Civilised Heathen

Satanism & Secularism

[civilizedheathen]

Satanic Resources (.org)

I've been working on a collection of satanic resources. It's fully searchable, all the resources are tagged depending on what they are about, and you can filter them. It's a great way to find satanic resources that you're interested in, and it's being added to every week.

Satanic Resources

A searchable repository of satanic groups, books, blogs, podcasts & more!

[moon-loved-the-sun]

Things to Put in Your Grimoire

Your grimoire is your personal diary of everything to do with witchcraft and spell casting. Your grimoire can contain anything that you personally find useful and inspiring🔮

Here’s a basic list of things you can include:

Moon phases and their meanings🌙

Spells (your own or other people’s)

Crystals and their meanings

Herbs and their properties 🍃

Candles and what the different colors respresent

Sigils

How to open a circle/close a circle

Latin words/phrases to use during spells

Write down any dreams or premonitions you have

Write down things you want to manifest

Any quotes that inspire you

Different types of water (moon, rain, storm, etc.) and what to use them for

Simple spells (such as bath spells and tea spells)

The different zodiac signs and their traits

How to banish negative spirits

How to scry

Basically anything because it’s your grimoire

Happy witching! 🧙‍♀️

[creekfiend]

[dovewithscales]

@ninetailedraven

[civilizedheathen]

Satanists are atheists btw, they don’t believe in satan. I’ve been reading up on it, it’s actually quite interesting.

Yeah, that is actually entirely correct. There's a number of different branches of satanism, but nearly all of them are atheistic.

[theawkwardatheists]

what is a good reply to when someone calls you "a child of satan" because youre non religious?

“Cool thanks man.” 

“Yep you’re right”

“Better than being a child of god”

“Well at least I’m not compared to sheep”

“He seems much cooler”

“Well out of the two I would choose satan” 

“If you knew what non-religious meant… it also mean satan isn’t real”

Just freak them out, it’s the best. They insult you, you have fun.

[i-dont-always-panic-at-the-disco]

Do you worship Satan?

Normal People : No 

Satanists : Yes 

Me : If Satan is Brendon Urie, then yes.

[atheistjack-deactivated20190109]

via  GodSwill Ministries

[fuckyeahreligionpigeon]

[theskepdick]

Glass house, m8, glass fucking houses. #TheSkepDick

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[iamatheistgirl]

[anatheistsblog]

imagining that is hilarious tbh

[iamatheistgirl]

[thehappyatheist]

Baaaa

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[yourbeliefiscrazy]

[thehappyatheist]

That is horrible!

Every atheist knows you’re suppose to coat your baby in BBQ sauce first. 🙄

[civilizedheathen]

It's really important. Some hot sauce goes a long way too.

[philosophycorner]

On Non-Fallacious Arguments

Philosophy is really about nuance. If you failed to understand nuances, you’ll likely fail to understand subtle differences between one view and another. This understanding is required to see that some otherwise fallacious arguments are not actually fallacious; in other words, there are, for instance, non-fallacious ad hominem arguments. I’ll give an example of such an argument prior to talking about a particular kind of argument that’s surprisingly common; it’s also effective, but overlooked because it’s considered fallacious.

An example of a non-fallacious ad hominem argument is when you point to someone’s lack of expertise or acumen on a topic or in a technical field. Again, nuance is required because such an argument can also be fallacious. There are, however, cases in where the argument is effective. Let’s say you need an appendectomy. We can all agree that no one would consider getting one from someone who isn’t a surgeon unless in a rare case like finding yourself in a precarious situation in where there are no available medical professionals, e.g., during the zombie apocalypse. So when someone says x person can’t speak on y field because he doesn’t have the qualifications, I consider this an effective argument unless the individual on the receiving end of this non-fallacious ad hominem can prove otherwise. Perhaps the individual has acquired a level of expertise or, at the very least, can prove themselves adept without having attended college or having more traditional experience in the field in question.

An argument along these lines that I see quite often is an argument from ignorance that isn’t fallacious. A fallacious argument from ignorance is, for example, an argument from personal incredulity. It’s not enough that you don’t have enough information, that you are not familiar with enough evidence or proof. That’s pretty much your problem and is no argument against something you refuse to accept as fact. There are, however, cases in where collectively we don’t have enough information – cases in where we don’t have enough evidence or proof. So when people say that they’re not willing to write off alien life, some of them employ non-fallacious arguments from ignorance. In this particular case, we don’t have enough information; we don’t have enough evidence for or against. Sure, we have the statistical likelihood that there’s life elsewhere in the universe, i.e., Drake Equation; we, however, do not have solid evidence. Moreover, we aren’t even familiar with the various combinations of parameters that could result in life. In fact, the assumption that only Earth-like parameters result in life, e.g., the importance of liquid water, may be what’s holding us back.

As with all things in philosophy, even the identification of fallacies requires an understanding of subtleties. There’s quite a difference between “you’re wrong, you moron!” and “I doubt your conclusion because you have no relevant qualifications in this particular discipline.” There’s quite a difference between “you’re wrong because I haven’t come across evidence to support your conclusion” and “we don’t know enough or haven’t acquired enough evidence to draw a conclusion on this matter.” The key with a non-fallacious argument from ignorance is that this claim of ignorance has to be true not just of you but also of everyone else. It has to be a demonstrable collective ignorance rather than just your ignorance.

[ophidahlia]

Legitimate *pro bono legal services* don’t exist without a good reason. In a few of the exmormon groups I’m in you’ll see regular posts saying stuff like “Look what my lawyer sent me today!” with a pic of their resignation confirmation letter from the church.

You know. Just stuff that a normal average church that is definitely not actually a cult would do. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

🙄

[rnoonpie]

As an ex-mormon, I’m gonna look the fuck into this. I want nothing to do with the church that shaped so much toxicity about my self image and my sexual orientation.

[fierceawakening]

Not sure if any followers need this but if you do, here you go.

Everyone should be able to choose their religious beliefs and community, and leave any that they find does not work for them.

[this-seamonkeys-gone-to-heaven]

Ex mormon here - this guy’s legit. The Mormon holds your files for eternity, and when they find out that you’ve moved to a new area, they will send members and missionaries from that region to harass you. I know this sounds like dystopic bullshit, but they followed my father through three moves before he rejoined the church.