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Old 05-15-2006, 03:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Why do people worship Satan?

Real question, very curious. From what I know about Him, he is everything bad, evil, selfish, and destructive. I have a hard time understanding why some otherwise loving moms and dads want to worship Him. When I was young we were taught not to talk about him, because we didn't want to invite his Spirit around us. But now I am curious. Can someone please tell me more about Satanism and what is Satans Bible?
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Old 05-15-2006, 11:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Real question, very curious. From what I know about Him, he is everything bad, evil, selfish, and destructive. I have a hard time understanding why some otherwise loving moms and dads want to worship Him. When I was young we were taught not to talk about him, because we didn't want to invite his Spirit around us. But now I am curious. Can someone please tell me more about Satanism and what is Satans Bible?

First off you need to understand that there is varying degrees of Satanism/Satanist, and then there are the "Devil Worshippers." These can all be very, very different things. From the ones who don't believe in ANY deity, Satan or otherwise, to the ones who do indeed consider him a deity, the ying to the Xian yang, and all sorts of shades in between.

Here are a few websites to help you understand:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism
http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Bible
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Old 05-16-2006, 12:26 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks, the links gave some good info. But now I don't understand why some of these groups use the name Satan in their religious name if they don't believe in him, like Church of Satan.
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Old 05-17-2006, 04:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks, the links gave some good info. But now I don't understand why some of these groups use the name Satan in their religious name if they don't believe in him, like Church of Satan.
That's always confused me too.
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Old 05-18-2006, 11:08 PM   #5 (permalink)
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They use the name Satan because they see him as the ultimate personification of self-gratification and self-indulgence. They see the Christian god as the ultimate personification of self-sacrifice and choose the polar opposite to represent their beliefs.
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