We are beginning something new in the annals of religion and are positively unique among churches, priesthood's and congregations alike. Nowhere else on the face of the planet can be found such a diverse admixture of individuals who come from all walks of life. Our motto of Unity Through Diversity will surely carry us into the mainstream of religious thought and activity within a generation. Ergo, we shall rewrite history, and like weeds grow where nothing else can survive, attracting those too intelligent or realistic to succumb to the limiting dogma of the heretofore established churches, Satanic or otherwise.
Other religious entities, it would seem, are either closed-minded or divided into opposing segments, sects or denominations who cannot function together as a whole, as their belief systems or opinions overpower their ability to come together as a cohesive entity. A church body springs up, dogma is espoused, somebody takes issue against that body, gathers support, and divides the group like an amoeba reproducing in a brackish pond. Often, it takes only a single point of law, dogma, or even an assumption to split a group into antagonistic factions, yelling and screaming at one another, condemning each other to Hell for their errant and heretical beliefs.
Worse, religious wars can erupt overnight and reoccur, flaring up again and again over the ages. Often the original bone of contention is forgotten, and concerned parties continue to exhibit violent and antisocial tendencies against their neighbors on any pretext. Often, this is done simply from habit, like it was the right thing to do and sanctioned by whatever God they presume to be serving at the moment.
This is a definite hindrance to the human race as a whole and has kept us in or near the Dark Ages for far too long. To use Treckie terminology that has been long since been assimilated into the scientific community, such aberrant thought and action has limited us to a Type Zero civilization or dog-eat-dog society.
However, it is a new day, and as more diverse people become better educated and knowledgeable, they are realizing the futility of such limited vision, compressed thinking and its various negative effects upon society and the human condition. They are unwilling to further participate in such impaired groups or their causes. These new-wave, more well-rounded individuals, therefore, are seeking society with others, like themselves, who are more tolerant and comfortable with others different than themselves in appearance, belief, lifestyle and stature.
The important concept here is to overcome those heretofore unchecked aggressive, antisocial and violent tendencies, based upon fear and insecurity and boiling upon the frothy surface of unstable emotional impetus. The goal is learning to subdue our passions and gaining control of ourselves and our environment. That way, unfettered by emotional outbreaks, we may turn our intellectual attention and endeavors toward ever higher learning and the eventual enhanced grasp of both the physical and the metaphysical universe of which we are an internal component.
Should we succeed in accomplishing these goals, then it is just possible that in another fifty to two hundred years, we could very well gain Type One status. We are on the verge and could achieve success if some emotionally driven, fundamentalistic throwback doesn't toss in a monkey wrench and destroy us all, using any one of a number of engines of mass destruction in the name of his or her obviously ineffectual God. It's time to grow up. To quote Gidion of the Old Testament: "Let Baal defend Himself!"
Does anybody remember the article in Penthouse Magazine back in the 1970's, concerning the fact that the US Government had such a biochemical or germ warfare pathogen, nicknamed Bzzz, stored somewhere down south, perhaps in Alabama or Arkansas? I just recall surface information, but the author related that if released, into the Jet Steam, that it could wipe out all life on Earth in thirteen months, including the cockroaches.
We avoid thinking about such things as these when possible, but none-the-less such destructive possibilities exist, and if acquired by the wrong group of individuals, such devices could herald in the possible extinction of mankind and every living thing on the planet.
Well, there are enough lifeless worlds zipping around worthless suns in this Universe. We don't need to add Old Mother Earth to the mix. Therefore, I submit that the larger and more powerful organizations such as ours become, the safer that mankind will become. As I have previously stated, Church Lucifer and it's sister church, The First Church of Satan, are organizations whose time has come. Our abilitiy to assimilate diverse taste, knowledge, ethics and belief systems will form a solid foundation for our race to build upon, opening the gate to the future.
Do we speak here of social and cultural reform? Most certainly! The more that the minds and consciousness of both men and women can open up and accept diversity, the sooner that the various bones of contention can be buried for good. The idea that man must defend God is erroneous and infantile. The idea of a Global Village sure beats the concept of a Global graveyard. "Let Baal defend Himself!"
