So, his comments, rather than commending devil worship, actually prove that Christianity is the only right and true religion.
Think about that!
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