as as achild. He became bored and felt that the service was too drawn out. Heagreed with Subject #1 when it came to the sacrifice of animals. Heexplained the difference of symbols between a Satanist and a pagan. Thepentagram is reversed of that of the Satanist. The difference was that thepagan pentagram had one point up where as the Satanist had two points up.The five points stand for air, fire, water, earth, and spirit. According to him,the Christians stole the cross. The depiction of Satan was taken from themale pagan god who was the god of the hunt. He mentioned that a Christianchoir stands in a semi-circle which was taken from paganism. He wasattracted to paganism for the following reasons. First, he believes in morethan one God. The belief that the power comes from you not from a divinepower of something. Subject #2 felt people join Christianity because it isexpected of them. Children follow their parents. He pointed out thatChristians are very pagan in that they pray to Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Iinquired if he had ever been persecuted. He stated that he had beenverbally abused by Christians and told buy them he was going to burn inhell. He mentioned that he has never been threatened by Satanists but hehas been threatened by Christians. (2) After my interviews I decided to turn to books. The question on mymind was that of what is the difference between a cult and a religion. Myinvestigation let me to the start of Christianity. According to the bookChristianity started like all cults. They discovered a new truth. The Churchsatisfied the needs of people that inspire a person to join a cult. The Churchsatisfied the need for supernatural and elaborate rituals. In fact the Churchfilled with its miracles, saints, and martyrdom allowed sects to flourish inside of the church. (4) I learned allot about Pagans and Christians. The one thing I learnedis there is no clear cut reason why peopl...
