What do atheists think about Satanists, pagans, occultists, and others?

[BCRanger10]

Some atheists already think that Christians, Muslims, and Jews are delusional for believing in God. Do they think the same of Satanists, pagans, occultists, and others for their own respective beliefs in a higher power, supernatural agent, or other unseen force or entity (or series thereof)?

Put more bluntly, do they have the intellectual integrity and consistency to claim that all belief systems - Abrahamic or not - are equally foolish?

[MisterWack]

“Some atheists already think that Christians, Muslims, and Jews are delusional for believing in God. Do they think the same of Satanists, pagans, occultists, and others for their own respective beliefs in a higher power, supernatural agent, or other unseen force or entity (or series thereof)?”

Well here is the main point I want to make here, Christians & Jewish & Muslim are mainstream religions. I’ve never really heard coverage of occultists, satanists, pagans or whatcha-ma-call-its except by Conservative old farts from the 50s to 90s saying Rock Music (including Elvis Presley) is the DEVIL and dancers / indulgers are occultists/Satan worshippers ha ha.
Since these groups are more mainstream, obviously Atheists will spend more time critiquing, judging, debunking, and speaking out against these religious movements more so than the “occult”.

Second point: YES! We atheists think satanists, occultists, pagans, whatever are bad when they do bad practice with intent to harm/kill just as any religion. As long as you believe in doing good, evil bad then we can agree on stuff even if I don’t believe there is a God persae, we can see eye to eye. This is what the majority of Atheists think, we aren’t Godless pieces of crap. We are kind, nice, empathetic, open minded, etc.

[WindAtMyBack]

I think you are trying to lump too many things together. If someone believes in some kind of divine or supernatural "satan", I don't see it any differently than believing in a divine or supernatural "god".

I don't take a lot of those people too seriously though. A lot of them are just playing around. I think a lot of it is silly, but whatever.

[Danisa]

Why do you think the opinions of atheists mean anything in such matters? It's like asking what theives think about the various legal systems in the world.

[Juxtapose]

Says the person who believes in fairy tales.

[mandyfire98]

Yeah I think the same about any religion or higher power.

[SotiCoto]

Most "Satanists" don't actually believe in Satan. They're just a different flavour of Atheist.
As for the others... they're just as wrong as the Abrahamics, but they're generally far less trouble because there are far fewer of them and they're less obnoxious.

So really most of this isn't a matter of intellectual integrity or consistency, but a matter of priority. Attack the biggest threats first, then move down only once the biggest ones are taken care of. THAT is why I stopped picking fights with Christians partway through my teenage years: I learnt that Islam was a more pressing threat to collective sanity and independent thought.

[Juxtapose]

That's really how I see it too.

[Juxtapose]

As an atheist some religions are going to make more sense than others and a broad sense but also in a broad sense they are all pretty crazy.

A religion that encourages people to act well is going to be more favored than a religion that encourages evil.. at least by me.

[NamerOfStars]

Obviously not; that would also mean claiming THEIR OWN beliefs to be just as foolish. Remember, atheism is a religion; it's not lack of belief in a god (that's agnosticism), but belief in the lack of a god.

[Staximus]

Satanists and people who try to summon demons and shit like that are even more stupid. I don't believe in the whole heaven and hell\God and the devil thing, but I've seen ghosts and one of those shadow people.

[NathanDavis]

that's why I am agnostic... and do not actually bother with any of this

[Anonymous]

feminism is the fastest growing religion in the west

[Astarlessnightsky]

Any religion is just like the other.

[Agape93]

Just here to see the bigotry

[jahaims]

Atheists don't share a universal opinion