[stylist] Spiders and snakes and bats....

[Semirhage]

I tend to go back to the original roots and meanings before people twisted 
things to suit their ends, and sadly this was done in all religions. A prime 
example, Christianity aside, is the Egyptian pantheon. Set was a migrated 
god of sorts, not native to Egypt in the histories. When people were 
conquered or migrated, they brought legends of their gods with them. At 
first, Set was and truly is merely a god/guide/being what have you, of 
change, and the dessert wind/wind in general. Breaking up stagnation and 
embracing change. He is in no way evil, but when later it became useful to 
priests to use religious myths to illustrate fears and points and changes 
they wished to implement, they made up some  stories that made him out to be 
the bad guy and to hold attributes that were never originally his. So then 
he became evil, and later confused with Satan, who is a mix of many 
benevolent gods from various pantheons with an evil twist. Personally I 
believe in evil, as it's just out there, but not in Satan, but again that's 
me and I have logical historical connective reasons knowing the hodge podge 
that he's made up of. At any rate, it's sad how things can get added to and 
twisted and defiled and so few people actually bother to investigate what 
they are told.
Sem
I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.
I get along with the voices inside of my head.