12-03-2012, 11:37 PM
My concern in this situation is that if such a display would, on averaging out both the potentially worst and the potentialy best, still produce a better outcome than not.
That is to say. Best outcome would be univesal peace for all or some such, worst outcome would be universal war for all, or some such.
The probable actual outcome of this enedvour would be personal difficulty and pain with little to show for it, and beyond that, it gets progressively worse.
IF summoning a hulking dude into teh middle of the town were a good plan all around, i would not hesitate to do it, right now, its not a good plan for anyone involved. So i consider a bad outcome.
That people may or may not die is a sidenote because what happens in actuality in such cases i do not attempt to control, only that the actions i take are in the best interest of all involved, and participating in this would not be for the best interest of all invovled. Even if i were to corrupt the ritual and turn it into a light equivelant, mostly due to corrupting corrupted rituals.
That is to say, if i did it, i would do it to raise awareness about the fact taht people do stuff like this for real, answer questions about my belief, about the new age, about why i did it despite it not being my belief (not a satanist myself) (asked to and i dont turn down religious sermons i'm invited to) and so on.
Same as if i go into church, i dont take responsibility if God decides to be a douch because i pray to him and kill billions by flooding the planet.
LEts keep in perspective that the "god" of the bible kills a lot more people than any opposite force ever does. And anyone who goes to the church are just as responsible for that as anyone who goes to a black mass would be responsibile for a summoned bad guy.
Most people who go to church dont think of personal responsibility, thats why they go to church.
Edit: can you imagine what kind of ... horrors... would go down if those ... people... actually managed to summon Yahwe back to earth?
That is to say. Best outcome would be univesal peace for all or some such, worst outcome would be universal war for all, or some such.
The probable actual outcome of this enedvour would be personal difficulty and pain with little to show for it, and beyond that, it gets progressively worse.
IF summoning a hulking dude into teh middle of the town were a good plan all around, i would not hesitate to do it, right now, its not a good plan for anyone involved. So i consider a bad outcome.
That people may or may not die is a sidenote because what happens in actuality in such cases i do not attempt to control, only that the actions i take are in the best interest of all involved, and participating in this would not be for the best interest of all invovled. Even if i were to corrupt the ritual and turn it into a light equivelant, mostly due to corrupting corrupted rituals.
That is to say, if i did it, i would do it to raise awareness about the fact taht people do stuff like this for real, answer questions about my belief, about the new age, about why i did it despite it not being my belief (not a satanist myself) (asked to and i dont turn down religious sermons i'm invited to) and so on.
Same as if i go into church, i dont take responsibility if God decides to be a douch because i pray to him and kill billions by flooding the planet.
LEts keep in perspective that the "god" of the bible kills a lot more people than any opposite force ever does. And anyone who goes to the church are just as responsible for that as anyone who goes to a black mass would be responsibile for a summoned bad guy.
Most people who go to church dont think of personal responsibility, thats why they go to church.
Edit: can you imagine what kind of ... horrors... would go down if those ... people... actually managed to summon Yahwe back to earth?