With the birth of "the most god-fearing of living creatures," Plato asserts that the Demiurge declared "the better sort of human nature should there-after be called "man... According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come fr...

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Believing that there is a being or force greater than us gives us comfort because we can sort all of the previously unknown into the "God file" and suddenly be more okay with not knowing because this thing has/is the answer. ... It is a religion more akin to animism, where nature, objects, elements and energy are imbued with deep sacred meaning. Shinto stresses the balance between humans and nature, and the responsibility for us to maintain that balance with our efforts. ... Kami have split nature they can love and be kind or cause destruction and disharmony, this is why they are app...

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On a general type of definition, we can say that we speak of Satanism when we refer to people, groups or movements which, whether they are isolated or more or less structured and organized, practice in some form of the cult (e.g.: adoration, veneration, evocation) of that entity indicated in the Bible by the name of demon, devil, or Satan. Such an entity is generally understood by the Satanists as a being or metaphysical force, or a mysterious, innate element of a human being, or an unknown natural energy that is evoked by diverse proper names (e.g., Lucifer) through the use of certain ritual ...

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