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Actually it depends on the type of satanism. Some satanists actually believe in Satan and Jesus and the Christian god. Other satanists see satan as a mythological rolemodel of sorts; a self-first personification of man.
I came out as "Atheist" according to that quiz, which would be right !
Satan being an Abrahamic religion construct how could one ever be a Satanist without believing in an Abrahamic God ???
The Baha'i faith views Satan as the flip side to the good side of human nature but as they also have a link with Abrahamic religions via their divine messengers the link if fairly clear.
The Yazidis who also have a belief in what Christians and Muslims associate with Shaitan but is in fact Tawuse Melek, an Angel ( not as an evil force) also have links with Islam.
Satan to me cannot exist outside of the Abrahamic faiths. I always laugh when people say that Atheists are Satanists, as to believe in Satan , one must believe in God. Satan being as much a supernatural invention as God the whole accusation is really extremely silly and intellectually disingenuous.
Last edited by Mooseketeer; 05-12-2010 at 04:08 AM..
Yup came out as Atheism...altho I find it interesting looking at the poll that Satanism is right up there as well. We also don't know how the author of the poll came up with his answers:P
Actually it depends on the type of satanism. Some satanists actually believe in Satan and Jesus and the Christian god. Other satanists see satan as a mythological rolemodel of sorts; a self-first personification of man.
This is very true. However, I think the original poster was specifically talking about CoS, whose members don't believe in the existence of a god or satan.
I find it interesting looking at the poll that Satanism is right up there as well. We also don't know how the author of the poll came up with his answers:P
No we dont but the definition form Satanism DOES SOUND LIKE ME.. (I prefer more NATURAL/ALTERNATIVE ways for dealing with things for example)
The underlying problem with the Church of Satan, is that it's not a Church and what they preach is a fiercy independent doctrine of cold, self interested rationalism.
The method they use to preach that message is effectively marketing, by using religious imagery, and even the name, "Satan" to irk the Christians.
That doesn't preclude actual 'devil worshippers' but lets face it, why worship the bad guy? If you believe in him, you believe in God, and so you know you're gonna lose, lol. As a result, genuine 'devil worship' is far less common than people believe.
The underlying problem with the Church of Satan, is that it's not a Church and what they preach is a fiercy independent doctrine of cold, self interested rationalism.
The method they use to preach that message is effectively marketing, by using religious imagery, and even the name, "Satan" to irk the Christians.
That doesn't preclude actual 'devil worshippers' but lets face it, why worship the bad guy? If you believe in him, you believe in God, and so you know you're gonna lose, lol. As a result, genuine 'devil worship' is far less common than people believe.
FUnny, but if you break the law (as in the city/state/federal laws) You can be kicked out (or excommunicated) from the church of Satan. If you sexually abuse a child, you WILL be thrown out. No "Might be " or "can be" about it. BUT If you do that as a catholic priest, you will still have a paying job, a license to practice priesthoodiness, a pension, and more opportunities to continue.
Wonder which one is more evil ?
I took the test and scored "Christianity". No surprise there.
Satan's religion on Earth today is Islam. No doubt about it. It was Satan, not Gabriel, who spoke to Mohammad in that cave 1400 years ago. In the Bible everytime an angle appears to humans it says something like "Be not afraid" or other words of comfort. The being in the cave just made demands and Mohammad felt like he was being choked to death. Doesn't sound like an angle of the Lord to me.
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