Actually, that's not true. Most of the satanists doesn't believe in Satan as a being or person. The Church of Satan, explains it like this in their website: "Satan to us is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism, and it serves as an external metaphorical projection of our highest personal potential. We do not believe in Satan as a being or person."
2. Animal Sacrifice
Satanism defies expectations and defined itself against the superstitions of popular religion. And satanists are actually atheists. Satanists are individual gods of themselves.
Then, why would a Satanist want to slaughter an animal?
Quoting from Vexen Crabtree's article written in 2008: "The Satanist's god is his own person, himself. So, a Satanist would want an animal killed for himself, be it by his own hands or by proxy. Satanists respect life as being much more useful, worthwhile and therefore Satanic whilst it is alive and kicking, and able to benefit us, than when it is dead and useless. (For making it clear, for them, humans are also animals.)
Benefits of an alive animal:
- It is able to be taught to do our bidding. - It can give us satisfaction, attention and affection on a more simple level than human beings, with less problems. - It is an asset, financially, and can be sold. - If you do not own it, then taking care of it if it is unwell will earn you gratitude from its owners. - Well trained animals can make people respect its trainer and keeper.
Disadvantages of killing an animal:
- Its owners, if any, will disrespect you. - You may have to dispose of the carcass. - You may suffer the legal consequences of killing it. - The animal now has none of the advantages of a living object, it has become de-animated. - People, in Western society, shun those who are known to "kill animals" for illegitimate reasons. It can cause you social problems.
Reasons for killing an animal:
- For food, if you have the skills to cook it safely. - For clothes, if you have the equipment to prepare its skin. - For other materials as are required for your own existence, i.e., bones for tools. - For self defence, if the animal is a risk.
Psychology: If the animal is in permanent pain, has an incurable disease or unrecoverable injury then it psychologically benefits you to kill it (and you are likely to be free of legal punishment)."
I hope this helped.
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I usually just tell people that Laveyan Satanism is the literal worship of oneself and the self.
Although you must understand, you Laveyanists are only the *most common* belief system to use the name Satanism. Other Satanisms out there match the Hollywood version of Satansm much more closely, some even to a T
The only problem with Satanists is they are too selective. We need nothing to learn from Satanists. But the biggest problem in their own cult is jealousy. That is what rules them most. Since you can not change what people are on a sexual level Satanists are not able to do anything about that. So they ain't fair and have problems as anybody else does altho everybody on a different level. Or can you do as you are pleasing? Dumb duck.
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"Satan to us is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism" So its still evil then? Pride and Individualism are generally very selfish traits followed by your own desire. I'd say its a reasonably accurate symbol but it doesn't make it right.
It has been my experience that Satanists are nothing more than extremely militant atheists who are a lot more vocal about their political leftism. Which, honestly, offends me much more than their lack of God. The platform that insists upon the existence of more than two genders is in no position to claim the scientific high ground. Atheists forfeited that the moment they jumped onto the LGBT bandwagon. I would have much more respect for them if they were politically to the right.
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So, they say they are Satanists because they don't believe in religion, and they don't believe Satan exists. That is like saying you are Christian because you are a fan of Christian Bale.
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