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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

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

It is a rejection of the entire moral system of Christianity

It's worse than that. That is where it starts because they can use examples of religious tyranny to push the claim that morality is tyranny. But they claim that there is no absolute right or wrong. That all morality is personal opinions being foisted on others.

They do this because the people who believe that won't challenge evil. Even when they know something is wrong they hide behind the excuse of "it's not my right to interfere". It takes a lot of courage and strength to stand up to evil and an excuse like that will keep a lot of people from summoning that courage. People need to feel shame when allowing evil.