If you're a Devil worshiper, then you've no doubt had one or more Christians cross your path and tell you that "You are wrong for worshiping the Devil, you are going against the one true God, and you will go to Hell and suffer eternal torment when you die! Satan is a liar, and Jesus is the way!"

Having people say things like this can be very disturbing, especially if it's coming from someone you live with! It can be even worse if you live in the Bible belt like I do, where almost everyone talks that way. Christians who vomit this stuff for a living can be very good at intimidating people into giving up their beliefs and becoming crazed Bible thumpers. It can be especially hard tolerating this malarky when you are a young Devil worshiper living under the thumbs of fundamentalist Christian parents.

But I'm here to tell you that if you truly have the Devil in you, then you will have the strength of Set on your side. Others may try to shake your faith by smothering you with their propaganda, their circular reasoning, and their bullshit. But it won't have any effect, because when you're Marked, you're Marked. And a person who has the Mark has the power to overcome all of this tomfoolery.

So you just have to ask yourself, "What kind of person am I? Am I just a dabbler who's going to be brainwashed and bullied by some fearmongering evangelists? Or am I a motherfucking Soldier of Set, born and raised by the Dark Lord Himself?"

I know for sure that I'm a Soldier of Set, but what about you? Only you can figure that out.

Whenever I get some bucktoothed Bible thumper trying to make mincemeat out of my beliefs, here's what I do. First, I evaluate the situation. I think to myself, Do I really want to get into it with this guy? Is it really worth it? If not, I'll simply smile, nod my head, and walk away.

If you are a young Devil worshiper living under the thumbs of your fundamentalist Christian parents, then I would strongly suggest that you don't get into it with them. They own the house you live in, the clothes you're wearing, the bed you sleep on, and the food you eat. Until you're old enough to move out and buy your own groceries, you're just going to have to suck it up and live with it. I know it's hard, but just remember this:

If you've truly got the Mark of Set upon your soul, then it won't matter what your parents say or do. It won't matter how many times they drag you to some youth group. It won't matter if they pawn your entire Mercyful Fate collection. If you've got the Devil's Mark, you will rise above it ALL. You will live through it and one day, one day, you will look back and you will laugh at them. You will deliver yourself by your own body and brain, and you will remain true to who and what you really are. Nothing, not even being forced to watch Left Behind: The Movie every day and every night, can take the Mark away from you.

But let's get back to our bucktoothed Bible thumper. If I should decide for some reason that I think it's worthwhile to argue with Jimmy the Jesus Freak, I'll tell him, "Look, I've already made my decision, thanks. And all the snake oil salesmen in the world can't persuade me to change my mind. But if you really want to convert me that bad, I'll tell you what. Give me scientific proof that every single one of your theological claims is true, and I'll not only convert to Christianity, but I'll wash your feet. And I'll vote Republican to boot!"

And nine times out of ten, here's what Jimmy the Jesus Freak says in response:

"But you can't prove God with science. You have to have faith!"

And then I'll say, "Faith, eh? Well I've got plenty of that. You see, nobody ever asked me to worship the Devil. He just introduced Himself to me one day, and it was love at first sight. I have some pretty strong spiritual experiences under my belt, and I have absolute faith in them. But here you are, telling me that I need to put my faith in your spiritual experiences instead of my own!

"Now why in Hell should I do that? I have direct reference to my own experiences, not to yours. I know what I've experienced, I know what it felt like, I know it really happened, and I know I'm being honest to myself about it. On the other hand, I don't know what you've really experienced, just what you claim to have experienced. I don't know what it really felt like for you, only what you claim it felt like. I don't know if it really happened, only that you claim it really happened. And I don't know if you're being honest with yourself about your beliefs at all. You could just be deceiving yourself to believe in them.

"So if you're going to ask me to put my faith into your experiences instead of my own, then you need to prove them to me scientifically. I need proof that I can see, hear, taste, touch or smell with my own senses. And if you can't give me this kind of proof, then you're wasting your time and your breath, buddy."

And then Jimmy the Jesus Freak will probably say something like, "But the Bible says..."

"I don't care what the Bible says! The Bible was written by a bunch of guys who lived thousands of years ago. I'm not able to ask any of them for scientific proof, so I'm even less inclined to believe in their so-called 'experiences' than I am to believe in yours. And if you only believe what you do because 'It says so in the Bible,' then that makes your beliefs even less credible in my view, because your faith is based on someone else's experiences instead of your own!"

"But Satan is evil!" Jimmy will say. "I know he's evil, because I've experienced his malevolence for myself!"

