The one and only thing I respect about the Church of Satan is that they don’t try to push their religion down the throat of every passerby. They are actually a very secretive sect that tends to practice incognito.
Unlike their nemesis, Christians are on every street corner, subway, pamphlet and even knocking on our doors. Preaching the “word”. Which is fine, but they don’t have to be sneaky about it.
I recently recieved an email that had this added at the end. It had nothing to do with the content of the email, but the sender felt empowered to give me unsolicited theological advice (the best kind in my book).
“You exist only because God wills that you exist.
You were made by God and for God – and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.”
The worst offenders are the pamphlet guys. They strategically stand outside subways stops and slyly ask, “Hey man, you want something to read?” Unsuspecting riders take it to pass the time on their commute but are disappointed by the deception. I once observed a guy who took a pamphlet, glanced at it, immediately threw it away and muttered, “Jesus shit!”
I don’t mind Sikh pamphlets. At least they have pictures of cool Tolkein-like daggers.
