>Michal,
>Thank you for taking the time to list CoS's 'articles of faith'.
Thanks for reading :-))
>Given CoS's relativist views, why do you forbid violence? Isn't this a
>rather absolutist rule?
We are just extremely careful, in order to give xtian majority no easy
contrarguments. We forbid use of violence in rituals very clearly, as in
view of many Satanists kill people during black messes.
"[...]Thus any concept of sacrifice is rejected as a Christian aberration --
in Satanism there's no diety to which one can sacrifice.[...]" - Magister
Peter Gilmoure
in "Satanism: Feared Religion"
But we don't share xtianic slogan "of turning the other cheek". In fact, the
fifth Satanic Statement is
"5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek. ".
And this is the Eleventh Satanic Rule on Earth:
"11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you,
ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him."
We reject UNPROVOKED violence both physical and mental, but we are no
pacifists.
We find Life the highest value, this implies respect to every life,
especially children's and animals' ones, as we perceive them the only
absolutely natural and sincere beings.
You can't call such vision absolutistic, can you?
Nen taahr - Salve :-)
--- Michal Kulczycki University of Wroclaw, Psychology Dept. ICQ #: 8954988PS. Hope I don't bore anyone.