“Satanism is not about ritual sacrifices, digging up graves and worshipping the devil. The devil doesn’t exist. Satanism is about worshipping yourself, because you are responsible for your own good and evil. Christianity’s war against the devil has always been a fight against man’s most natural instincts – for sex, for violence, for self-gratification – and a denial of man’s membership in the animal kingdom…. All the power LaVey wielded he gained through fear – the public’s fear of a word: Satan. By telling people he was a Satanist, LaVey became Satan in their eyes – which is not unlike my attitude toward becoming a rock star.”
Nevermind the LaVey stuff (He's the founder of the Church of Satan, just so you know), I finally realized that Satanism is not that bad as how we usually see it. No thanks to my annoying brother who keeps going on and on about how MM is satanic etc, and slowly changing my impression of MM. Fortunately, fate led me to this review and cleared up my negative thoughts about him being a Satanist.
Okay fine, you might not think he's that all bad. But I'm pretty sure you'll find him rather disgusting cos: 1) He's got no eyebrows and 2) He's got no armpit hair as well.
It's also said in the book that, by the publishing of his book, he had at least 450 scars on his skin. I'm not sure whether the reviewer was exaggerating but I suddenly feel inferior.
"Manson’s irony must be understood. The protagonist speaking in this song is the self-righteous American looking at the failed culture his religion has produced. Behind this twisted irony is Satan himself piercing the soul of “infallible” human self-righteousness. Manson laughs in glee when Christians attack his lyrics as offensive and pornographic, because (he believes) they are only proving his point. He is not the protagonist in the song. Therefore, when a famous Christian personality attacks him, they are attacking American Christianity and the culture they have created."
“Marilyn Manson is not the disease; he is just a symptom of our sick society.”
- Snippets' Source: http://forerunner.com/champion/manson.html
