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[iapetus]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3948329.stm

Navy approves first ever Satanist

The British Armed Forces has officially recognised its first registered Satanist, according to a newspaper report.

Naval technician Chris Cranmer, 24, has been allowed to register by the captain of HMS Cumberland.

The move will mean that he will now be allowed to perform Satanic rituals on board the vessel.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cranmer realised he was a Satanist nine years ago.

Religious values

At the time he stumbled across a copy of the Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey.

He said: "I then read more and more and came to realise I'd always been a Satanist, just simply never knew."

Mr Cranmer, who is from Edinburgh, is now lobbying the Ministry of Defence to make Satanism a registered religion in the armed forces.

A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: "We are an equal opportunities employer and we don't stop anybody from having their own religious values."

The Church of Satan was established in San Francisco in 1966.

LaVey was its high priest until his death in 1997.

Followers live by the Nine Satanic Statements, which include "Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence", "Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek" and "Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification".

 

[xexex]

Satanist's are assclowns.


*sticks a needle in that goats eye*


*runs away*

 

[belgurdo]

Why worry about casualties when you can use necromancy to double your outfit?

 

[xabre]

Satanism

 

[belgurdo]

 

[B-B-Bomba!]

Sounds like the set-up for a really bad film ...

It's actually quite a shocking benchmark for political correctness, or from the other point of view a satisfyingly disrespectful red-nose and silly hat on the mouldering corpse of Christianity.

 

[Chopin Trusty Balls]

Army of Darkness!!! Well at least Suicide Bombers wont help against those.

 

[Temujin]

Pffft. Since Jedi Knight is now an official religion in the UK, when are we going to see some Jedis in the army eh? Then they will be truly unstoppable!!!1!

 

[Phoenix]

Pffft. Since Jedi Knight is now an official religion in the UK, when are we going to see some Jedis in the army eh? Then they will be truly unstoppable!!!1!

WTF, you got a link for that one?

 

[Temujin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1589133.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2757067.stm

It's not really official, but...maybe this (in the updated part) explains it better.

 

[iapetus]

WTF, you got a link for that one?

Sure: http://www.snopes.com/religion/jedi.htm