Apartment Life = Satantist?
Sam the T-man:
@pinkshoe: I don't know if you've noticed, but some of these responses are from other Christians. We can hardly mock our own faith, can we?
She didn't pull it out of her arse, no, those beliefs about witchcraft have been around for centuries. For her to then reject any attempt to educate her on the matter, I'm afraid, is a sign of bigotry, Christian or otherwise. She suggested to ask a Christian pastor on their views - if I asked any of my three vicars, I know they'd give me a very different opinion to what she'd expect to hear. It shouldn't be the case like this, but there are churches and churches. I was just very lucky.
I'm not knocking her faith, but I do question her sincerity about it since - from what I've seen/heard - she seems to have not read her bible properly. She's judging witchcraft while refusing to probe deeper (I read the thread that was linked to here), and Jesus said to not "judge the sawdust in one person's eye while not seeing the plank in our own."
I read this fictional book years ago, about a fire elemental created by a group of satanists. It was a good example of how stories can educate people, for I learned a lot from it. The story involved a battle between Satanists and witches, whom they conjured this thing to dispose of. It drew a very clear line between the two groups; they both cast spells and hold rituals, and so in that sense yes, EA has drawn some inspiration from real-life beliefs like these.
If I had to then compare EA witches to these RL groups, I would do it like this:
White = witchcraft
Black = Satanism
Neutral = pagans
Bearing in mind that since these are caricatures, they're not meant to be that close to real life, so you won't find any sacrifices, devil worship or whatnot going on, and thus there's no reason to get into such a tizzy about it.
kimmyfrmtx:
I don't think the witches are Satanic, I am not even sure what Satanism involves.
I think the whole problem is the way the email was worded. If the email had been something like:
This is a Christian based site. Some people may be offended by symbols used by the witches in the new EP. While everyone is entitled to his/her beliefs, postings witches and practices involved will not be allowed on this site.
Thanks for your understanding.
Then people would not be insulted being called Satan worshipers, which I think is the REAL problem here.
We are all entitled to our beliefs. The base of most organized religious is love, acceptance and showing by example what faith in said religion can make in life and afterlife (where applicable).
ragingtexan:
Quote from: kimmyfrmtx;1362162
I don't think the witches are Satanic, I am not even sure what Satanism involves.
Wikipedia for Satanism.
No allusions to witchcraft exist within the article, which is my main argument with the premise that GAMBLER and the rest put forth - it's immediately logically false and intellectually dishonest to associate witchcraft with Satanism.
kathy:
Which brings me to my next question.. how many of us actually understand modern day satanism? I will be the first to admit that I have no idea other than the articles I read from the 80's.
goodstart1:
I GUESS HER SIMS DON'T "WOOHOO" BEFORE MARRIAGE....
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