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Some South Africans really are petty.

Earlier in the week, we told you about the South African Satanic Church, which became the first of its kind in the country when it opened its doors in Century City back in February.

There has been a great deal of media coverage regarding the church this week, and co-founders Adri Norton and Riaan Swiegelaar have appeared on local news channels, as well as fielding many questions on social media via their YouTube and Facebook accounts.

Again, we have covered the basics of what the church stands for, what their worship entails, and what it does and does not condone, so we won’t rehash all of that.

Here’s part of the eNCA segment from earlier in the week:

Of course, as soon as the word ‘Satan’ is mentioned, people tend to get their underwear in a knot, and now a petition has been started, arguing that ‘The new Satanic Church is not good for society’.

The petition’s entire argument is summed up as follows:

I believe that if we promote this Satanic Church than we are basically excepting evil as something that is good for our society when in fact its not which could result into a future that we dont want for our future generation.

Spelling and grammar errors aside, what a load of utter shite.

South Africans enjoy the freedom of religious belief, until that belief is something I disagree with!

This line of thought is evident from some of the messages left on the petition:

• We should pray that these satanic people see the truth and experience God’s love, so they can stop doing evil. These things may be the reason that God is punishing the country.
• As a believer in Christ Jesus , I cannot begin to think of harm this Satanic can do.
• This is soooo wrong we should praise God not the devil.
• May the blood of Jesus Christ heal this country and prevent these people from establishing this murderous and demonic group.
• South Africa needs God and nothing Els.

Nice to see Ernie getting a mention there.

Right on cue, some of the country’s religious leaders weighed in, with KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council’s chairperson Cardinal Wilfrid Napier saying  “the only person who can be worshipped is God”, and Muslim Judicial Council’s first deputy president Sheikh Riad Fataar saying he was “flabbergasted”.

The SA Satanic Church actually saw this coming a while back…

 

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It doesn’t help when South Africans have something as heinous as the Krugersdorp Killers fresh in the memory, with Cecilia Steyn having called herself “the bride of Satan”, but that has nothing to do with what the SA Satanic Church is about.

To drive home the point, here’s something Norton said to EWN earlier in the week:

Norton said that services included coming together for rituals and ceremonies which included rights of passage, people getting married and blessings.

And many might ask do members drink blood? The answer is no.

“These are things that people see in the movies, but no. We’re also not against Christianity. I think that Christianity might be against us right now but we do not condone or practice any form of harm towards a person or human sacrifice or animal sacrifice.”

If they’re not hurting anyone, and they’re not hurting any animals, and they’re exercising their freedom of religion, then let it be, man.

I would say gathering in crowds of up to 50 people every Sunday at churches and other places of worship in the midst of a pandemic is far more dangerous than anything the SA Satanic Church has touched on so far.

[source:ewn]