Is Batushka Satanic?

MariaJLM said:

Well, in my case it wasn't because I thought he was too liberal or anything like that, but because I simply didn't agree with the Papal doctrines as taught by the Catholic church. I was never actually Catholic, but did consider it. I still occasionally do.

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MariaJLM said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this metal band, allegedly from Poland, that uses Orthodox imagery. Batushka - Wikipedia I thought it all looked pretty neat because I have toyed with the idea before that a lot of our stuff would make interesting aesthetics for a metal band. However, I can't really seem to be able to find any information on the band. Are they honouring Orthodoxy? Are they blasphemous? Etc. Like, I obviously would not feel comfortable listening to something that is mocking our faith.

Does anybody know anything about them?

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MariaJLM said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this metal band, allegedly from Poland, that uses Orthodox imagery. Batushka - Wikipedia I thought it all looked pretty neat because I have toyed with the idea before that a lot of our stuff would make interesting aesthetics for a metal band. However, I can't really seem to be able to find any information on the band. Are they honouring Orthodoxy? Are they blasphemous? Etc. Like, I obviously would not feel comfortable listening to something that is mocking our faith.

Does anybody know anything about them?

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Yeshua HaDerekh said:

Here is a video of them live, you can clearly see inverted Orthodox crosses...

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ArmyMatt said:

plus, I think that "icon" they have had the faces of Christ and the Mother of God scuffed or blurred out.

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-Sasha- said:

I found a thread on Reddit talking about them where a commenter said the following:
"A recurring theme throughout their entire album seems to be the esoteric concept of self divination, in contrast to the traditional Christian view of worshipping god. While not necessarily mocking towards the church, in itself the lyrics are rather blasphemous (if only from distorting the actual 'holy' texts). The lyrics of the first 'litany' are actually that of a Psalm which is turned inside out. All the instances where there should be a 'You' (as in the person of god) they are replaced simply with an 'I'. Same goes in greater lines with the entire album."
"If you were curious of their message; it is quite clear they oppose Christianity. Maybe too afraid to mock the Catholic Church, as in after all we are talking about a Polish band here, they turned to Orthodoxy (that also speaks a bit of a anti-russian sentiment manifested in Poland as a whole). "

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Yeshua HaDerekh said:

Here is a video of them live, you can clearly see inverted Orthodox crosses...

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Andrei D said:

Sorry for the frivolous post necromancy, but Google is getting very creepy. For some reason, my phone started notifying me today that this band put out a new album. All I did was click the links here, and they KNOW. They know.

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Jude1:3Contendforthefaith said:

The most obvious thing that you can actually see with your physical eyes is when they use Mudras and Hand Seals to open doors to the spirit world. It’s done in the occult, Hinduism, martial arts etc.

There’s other stuff also, but that is one thing that is the most noticeable. These people are not going to just come out and say who they really are because they have no moral convictions about lying or using deception.

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TheLostCoin said:

Proof? I will say that there are many figures, including Pope Benedict and Pope Francis, who seem to give a “devil horns” hand sign, but in actuality, the likely explanation is that “I love you” in sign language is a very similar hand gesture.

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MariaJLM said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this metal band, allegedly from Poland, that uses Orthodox imagery. Batushka - Wikipedia I thought it all looked pretty neat because I have toyed with the idea before that a lot of our stuff would make interesting aesthetics for a metal band. However, I can't really seem to be able to find any information on the band. Are they honouring Orthodoxy? Are they blasphemous? Etc. Like, I obviously would not feel comfortable listening to something that is mocking our faith.

Does anybody know anything about them?

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-Sasha- said:

I found a thread on Reddit talking about them where a commenter said the following:
"A recurring theme throughout their entire album seems to be the esoteric concept of self divination, in contrast to the traditional Christian view of worshipping god. While not necessarily mocking towards the church, in itself the lyrics are rather blasphemous (if only from distorting the actual 'holy' texts). The lyrics of the first 'litany' are actually that of a Psalm which is turned inside out. All the instances where there should be a 'You' (as in the person of god) they are replaced simply with an 'I'. Same goes in greater lines with the entire album."
"If you were curious of their message; it is quite clear they oppose Christianity. Maybe too afraid to mock the Catholic Church, as in after all we are talking about a Polish band here, they turned to Orthodoxy (that also speaks a bit of a anti-russian sentiment manifested in Poland as a whole). "

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