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Old 07-29-2006, 07:41 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Empire of Satanis, reviewed by Cynthia Celeste Miller (1/2)

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Originally Posted by Guyin Cognito
The author states in his own words that his work (EoS) is about Lovecraft's version of hell, (or in his mind) meaning the actual pan-dimensional universe that Yog-sothoth, Cuthulu, and so on hail from, you can now experience it in a way that D&D may not have really given you access to.
Interestingly though, as a Rationalist, Lovecraft didn't believe in religion in general and Christianity in specific. And you can't really believe in Satan without believing in God. It really doesn't work that way because you can't have one without the other. In fact, Lovecraft had this to say about religion:

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Originally Posted by H.P. Lovecraft
If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.
Since there seems to be an awful lot of bludgeoning going on in the whole Satanist thing I seriously doubt that he would have appreciated being connected to it.

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Originally Posted by Guyin Cognito
Familiarity with H.P. Lovecraft isn't restricted to an exclusive club, so dont bother asking for my ID card.
I think that I'm going to have to see some IDs around here because there seems to be a number of people who don't know what in the world they are talking about when it comes to Lovecraft, his worldview and his writings.
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