Welcome to Satanism
Founded on April 30, 1966 c.e. by Anton Szandor LaVey, we are the first above-ground organization in history openly dedicated to the acceptance of Man’s true nature—that of a carnal beast, living in a cosmos that is indifferent to our existence. To us, Satan is the symbol that best suits the nature of we who are carnal by birth—people who feel no battles raging between our thoughts and feelings, we who do not embrace the concept of a soul imprisoned in a body. He represents pride, liberty, and individualism—qualities often defined as Evil by those who worship external deities, who feel there is a war between their minds and emotions.
As Anton LaVey explained in his classic work The Satanic Bible , Man—using his brain—invented all the Gods, doing so because many of our species cannot accept or control their personal egos, feeling compelled to conjure up one or a multiplicity of characters who can act without hindrance or guilt upon whims and desires. All Gods are thus externalized forms, magnified projections of the true nature of their creators, personifying aspects of the universe or personal temperaments which many of their followers find to be troubling. Worshipping any God is thus worshipping by proxy those who invented that God. Since the Satanist understands that all Gods are fiction, instead of bending a knee in worship to—or seeking friendship or unity with—such mythical entities, he places himself at the center of his own subjective universe as his own highest value.
We Satanists are thus our own “Gods,” and as beneficent “deities” we can offer love to those who deserve it and deliver our wrath (within reasonable limits) upon those who seek to cause us—or that which we cherish—harm. Magus Gilmore’s essay “ What, The Devil? ” from The Satanic Scriptures discusses this in greater detail.
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Does this have anything to do with Wiccans ?
No, but I don't know much about either since I'm a rational thinker. This uplifting article is the counterweight to some recent proselytizing happening on NT. Enjoy.
So if I understand you correctly you know nothing about Wiccans but feel the need to explain away their beliefs away because you're "a rational thinker" . Reasoning from ignorance is not rational in any way ...
Petey is a witch?!
So what you are saying is that if we were to throw Petey into a well, and he survives, then that would mean he is a witch and must be burned at the stake (that's burned AT the stake, not burned AS a steak - I don't think I would ever get that hungry).
Satanism is as real as Scientology.
Or any other "religion".
I read his book many years ago and he had some interesting thoughts in it, like not turning the other cheek (he said you should hit them back, but harder) or loving your enemy and such. Still, he was a very bizarre man and since the Devil is no more real the God it, like the Christian bible, is just another interesting work of fiction. A good read if you're really bored.
As Kermit says, "It isn't easy being green".
And that angers him.
Hal - I needed a good chuckle this evening - God bless you D'oh......I mean "ALL HAIL HAL!"