So as someone curious about all this, how does satanism work? Is it like the stereotypes of using blood of virgins or like... what do you do? ._.
Satanism can mean many things depending on who you ask. There are theistic satanists… but largely Satanism is a philosophy and religion first codified by Anton Szandor LaVey with his publication of the Satanic Bible in 1969. And what’s important to know is that first, satanism an atheistic religion that borrows from Objectivism and Nihilism, and second, its practitioners do not believe in or worship any devils.
So why all the “Hail Satan?” Well that’s simple really. It’s because you’re Satan. I’m Satan. We’re all our own Satan, and we worship ourselves because we are all our own god. But again, why Satan? Well modern secular satanists view Satan as a symbol and as an ideal to personify.
We humans are just animals. We seek pleasure, and reject pain. We seek knowledge, and reject ignorance. We love, lust, rage, and hate because all of these things are natural. However other religions would have humans act unnaturally by branding our basic behaviors and triumphs as being sinful. They would have us worship gods that do not exist and submit to their order, but we reject this because we know that the only order that should matter is your own.
And Satan, the biblical “Adversary” flaunts this very notion. He’s defiant. He states that we have no need to worship HIM because we are our own god. Its the forbidden fruit, and we eat it every day by worshiping ourselves. And you can do this by living the best life that you want to live, and bending the world around you so that you can achieve that goal, even if you’re branded as evil for doing so.
But do we sacrifice people and drink blood? No. That’s a Judeo-Christan invention. Christians can only understand the world their their false lens. They used to sacrificed animals so they think we sacrifice babies. They drink the blood of Christ so they think we drink the blood of man. -That’s all disgusting nonsense dreamed up by idiots to retain their control over others. Moreover anyone that claims Satan made them do horrible things is just a crazy person. Had they been raised to think broccoli was evil, they’d say broccoli made them do it. Satan is just a convenient scapegoat to such people.
Satanists assert that life the greatest indulgence. For without life you can’t experience the pleasures this world has to offer. It’s quite materialistic in that way. And so to take that away from others -specifically children as we’re so often accused- is one of the greatest sins a person could ever commit. So let the Muslims kill people. We’re not interested in that.
But so what’s up with the horns, and the pentagrams, and other spooky stuff? Well for the most part these are just more symbols to reinforce who we are. But this is all just aesthetics. Nothing about satanism requires you to wear black, light candles, listen to death metal, or have an alter with a skull on it. And you might be surprised to know that many satanists don’t. In fact I’d reckon the majority of satanists are rather mundane. You’ve probably walked by hundreds but you’d never know who they were unless they told or showed you.
Still, at the end the day you need a means to identify beliefs, and it can be fun to soak yourself in those things while mocking the beliefs of those who fear us. In a way it creates a barrier to entry that keeps the dumb and suspicious out, but ultimately it rewards the curious like yourself, because you had the balls to actually ask and learn for yourself.
So don’t worry. We won’t lie to you about peace and salvation. But ultimately satanists are some of the chillest people you’ll ever meet.
dailybridgerton
romaincrisis
pixelskylines
gamechangershow
gummygunk
2087
areudirty
yousharknotpass
