Many people in our days are affraid when they speek about satanism. When they think about it they see human sacrifice , child abuse and so on. In our late days , satanism has grown in independence from such statements . At it`s origin , "satan" meant the one that stands in opposition , that that`s diffrent from the others. If we think at this , than we might realise that many of us are against something in some point , so to have a satanic wiew it`s not that dramatic , it`s natural . But when you put this concept in religion , specially in those that are monotheistic , then you get another version of what "satan" means. This is the reason why modern satanism choosed to clarify the real meaning of "satan". Being a modern religion , it is field with a lot of humanism. So , what is modern satanism? It is the religion of man who can save himself. Modern satanism gave a lot of great personalities , but one of them made a great impact in satanism , A.S.La Vey . He was the first to create a satanic church , The church of Satan and to write a satanic bible . If you ask yourself what this bible has to say about man , here are some points from the first book of this bible: I.The book of Satan. It is a chapter that can be summarized in four ideas and a conclusion.
1. Human nature
Human nature is defined by will and wisdom.Man`s main purpose is self-accomplishment, in order to obtain that he must be vigilant, allways questioning the facts around him.
2. Man`s religion
In his wiew , LaVey considered religious practices to be a result of our will to have someone to belong to , to have someone that could be responsabile for our actions. Most of religions talk about a god or gods and the faithfull people. How can a god connect with his followers ? The answer is given by the ritual . For example, in christianity , the ritual shows , even if it is symbolic , the self-sacrifice , the blind faith of that who believes withount questioning . LaVey points out that this kind of faith can lead to prejudice and from that to a dramaticaly cease of one`s evolution. Also , religion talks about the absolut ( absolut god , eternity etc). Our reality shows that our life and everything around it it is relative . Things get their eternity only in our minds , it depends on what we feel about those things . With this we get to the third point(idee).
3.Man`s absolute values
Love , supreme good , morality , equality . Could they be defined for sure? In order to give an answer , he ask a simple question : if someone hurt you really bad , humiliate you or kils the one that you love , could you be able to turn your cheek and love him? This needs a true and honest answer . How can we define what`s good and what`s not ?Do we all consider the same things to be good? A true answer would say :no .So , if we think different , if we see the same world with diffrent wiews , than our world is not absolute and it`s values dependes on each man .
4. Man , the Saviour
So , if we can not be sure about anything that regards eternity , then we can be sure about this life , our life , that`s here and now! It`s up to us if we live or die , it`s our choice and our freedom to decide. With this we get to the conclusion of this first book : man`s will create and destroy , that will is the only god that man has to fear!
1. Human nature
Human nature is defined by will and wisdom.Man`s main purpose is self-accomplishment, in order to obtain that he must be vigilant, allways questioning the facts around him.
2. Man`s religion
In his wiew , LaVey considered religious practices to be a result of our will to have someone to belong to , to have someone that could be responsabile for our actions. Most of religions talk about a god or gods and the faithfull people. How can a god connect with his followers ? The answer is given by the ritual . For example, in christianity , the ritual shows , even if it is symbolic , the self-sacrifice , the blind faith of that who believes withount questioning . LaVey points out that this kind of faith can lead to prejudice and from that to a dramaticaly cease of one`s evolution. Also , religion talks about the absolut ( absolut god , eternity etc). Our reality shows that our life and everything around it it is relative . Things get their eternity only in our minds , it depends on what we feel about those things . With this we get to the third point(idee).
3.Man`s absolute values
Love , supreme good , morality , equality . Could they be defined for sure? In order to give an answer , he ask a simple question : if someone hurt you really bad , humiliate you or kils the one that you love , could you be able to turn your cheek and love him? This needs a true and honest answer . How can we define what`s good and what`s not ?Do we all consider the same things to be good? A true answer would say :no .So , if we think different , if we see the same world with diffrent wiews , than our world is not absolute and it`s values dependes on each man .
4. Man , the Saviour
So , if we can not be sure about anything that regards eternity , then we can be sure about this life , our life , that`s here and now! It`s up to us if we live or die , it`s our choice and our freedom to decide. With this we get to the conclusion of this first book : man`s will create and destroy , that will is the only god that man has to fear!