GodSands has Improperly Characterized Satanism

Con, in his elegant defense of poor addled Godsands has missed an essential part of Godsand's "argument." In his characterization, Godsands calls the three main "sermonises" of satanism "sex orgy, destruction, and black magic practice." There are a couple ways to interpret this. First, that these three notions are the three main sects or schools of thought in Satanism. Second, that these are the three main tenants of all sects of Satanism. There are indeed many different sects of Satanism; however writ large, none of these practices are major tenants. It would be like saying that the Eucharist is a major tenant of Christianity, which it obviously is not. Only Catholics practice the sacrament of Holy Eucharist - similarly only certain sects within Satanism utilize these three practices. Conclusion - none of these practices are tenants of Satanism writ large, though they may be tenants of splinter sects. ****************************** There is absolutely nothing in the science of evolution to connect it to Satanism. My opponent pretends that since Godsands believes there is a connection, there is. This is obviously a case of very poor evidence. Simply because some satanists believe in evolution does not indicate evolution is connected to Satanism. Some Catholics believe in evolution too - evolution is not connected to the Catholic Church. It has been shown time and time again that Godsands has no idea what evolution is, yet my opponent uses him as a source as though he were an authority on the matter. Conclusion - there is no connection between evolution and Satanism. ****************************** The only of the eleven rules of LaVeyan Satanism that deal with "sex orgy, destruction, or black magic" are: 5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal. 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. 11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them. Clearly the first one has nothing to do at all with "orgies." Number 7 deals with the practice of magic, but does not specify whether or not this is black magic or any sort of call upon Satan. In fact, since LaVeyan Satanists are atheistic, the exercise of magic could not be related to Satan, since they don't believe he exists. Number 11 deals vaguely with destruction, but is not the sort of wanton destruction that Godsands means. Even if you accept the notion that number 11 deals with destruction, there are a couple other rules that go against the notion that Satanists are wanton destructionists: 9. Do not harm little children. 10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food. As one can see, the notion of destroying those who bother you is a form of their message "Do unto others as they do to you." It is a limited form of retribution, not a call to destroy everything. Conclusion - there is no support for the notion that destructionism is a major tenant of LeVeyan Satanism. ********************************* Godsands has egregiously mis-characterized Satanism. AFFIRMED.