I don't have any problem with people being religious if it works for them.
However, I still get to poke fun.
I think LaVey had a lot of great points, and a lot of people who claim to be followers of his writings only look at part of the picture. Personally, I would never proclaim myself to be a "follower" of any established religion because there is always some major part of each of them that I can't hang with. LaVey and Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth in its early years were the closest things I felt I could align myself with, but ultimately I am not a "joiner," and like I said before there is always something I disagree with.
Making fun of religion is fun because so many religious people make it so easy. It turns people into a caricature and I enjoy laughing at it because I simply cannot understand the impulse to act that way. I would get NOTHING out of it, and I think it's weird and fascinating.
There's nothing wrong with people doing what they do, but there's nothing wrong with thinking it's hilarious either.
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