HailMotherLilith
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Powstanie Pogańskie said:I grew up in a Christian conservative household, and we went to church fairly often when I was young, but when my little brother was born, we stopped going pretty much altogether as he's moderately Autistic and my parents found it too difficult to try and bring him to places like that.
I never particularly cared for it. I believed in it, certainly, and would get offended at people talking shit about Christianity and the smug superiority that atheists would exude, but I was essentially one of those Christians who believed but didn't really make an effort to really learn about the Bible and the shit contained therein. In addition, there were things that just didn't jive with me or make sense - contradictions with what I was reading about how the Earth came to be, the concept of Hell in and of itself and sending people there just for not being Christian, the idea that we're all dirty sinners and need to fix ourselves and be right with the lawd, it made me uncomfortable and I would just feel shitty.
It came to a head when I started coming to terms with the fact that I'm a definite homosexual and have been attracted to men for some time. Trying to reconcile that with my upbringing and knowing that both of my parents would be crushed (Which they were.) filled me with such anguish and fear. I remember actively wishing for Christianity not to be true because the world view it presented was just depressing. I believe this to be what really pushed me in the direction of finding JoS, as it was in my reading about sexuality and trying to accept this about myself that I stumbled upon a Wikipedia article in which it talked about the LaVeyan view on asexuality; that it was their business and people should conduct their lives freely within reason. I was so pleasantly drawn in by that; a Satanic belief system, saying things that made sense, that jived with me in a way that Christianity never, ever has.
Ironically enough, around this time I was also reading articles by a gay Christian who was trying to convince readers that homosexuals can be accepted in Christianity, and while this may have placated my psychic tension a tad, I was also put off by the way he described Christianity as a "spiritual journey." I realized in that moment that I actually never even considered Christianity to be spiritual. When I thought "spiritual practices," Christianity did not come to mind, and it inherently felt strange to me that someone would describe it as spiritual. All of this while I was still a Christian.
I had googled Satanism not too long before this and read a few things on the Church of Satan's website; around this time, I had the thought to give it another Google, as I was still intrigued by the sensibleness of what I had read. Went to their website, read a bit again, then backed up to read another website: Joy of Satan. I read what was said, saw what they pointed out in the Bible that I conveniently was never taught in church or by that gay Christian, and every little story and/or bit of evidence my dad had to "prove" Christianity's validity, Joy of Satan had a Satanic explanation for. The pieces fell together so naturally; it felt spiritual. It felt right. I may not have had the knowledge to argue and prove this to others, but in my being I felt comforted and like I had finally found a path that wouldn't leave me feeling alone and like complete shit.
I didn't dedicate that night, I had a lot of deprogramming to do and so much to read. But it wasn't very long after. I'm not entirely certain that I was a Satanist in past lives, if I even have that many, but the draw I have to this path is real in ways no other path has felt to me. And a massive "HAIL SATAN!" for that.
This was so interesting to read!!
I feel like I would sit down and listen to you telling stories xDD
Glad to have you here!!!!! ❤