are goth people devil worshipers or are they just different?
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'goth people' is a very broad statement - can be anything from;\n1. people who like to dress up with all black, red, or white (but usually black)\n2. people who like industrial/'goth' music\n3. people who are fascinated with death, the contrast between Light and Darkness, evil, blood, self-destructional drama, vampires, cain, mythology or any combination therof. - and sometimes demonology, though this is more directly related with the occult rather than gothic anything - more of a direct working interest, rather than a passing fascination.\n4. people who like goth beauty & art\n5. people who are fascinated with evil\n6. creativity and self-expression that seeks to reach out and ensnare its audience using our current society's covert but deeply rooted fascination with all things dark and frightening\n7. There really is no true unifying stereotype or dress code as it were. Not all Goths are depressed, nor do they all wear black, listen to the same music, or employ the same modes of self-expression\n8. Goth in its simplest form, is a subculture. A group of people who feel comfortable within each others company. There is no specific thing that defines what you need to do or be to fit into the goth scene (except of course the implied black clothing (THOUGH NOT NECESSARY!!!)). People in the goth scene all have different musical tastes, follow different religions, have different occupations, hobbies, and fashion sense.\n9. a style of music\n10. anyone pale/usually with darker features (eyes/hair)\n11. Christians can be goths, in some senses of the word - and there are more than you'd believe. \n12. 'goth' is a state of mind, or almost a self sterotype - which as all words.... has whatever meaning you attach to it.
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I think anyone that's trying to be what they're not is a freak.  That includes some goths, but it includes some people from every other group, too.
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I don't think that they tend to be goths or emo (two completely separate things, by the way) but there are a lot of teenagers on here, which means many of they try to be either goth or emo.
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I think Goths are associated with "evil" because Death is a huge fascination for the Goth, as are vampires and anything else associated with bringing Death, and since most people fear Death, they assume anything enamored with it must be evil.\n\nGoths have this whole Victorian-Nihilist thing going on, all pain and poetry, and to an angsty young person, this is very attractive.\n\nIt didn't used to be just a fashion thing. "Back in My Day" (I love saying that!), you dressed like you belonged at an 18th/19th-century funeral because that era was very romantic, and you felt like you belonged there instead of here. Think "Wuthering Heights" -- oh, the pain, Heathcliff, the sweet pain!\n\nAnne Rice had a lot to do with it, too.\n\nSo that's my take, anyway.
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If you're talking about the Amy Lee who heads Evanescence, I would say that's a matter of your personal definition of what a goth is.  To most people, I think she would appear as one,(possibly quite scary) and I would classify her music as goth rock.  But that's only about her appearance, clothes, and music.  Personality may also come into play.\n\nBut, no matter what, she totally rocks.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of stereotyping! I am GodlyGothboy, and I will be your tour guide today. I am a Goth by way of style. I am also a Christian. People, some in my church, have called me a satan worshiper, a rebel, an evil person, a witch, etc. That is what we call stereotyping. I'm sure you are a very nice person, and you just have to get used to people being that way toward you.\nSorry, but its just the way things are!
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It's possible that their new religions that are gaining popularity fast and some followers of older religions see them as a threat.  Also some people who claim to be practitioners go out of their way to make idiots out of themselves.\n\nTo all of the people who obviously don't learn about a religion before they make judgments about it, Satanists do NOT sacrifice babies, molest children, torture animals or any other thing you saw in a movie.  That would be considered Satanic dabbling, devil worship, or is an entirely different belief system.  Satanists do not believe in the Christian concept of Satan and they don't even see him as a literal entity, more like an ideal of human nature.  They don't suppress their nature and attempts to make life as pleasurable as it can be for them.  However, they don't believe in attempting to harm someone unless they feel that person strongly deserves it.  \n\nWhew, sorry about the rant.
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I'm a goth Pshycic, Believe it or not. Here are some names:\nBurdened with death,\nDeath upon his sholder,\nSunny skys straigth to Hell,\nGod where have you been hiding,\nColors are for the week.
