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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Funny? I'm serious, thanks for posting this, I think you are going to help a lot of people

[–]chickenz 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The bottom line behind the church of Satan, if you take the time to read their materials like I have, is that they do not actually believe in any Satan but that they are simply mocking the religious systems.

The following video is of Anton Lacey, the founder of the church of Satan in San Francisco

https://youtu.be/8m3hHYtdegw

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

if you take the time to read their materials like I have, is that they do not actually believe in any Satan but that they are simply mocking the religious systems.

No, they absolutely don't believe in Satan or God, and they are mocking religious systems, but not only that. It is a rejection of the entire moral system of Christianity as something undesirable because it is about obedience, submission to authority, and not doing bad things for fear of punishment by a vengeful father figure, rather than truly being moral, while Satan in his insistence on thinking for himself and refusing to serve another is the one displaying admirable qualities, even if they think they are fictional characters.

Their whole satanism schtick is too silly for my taste, but I rather agree with their assessment

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The real purpose is to false flag Christian ideas as Satanic and help make Christianity into how you described it. If you look closely they believe in most of the things Jesus does, but claim them for themselves and act like Christianity is opposed to them. Then Christians believe it and start doing the opposite. It's crazy how deep this rabbit hole goes.