And then I'll say, "Well considering the way you Christians are always talking about Him, it only makes sense that He'd be less than pleasant toward you. If I had a bunch of people clucking like chickens about how I'm 'responsible' for all the death and destruction in the world, my eyes would probably be glowing red at them too. Satan's only ever been good and kindly to me, because I treat Him with the proper respect that He deserves. If you expect me to believe that He's just 'lying' to me and that He's absolutely one hundred percent pure 'evil,' then you need to prove it scientifically."

And this is where Jimmy thinks he can be clever. "Okay hotshot," he'll say, "let's see your scientific evidence that the Devil is as nice and benevolent as you think he is!"

"Ha!" I'll say. "I don't have to give you scientific proof, because I could care less if you believe it or not. I'm not trying to convert you. Therefore, the burden of proof is not on my shoulders. You were the one who walked into this conversation with the intention of changing somebody's mind, so you are the one who has to prove things. If you can't prove that your god Jehovah is actually real, then it's all I can do not to laugh at you."

And then the light bulb goes off again. "But you can't believe in Satan without believing in God!" Jimmy will say. "God created Satan, therefore you have to believe in God!"

"Ha!" I will say again. "First of all, the Devil is my God. Therefore, I worship God! I just believe He's got horns and hooves. But if you're talking about Jehovah specifically, then you're dead wrong. There were religions that believed in the Devil long before Christianity ever existed. The great Dragon appeared in the ancient Sumerian, Egyptian, Persian and Greek religions. Therefore, a Devil worshiper is not under any obligation to believe in your god at all."

"Those religions were just deluded!" Jimmy will say. "The Devil tricked them all. Spiritual truth was not revealed to mankind until the advent of Christianity!"

And then I'll repeat my request. "Well prove it to me scientifically, already. I haven't got all day!"

Now here's my favorite part of the whole spectacle. Jimmy has now come to see that he can't convince me to believe his bullstuff with logic, because he doesn't have any! So now he will resort to using an emotional manipulation tactic to try and convert me. Here's an example of what he might say if my mother were a member of his church:

"When you and your mother die, your mother will go to heaven, but you won't! Do you really want to be separated from your mother like that? Wouldn't you rather be with her in heaven? Don't you love your mother? You ought to accept Christ, just in case he is right! Because if he is, then you will not only be eternally separated from God after death, but from your mother, too! And you love your mother, don't you? Don't you?!"

This is the single most disgusting thing that Bible thumpers do. And when they use a tactic like this, the point is to shock you, to catch you off guard and to attack your beliefs using emotions. They hope that by attacking you emotionally, you will become frightened and intimidated enough to conform to their belief system. It is not just a dirty trick, but a form of religious terrorism!

The thing you have to remember is that when a Christian resorts to this sort of tactic, they are at the end of their rope. They know they can't give you any scientific proof that their beliefs are true; you have them in a corner when you demand for it, and they know it!

And just like frightened little animals that lash out when they are trapped, Bible thumpers will lash out at you by attacking your emotions. It's a last ditch effort to pull the wool over your eyes and assimilate you into the Borg. And if they use an emotional manipulation tactic like this, then guess what? You've already won the debate!

Here is how I respond whenever somebody tries to make an emotional attack on me like the above example:

"I know what you're doing. You're trying to thwart my faith by attacking my emotions. I have asked you for scientific proof of your theological claims, and all you can do is give me an emotional argument. Since you have not given me the kind of proof that I have demanded from you - or any proof at all for that matter - then I have no choice but to dismiss your beliefs as pure nonsense, and to dismiss you as a fool for thinking you ever had a chance of converting me. Goodbye."

So if a Christian should ever go on the offensive against your beliefs, and you honestly think it's worthwhile to argue with them, now you know what to do. You don't have to go through a long speech detailing all the self-contradictions of Christian theology. You don't have to get into a debate over the historicity of Jesus. All you need to do is demand scientific proof that their spiritual experiences are more valid than yours. And if they respond by demanding scientific proof for your experiences, you just point out that you are not the one trying to convert them. Therefore, the burden of proof is on them, not you!

And if all they can do after that is try and use an emotional manipulation tactic on you, then you know you've won. And then you can walk away laughing, with your head up high!

There are lots of people out there who feel threatened by Devil worship, and who will do anything they can to try and talk you out of your beliefs. They will throw Bible quotes at you and try to emotionally manipulate you into leaving Satanism. They will make up excuses as to why they cannot give you scientific proof for their beliefs. And they may even try to turn it around and trick you into thinking you have to prove yours.

But if you are truly Marked by Set, you'll see through all this garbage and you'll say, "Is that all you bastards got?" You'll recognize their petty tactics for what they are. For you have been touched by Set! You are your own priest, your own pope, your own shaman! You have your own direct line to the spirit world, and you do not need anybody else to tell you what's what. And thank the Devil for that!