Satan is...

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Satan is...

An evil being
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A concept
5 (21.7%)
A way of life
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Stupid
2 (8.7%)
A banana
1 (4.3%)
Fun at parties
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Dr. Dread

#20
June 18, 2009, 07:24:06 AM
I find satanists for the most part to be hedonistic atheists who need attention. Sure, be a hedonistic atheist but why draw attention to yourself with all the boogity-boogity?

Iago

#21
June 18, 2009, 07:31:05 AM
Quote from: owlice on June 17, 2009, 02:17:38 PM
Darn it; I thought you were taking nominations, and I have a sure winner!!!

Could you be talking about me? Of course you remember ME from Classical Hub, don't you?

I'm flattered.
"Good", is NOT good enough, when "better" is expected

springrite

#22
June 18, 2009, 07:35:45 AM
Of course, for hockey fans, Satan can only mean Miloslav Satan!  >:D
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Dr. Dread

#23
June 18, 2009, 07:36:44 AM
I read that Satan was big among Romantics.

Haffner

#24
June 18, 2009, 07:57:32 AM
"The world would be a boring place without Ozzy Osbourne." Robert Plant

Substitute "Satan" for Ozzy.

Or not.

Elgarian

#25
June 18, 2009, 08:16:07 AM
Quote from: MN Dave on June 18, 2009, 07:36:44 AM
I read that Satan was big among Romantics.

RomSatanantics?

DavidRoss

#26
June 18, 2009, 08:21:34 AM
...the personification of self-centeredness.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

springrite

#27
June 18, 2009, 08:23:26 AM
Quote from: DavidRoss on June 18, 2009, 08:21:34 AM
...the personification of self-centeredness.

So is it OK to say to your boss in his face that he is "De-personlified Satan"?
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Elgarian

#28
June 18, 2009, 08:26:22 AM
Quote from: drogulus on June 18, 2009, 04:22:53 AM
Satan sent Elgar to destroy your mind.

Let us test this theory.
First, I put on a CD of the violin concerto, thus.

Now we carry out the test by seeing if my mynd
is stil intakkt inuf
tugett t'thi end

v thiss sntenss
proppli.
C? noe prblimm.

springrite

#29
June 18, 2009, 08:28:02 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on June 18, 2009, 08:26:22 AM
Let us test this theory.
First, I put on a CD of the violin concerto, thus.

Now we carry out the test by seeing if my mynd
is stil intakkt inuf
tugett t'thi end

v thiss sntenss
proppli.
C? noe prblimm.

Instant Foreign Language Mastery!
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

karlhenning

#30
June 18, 2009, 08:28:34 AM
. . . old Nick, of course.

Elgarian

#31
June 18, 2009, 08:29:57 AM
Quote from: springrite on June 18, 2009, 08:28:02 AM
Instant Foreign Language Mastery!

Proof! Elgar is GOOD for the brain!

You read it here first, folks.

DavidRoss

#32
June 18, 2009, 08:33:22 AM
Quote from: springrite on June 18, 2009, 08:23:26 AM
So is it OK to say to your boss in his face that he is "De-personlified Satan"?
Only after first plying him with sufficient quantities of single malt Scotch.

Quote from: Elgarian on June 18, 2009, 08:26:22 AM
Let us test this theory.
First, I put on a CD of the violin concerto, thus.

Now we carry out the test by seeing if my mynd
is stil intakkt inuf
tugett t'thi end

v thiss sntenss
proppli.
C? noe prblimm.

Paul--you didn't tell us that Elgarian is your boss!
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Sean

#33
June 18, 2009, 08:36:28 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on June 17, 2009, 12:51:12 PM
.... posting on this forum right now, using the name "Sean"...  0:) 8)

Well, well, there's no such thing as bad publicity... Don't know know quite what to make of this though, I thought there was almost an angelic flourish of trumpets when my name was mentioned.

DavidRoss

#34
June 18, 2009, 08:40:44 AM
Satan is...

...among us.  :o
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

springrite

#35
June 18, 2009, 08:41:47 AM
Satan was...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Fëanor

#36
June 18, 2009, 08:44:28 AM Last Edit: June 18, 2009, 08:46:33 AM by Feanor
... the not entirely unsympathetic protagonist of John Milton's epic Poem, Paradise Lost.

The case has been made that fundamental character flaw of Satan is that he refuses to submit to God.  Abject submission to God is a salient tenet of Calvinist/Reform theology in particular, which Milton understood very well.

karlhenning

#37
June 18, 2009, 08:45:03 AM
... an anagram of Santa

DavidRoss

#38
June 18, 2009, 08:54:39 AM
Quote from: Feanor on June 18, 2009, 08:44:28 AM
... the not entirely unsympathetic protagonist of John Milton's epic Poem, Paradise Lost.

The case has been made that fundamental character flaw of Satan is that he refuses to submit to God.  Abject submission to God is a salient tenet of Calvinist/Reform theology in particular.
I know it's taking a big risk to engage you, but the fundamental character flaw of Satan as depicted by Milton is egoism--self-centeredness--which manifests in pride, causing his unwillingness to submit to God:

Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High,
If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God
Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt.

Abject submission to God is not among the teachings of Christ, who holds that all men and women are brothers and sisters, inheritors of their father's kingdom, and equal in the sight of God.  Meekness is humility, the condition of being teachable, and has nothing to do with groveling before the throne of some petty-minded desert patrirach in the sky.
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Dr. Dread

#39
June 18, 2009, 09:08:44 AM
Quote from: Feanor on June 18, 2009, 08:44:28 AM
... the not entirely unsympathetic protagonist of John Milton's epic Poem, Paradise Lost.

The case has been made that fundamental character flaw of Satan is that he refuses to submit to God.  Abject submission to God is a salient tenet of Calvinist/Reform theology in particular, which Milton understood very well.

I should read this.
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