@ I'm an official member of the "Church of Satan. No matter what you may say or think about religious folks of this world. Take your nasty brand of home grown religion and shove it. This incident as the work of some sick minds, that's all, I am sure it has nothing to do with satanism or paganism.

With 75% burns this girl removed herself as a contributor to the human gene pool. We cannot thank her enough for her heroic deed and hereby bestowe the prestigious Darwin Award onto her.

really now, satanists don't hurt people and animals? or at least not against thier will? has any animal ever said I don't wanne be sacrificed? anonymous 05:05 25 Oct. you are probably on the peripheries of the real deal.

If there is a God, and Jesus is God or the son of God, then the devil (Satan) exists. If not, none of them exist. You cannot beleive one and not the other.

look at you fools coming out claiming to be satanists, this was nothing but a cowardly act made by fools, all i say is go shag another goat, end then enjoy burning in hell for eternity when you die. anyone claims to be a satanist in my presence would get dealt with properly, its nothing but a sick cult that needs to be eradicated. you fools are nothing but a waste of fresh air. most likeyly druggies too so cant expect a long life time for you lot of wannabees.

Irrespective of all the invectives, morality,decency and respect for human values have their roots in Christianity and the further a society moves away from that standard, the further that society sinks into this kind of violent degenerative behavior. Evil in it's many manifest forms and the instigator of evil Satan is real. You don't have to look to far from the child to see the father! Their actions must be punished - God will ultimately punish Satan in the lake of fire.(Matt 25)

Satanist? Not Satanist? Who cares, just kill them if you have the death Penalty there, Lock them up forever if not.

GrahamF 10:18am: Facts are facts. The facts of Christianity are clearly one of violence. Here's the difference: I, as a Satanist, do think for myself, or else I would never have adopted the name. Serving an invisible man in the sky is not thinking for yourself.

Gee I guess just calling it attempted murder was not exciting enough. No lets call it a satanic ritual instead. The fact are the girls hand was cut and she was dosed with gasoline and set afire, the rest is just dress up to make it sell papers better. I get so tired of this garbage from the media to increase their readership or numbers viewing, this use of cheap sensationalism. Teenagers playing lets pretend is teenagers playing lets pretend. I doubt if any of them have ever read enough or practiced enough to actually be Satanist. Ah but it does liven up the headline.

Kyle@03.26pm - right on! Yes - these are psychopaths that should be in a place of safety - theirs and everyone's. The point I've personally made in the past 4 or 5 Meme-Man posts is that the particular psychosis that evidently led to this; satanism (or religion, racism, etc.); results from a mind-virus, a corruption of the software of a mind. To understand the cruelty here and the context in which it operates, you need to understand memetics. In this case, we need to have great pity for the victim of the crime; but to prevent it (and to prevent perpetrators like this) we need to realize that the solution is not to invest in another invisible and imagined deity whose story runs with rivers of blood and suffering, but to dig into the cause of the malady; which is a mind corrupted by fairy-tales. And, to take this thought further, there aren't "good" and "bad" fairy-tales, there are just delusional ones.

To satan 'fire' is like oxygen!! SO...if you play with satan youll get burned!!!! Whoever is into satanism .....is destined to burn in hell!!! Cant wait to see their faces when they(satanists) are burned into pieces!!! SHAME the POOR YOUTH WHO THINK YOULL GET EXTRA FAME AND POWER FROM satanism!! FOOOLS

Its not satanic. Its a bunch of kids trying 2 be all bad ass. If it was satanic believe me the girl would have been dead and they wouldn't run away or let anyone try and help her. I had a cuz that was killed by satanist and till this day they never caught anyone and no one turned themselves in. So stop fighting about shit and start thinking logically about things.

@cd - - I was forced to read it in school, and I've given it a go once or twice and it's even more pathetic as an adult! You know which book sums up the bible best? Jonah. Read that (it's only two pages, I'm sure you know) and tell me that isn't just a HUGE lie. Thank you!

WOW, i dont know what im disgusted by more....this story or the comments? Some of you have turned this into a debate abour religion but a young woman and her friend have gone through what no one should have to go through and in the name of what...drunken fun! These young men are sadistic...thats all there is too it. Only a Psychopath could do that to another human being. Psychopaths belong locked up in Falconberg. My thoughts and prayers are with these 2 young woman and may their bravery carry on through their recovery.

"Angry as hell"@1.48pm - you are absolutely right - this is a human tragedy, and the whole conversation becoming a pissing match between superstition and reason. The reason, of course, is that superstition is to blame in this case; and many on this feedback page are as guilty as the perpetrators because they actually believe that invisible gods or devils actually exist; and by believing that, they perpetuate this type of ritual cruelty. My previous Meme-Man posts below have tried to propel the discussion by explaining how such mind viruses come about; and how to inoculate oneself from them. Of course, any virus has a defense mechanism, so that most will find themselves too afraid to get this inoculation. But the fact remains that this is a disgusting result of a dreadful meme (read my previous note on Meme's further below).

@ Nick I will pray for you and God to reveal himself unto you cause He does exist in every possible way you can think of and Alan this is not USA it's South Africa and if you don't believe in anything but yourself keep you comments to yourself and be the follower of America you are

yes,allan those that have actually read the new testament that is ,i suggest you you read and then make an informed call or be an idiot !!

@alan - prove it. just saying.

Anon@11.36 - "666 - Prove it." Referring to 666' @11.12 "There is no satan, take responsibility you ignorant litte idiots".... Thing is, Anon - the burden of proof doesn't lie with the one denying the existence of a fictitious character - it lies with the one claiming the existence. And, if you disagree, you need to furnish proof that Santa Clause doesn't exist, or the Tooth Fairy, etc. In placing that reciprocal burden of proof on you we need to provide some consequence to your inability to prove it: Given that the consequences for continuing to imagine that a sky god and his enemy satan actually exist; just one consequence being this burning of a fellow human; let's hypothetically say that your inability to disprove Santa will result in you paying me a tithe of your salary until you can. Where can I send my bank details?

this is not a religious fight, it's criminal! Regardless of what might have happened. Please do not go blame Christianity of any other religion for that either. There are clear ground rules put out in any religious about what is and is not acceptable, and if people choose to be religious and adhere to rules like those of the 10 comandments, then maybe SA would be a better place, where people will be governed by "a sence of right & wrong". We used to go to parks, neighbours, 3 streets down, school sport fields and public swimmingpools without having to fear things like kidnapping, rape and murder. It's a sad sad world!