posted on May, 10 2008 @ 06:47 PM
The existence of such large quantities of suffering, despair, pain, of natural disasters such as earthquakes, of the death of the unborn and the
immense suffering of lovers & kind-hearted people means that god is evil and intentionally creates life in order to create suffering. That all life
exists in a food chain means that life is completely tied to death, and such a barbaric biological cycle could only have been made by an evil god.
Also, that such a god appears not to exist, or actively hides itself, is a source of confusion, conflict, war and stress and is again more likely the
antics of an evil god. Given the state of the natural world, it is impossible that a good god exists. It is more likely that an evil god exists, but,
it is sensible to assume that there is no god of either type. Even if there is not a god of either type, as the dominance of death and violence in the
natural world, a result of nature being abused by life and not being designed for life, I think the evil symbol of Satan is the best representative of
the state of reality and the universe, whether or not an actual evil god exists.
If God did exist and was evil, it would undoubtedly lie and tell everyone it was a good god and that it loved them. It would create maximum confusion
by preaching multiple conflicting religions. It would create heaven and make it hard to get to in order to tease and torture people into making their
own lives hell. As all of those things happen, if there is a God, it is doing the things an evil God would do!
Once I recognized and accepted this state of affairs and adequately called myself a Satanist, I could concentrate my life on happiness, love,
stability and peace. Because I know and understand that death always wins, that life is temporary, I waste no time on short-term whims that reduce my
quality of life, or of those around me, and I waste no time with spiritual pipe dreams. Recognizing Satan as the personified meta-figure of reality is
self-affirming, life-affirming, positive, honest and clarifying.