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On 6/23/2011 at 12:19 PM, Robert8092 said:

I am completely against Black Metal I think everybody deserves the right to beleive what they will without people trying to destroy their beleifs. I also think that the music is far too dark and deamon worship is too far on the beleif scale.

What?  There is plenty of black metal that is not Satanic at all.  Some isn't even dark...

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8 minutes ago, Balor said:

What?  There is plenty of black metal that is not Satanic at all.  Some isn't even dark...

The post you're responding to is from 2011. I believe you're right and that this guy only has a very approximate knowledge of what black metal is but good luck getting a response.

If you want to try to have a discussion with the guy, maybe try tagging him as it'd cause him to get an email.

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16 hours ago, Will said:

The post you're responding to is from 2011. I believe you're right and that this guy only has a very approximate knowledge of what black metal is but good luck getting a response.

If you want to try to have a discussion with the guy, maybe try tagging him as it'd cause him to get an email.

I know.  I just wanted to share my thoughts on it.  Part of me wanted to summon him back to argue, though.  However, that would probably be a poor decision.  Potentially funny, but nevertheless stupid and pointless.

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I think anyone who seriously listens to Black Metal and extreme metal in general has the ability to differentiate between the dark imagery and subject matter and real life. I think the same goes for most people who perform it. I will concede that there is some bullshit within Black Metal but the same could be said for a lot of musical genres. Are you anti rap as well? Anti country? Regardless you are painting with a pretty broad brush and I think you should reconsider your thinking. 

Just saw the date of the post. My apologies.

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On 7/25/2012 at 1:55 PM, ReturntoCarthage said:

Re: Anti Black Metal

There is practically no corroborative proof of Christ's existence outside of testimonies written long after he died.

This is untrue, and I'm surprised that so many people keep trotting this out. There are several contemporaneous accounts in non-Christian texts that reference Jesus Christ. As to whether you think he's divine or not, well that's another question. But the dude did live. 

As for black metal being evil, only a retard would think that any music style would contribute to the degradation of the world  based on a musical ideal. 

Imagine if the creator of the 13 billion year old universe decided he or she didn't like black metal in the last 30 years because it was vaguely against a vague philosophy. What a laugh. Want to know what's evil? Ebola, cancer, and the holocaust to name but a few. Leave the genius of great black metal, produced from the minds of talented individuals, out of it. 

Requiem has spoken. 

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This is untrue, and I'm surprised that so many people keep trotting this out. There are several contemporaneous accounts in non-Christian texts that reference Jesus Christ. As to whether you think he's divine or not, well that's another question. But the dude did live. 
As for black metal being evil, only a retard would think that any music style would contribute to the degradation of the world  based on a musical ideal. 
Imagine if the creator of the 13 billion year old universe decided he or she didn't like black metal in the last 30 years because it was vaguely against a vague philosophy. What a laugh. Want to know what's evil? Ebola, cancer, and the holocaust to name but a few. Leave the genius of great black metal, produced from the minds of talented individuals, out of it. 
Requiem has spoken. 
Can I get an amen? [emoji41]

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