Bleeding Fiction

not familiar with satanism

so what is it this guy worships?

I know the easy answer is satan but there most be more behind the answer than that.

I'm not sure about a made for tv movie but I think Mark Burnett's mind is thinking some kind of reality series based on this.

Survivor: Theological Entity Edition.

Each week, a deity gets voted out of existence. My money is on the Raelian to get sent home first. Then the Satanist because he's kind of a jerk, and then the guy that thinks God lives in a pie. After that, the self-described "New Age" girl from Northern California who claims that she's "not religious, but she is spiritual" will get the ax, the others telling her, "Well, we're not honest, but you're interesting."

Then the members of the Christan Fundamentalist alliance will get rid of all the other recognized religions before turning on each other. The Nihilist will win the game, of course, because he did not believe the game existed in the first place.

I hate reality TV.

Enter Ben, with another wonderful nugget of genius. This is worthy of further development. Perhaps as a sketch of some sort, perhaps as some sort of short story. Of course, we know what happened the last time we tried to take a funny bit of theology and turn it into sketch comedy...

(As an aside, can I point out how frightened I am that I'm actually looking forward to a show that Burnett's involved in? This show. Of course, my excitement has more to do with Warren Ellis' involvement than Burnett's, so maybe that's ok.)

Oh, and Gus, according to that article, "Followers live by the Nine Satanic Statements, which include 'Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence', 'Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek' and 'Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification'."

I've checked out the Official Church of Satan Website and found it to be one of the funnier things I've seen all month. I think my favorite of the Satanic Rules of the Earth is the last, number 11 (what, they had to trump the 10 Commandments by one?), which states "When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him." Comedy Gold!

Oh, and just to add:

you can buy an official Church of Satan T-Shirt from their website. At a 10% discount!

Those lousy Catholics don't sell anything at their website. I tell you, the Christians, Jews and Muslims are gonna get left in the dust if they can't offer a T-Shirt at least at regular price!

This shit's too funny...

lol i will be a long time before i set up a christian web site to sell merchandise but i could see some cool slogans attached to some shirts.

like the one you displayed about the church recently

Whos yo Daddy

Mmm. I also like the one from Penny Arcade a few weeks back:

"Jesus is fuckin' metal!"