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It really depends.  If they're just teenagers dressing that way to piss off their parents, I don't think much of them.  But if they're real goths, I tend to get along with them pretty well.
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I'm not, (only 24) but my husband and most of my friends are.  Some wear band t-shirts and black jeans, some wear nice tailored clothing in black, and some just go all out and wear uber goth clothes.  For some reason, people don't mind as much when you're an older goth, they just think you're dressed up for something or have a job that requires that outfit.  For the goths that I know who don't appear to be goths at their work (like a high school teacher I know) they're just themselves at all times, and don't care if their clothes aren't "goth enough."  Most older goths have normal lives, many are married, most have regular jobs, but most also enjoy expressing themselves through various art forms such as sculpture, poetry, and painting.
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I am an atheist and a Satanist.\n\nModern Satanism, or LaVey Satanism, is NOT devil worship like so many have a tendancy to believe.\n\nMost of us are atheists; we don't believe in the christian devil. We believe in ourselves. Every human is their own god, they are free to accept it or not.\n\nWe are animals, sometimes better, oftentimes worse than the ones who walk on all fours, and we have carnal instincts.\n\nThe Satanist philosophy is based a lot on hedonism, and on Nietzsche's texts.\n\nAnton Szandor LaVey, the father of modern Satanism, wrote The Satanic Bible, and many other books.\n\nThere are many principles to Satanism, all of them based on common sense and logic.\n\nThese are the Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth:\n\n1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked. \n\n2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them. \n\n3. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there. \n\n4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy. \n\n5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal. \n\n6. Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved. \n\n7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained. \n\n8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself. \n\n9. Do not harm little children. \n\n10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food. \n\n11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him. \n\nThere are more principles to it, but it's too long to explain. Please visit the official Church Of Satan website (Anton Szandor LaVey founded the Church Of Satan in 1966) for further information.\n\nhttp://www.churchofsatan.com
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The reason people think Goths are freaks is probably the way they dress.  To people of my generation (baby boomer),  that type of dress and  behavior had a negative connotation.  But  we baby boomers tried to get across to the generation before us that you "shouldn't judge a book by it's cover", by growing our hair long and wearing bohemian clothing, and we maybe have forgotton that.   If I could have known about the Goth movement when my son was little, I could have successfully predicted that he would definitely be one!.  He was always fascinated with the macabre, Halloween was his favorite holiday (even more than Christmas!), and he dressed as Dracula every single time, and still does as an adult.  (He works in a movie theater)  He's just a normal guy that just happens to always dress in black, and I love him just as I do my other children, probably more because he's different.
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Goth is not a religion. Gothic is a time period that coincides with the victorian era. It`s also a design theme that involves the use of dark, rich colours and elaborate, intricate details.  And it so happens that a lot of wiccans dress in the gothic style. But that doesn`t mean everyone that dresses Goth is wiccan. It`s usally a choice of dress and they can practice ANY Religion.
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no most of them are just in the business to make money. they are family men and bring up the family the way they want to. the best way they can. devil worship is a joke from back in the 60's... so your family is incorrect....
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Gothic couples run the gambit in terms a happiness, kindness, weirdness, ect., just like any other couples.  Both my husband and I are commonly refered to as gothic, and most people of our aquantence say that we're nice, albeit quiet.  Yet I know some that are completly disfunctional.
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Goth is a style of life; in clothing and music and makeup etc. There are, however, a few things that people should know about goths...\n\nGoths:\n*Don't Always Wear Black\n*Don't Worship Satan\n*Are NOT Evil\n*Do Not Want To Kill People\n*Do Not Hate Everybody\n*Are Not Always Depressed\n*Can Be Happy Too\n*Are Usually Nice People\n*Are Normal, Just Like You
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They could be depresse dand abuse drugs, or they just like the style. I know some very nice people who are gothic and they are happy and don't do drugs.