I don't know about that.. genuine worship of God is just keeping him in your conscious thoughts. Having holy symbols on your person and home usually is to serve as a reminder to keep him in thought.
Replace the holy symbolism with demonic and redirect your conscious thoughts towards the demonic and I'd say that is worship in some sense.
I come from a background of Hinduism and Christianity... While overseas I went to mandir and chatted with the pandit about various topics. His view of all the rituals, mantras, and everything within Hinduism is basically just respectful guided prayer... But he actually places that below simply keeping God in your daily thoughts.
There's no functional difference because ultimately it is one actions that define an individual, not their intentions. "I didn't mean it" is a childish excuse.
Sure, but remember who I am. I come from Atheism and Anti-Semitism.
All of the Satanic imagery exists to piss you off and make you aghast. It's a mockery of you, not a genuine expression of worship to a deity.
"Thou hast called me into Narnia, Rishda Tarkaan. Here I am. What hast thou to say?"
-Tash, the demon. Spoken before abducting the non-believer who invoked his name to oppress Narnians.
An untrue, but clearly poetic, point.
Don't play with evil, it doesn't play well with others.
Just because it's fictional doesn't mean it's not true. On the contrary, the best fiction works because it resonates with the truth.
When it's fictional it means it's literally not true, even if it's metaphysically true.
I don't know about that.. genuine worship of God is just keeping him in your conscious thoughts. Having holy symbols on your person and home usually is to serve as a reminder to keep him in thought.
Replace the holy symbolism with demonic and redirect your conscious thoughts towards the demonic and I'd say that is worship in some sense.
I come from a background of Hinduism and Christianity... While overseas I went to mandir and chatted with the pandit about various topics. His view of all the rituals, mantras, and everything within Hinduism is basically just respectful guided prayer... But he actually places that below simply keeping God in your daily thoughts.
I think that's more about Aesthetics, which I would agree has a major impact.
There's no functional difference because ultimately it is one actions that define an individual, not their intentions. "I didn't mean it" is a childish excuse.