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An Arizona pastor has blasted PANTERA, JUDAS PRIEST and BLACK SABBATH for being "satanic," explaining that their names are "blasphemous" of Jesus Christ.Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church, who recently made headlines for reportedly claiming that "we can have an AIDS-free world by Christmas" if gays were "executed," linked the heavy metal bands to satanism in a sermon posted earlier in the year as a way of promoting his "documentary" called "Marching To Zion" which has been described as anti-Jewish.Speaking about The Talmud, the Jewish compendium of law and tradition, Anderson said (see video below, beginning at 21:48 mark): "Let me just point out that The Talmud is blasphemous of our Lord Jesus Christ. 'Cause, keep in mind, this was written hundreds of years after Christ. Let me just give you some of the blasphemy of The Talmud. First of all, The Talmud calls Jesus 'the son of Pantera' at least eight times. So eight times it refers to Lord Jesus Christ as 'the son of Pantera.' You say, 'Well, who's Pantera?' Well, it's not the metal band from the eighties. But let me tell you something. When I'm done explaining who Pantera is, you'll realize how satanic that metal band is for calling themselves that. Why are they named that? It's blasphemous name. A lot of the rock and roll uses a lot of satanic… Look at some of the names of some of these metal [bands]… JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH, PANTERA…"In his book "The True Word", Greek philosopher Celsus wrote about what was apparently the consensus Jewish opinion about Jesus, saying that Jesus' father was a Roman soldier called Pantera. "Pantera" means Panther and was a fairly common name among Roman soldiers. The rumor was later repeated in The Talmud and in medieval Jewish writings where Jesus was referred to as "Yeshu ben Pantera."

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Deathstorm I don't think this guy has any connection to teh Westboro Baptist Church. He's clearly anti-semitic and homophobic. At no point' date=' however, did he really criticise metal or rock so I don't really know why this article was posted here.[/quote'] Good point about why this article was posted, not that I mind or anything. Anyway those band names were chosen to sound satanically edgy were they not? or at least religiously divergent. It seems pointless to bait religious purists for fun and profit, and then start wining when they object to your bands name because it has the desired effect. Personally I find it fun, the flirting with darkness involved in theatrical satanism or counter religious protest or what ever it is, this current that runs through metal. It is like telling ghost stories or watching horror films. I see no point in troubling the squares with it though, or taking notice when they object. It's mostly just a joke that people like the pastor in the article don't get. I understand that there are at least two strands of authentic satanism that run through some metal, but I am not interested in what the pastor above might think about that, because I feel sure he lacks the sophistication to understand it anyway. He is some guy who drags his preconceptions and dogma around everywhere. It must be exhausting to be like that, so complaining when he speaks out about the names of some good metal bands is silly. Threatening to exterminate gays, and going on about Jewish conspiracy on the other hand is some dark satanic shit right there. Being a quaintly obtuse shit head is one thing, but selling hate in the name of the divine is full on blasphemy.
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