Atheists and Satanism

[Orias]

Basically what I want to observe is what recognized atheists here have to think about Satanism.

And please, if your going to be a jerk please be a soft one

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

It makes about as much sense as any religion does to me. I.E., not much.

 

[darkendless]

Basically what I want to observe is what recognized atheists here have to think about Satanism.

And please, if your going to be a jerk please be a soft one

Pretty big admirer of LaVeyan Satanism. Got into it when I was younger. Its more an atheistic middle finger to Christianity and its hypocrisy.

Don't really live by it much anymore.

 

[mr black]

If one doesn't believe in god, how could one believe in god's nemesis, created by god.

 

[FlyingTeaPot]

I don't know much about it and from what I can tell, it has a rulebook. Religions have rulebooks. Therefore Satanism = = religion. Therefore, I don't think much of it.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

It's too restricting for me

 

[Kerr]

Basically what I want to observe is what recognized atheists here have to think about Satanism.

And please, if your going to be a jerk please be a soft one

I dont know much about it, to be honest. From the little I have seen there are parts I like (think there was a commandment not to harm children, which is the only thing I can think of right now). There are probably things I wouldnt like, but as I said, I dont know much about satanism. In either case, its not my cup of tea.

 

[Splarnst]

I can't believe in a literal Satan for the same reasons I can't believe in a literal God.

And I'm not interested in metaphorical religious entities either. Satanism kinda gives me the creeps, to be honest.

 

[idav]

If one doesn't believe in god, how could one believe in god's nemesis, created by god.

Yeah I have a similar question as to where Satanism gets their name from. If it is supposed to be an opposition, an opposition to what?

 

[freethinker44]

Satanism, christianity, judaism, islam, buddhism, scientology, etc... They are all the same to me.

 

[CarlinKnew]

Like any other religion it has some worthwhile ideas that can be cherrypicked, but mostly I find it silly.

 

[gnomon]

Basically what I want to observe is what recognized atheists here have to think about Satanism.

And please, if your going to be a jerk please be a soft one

It's a joke. And a dumb one at that.

 

[Phasmid]

A passing phase from juvanile to adult.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Can people saying it is a joke or such please explain why they say that?

 

[1137]

Yeah I have a similar question as to where Satanism gets their name from. If it is supposed to be an opposition, an opposition to what?

LaVey himself admitted it was all about drama. The title Satanism literally is there as a shock factor. LaVey lied about himself and how the CoS came to be (his friend told him to do it and Avon books asked him to write The Satanic Bible). He was a very powerful magician, he convinced another group of followers that they are complete individuals. Now, I mean no offense against LaVeyan Satanists in general, many just take some philosophy and leave it. But it has the same strict dogma, rituals that must be done a specific way, and greedy corrupt hierarchy as the religion it tries to show up: Christianity.

 

[ReligionNomore665]

Interesting question. As an agnostic, I still question if either one, God or Satan, is real... but my thoughts on Satanism is the same for any religion...as my favorite saying goes,

"Its whatever floats their boat."

I'm very neutral when it comes to religion...so I don't have much say in it at all.

 

[shawn001]

I am agnostic as well.

Almost every religion from the first civilization on had the cosmic struggle between good and evil. You need good and bad guys for a good plot to the stories.

 

[1137]

I am agnostic as well.

Almost every religion from the first civilization on had the cosmic struggle between good and evil. You need good and bad guys for a good plot to the stories.

You aren't suggesting that good and evil do not exist, are you?

 

[Panda]

Satanism, meh. I'm not a fan of the fairly self centred philosophies that seem to come from a lot of them but as long as they don't bother me I couldn't care less.

 

[Panda]

You aren't suggesting that good and evil do not exist, are you?

Of course there isn't any abstract concept of good and evil. There is only what is culturally and sociality acceptable and what isn't.