What do you think of satanism?

[Hiro]

we draw invented pentagrams but only in certain places.

we dont write 666 is its the supposed number of the devil and the original is 616

we dont drink chickens blood, we dont drink ANY blood. its stupid and the chances of you catching something are stupidly high.

I was going on stereotypes and I know that the "real" number of the devil is 616, people would flame me otherwise..

[Breakfloor]

I think you yourself are confused. You're saying you're not into devil worship so you're not a Theistic Satanist, but then you say you do pentagrams etc which is unnecessary in LaVeyan Satanism because you don't need rituals or power symbols or anything if there are no gods or higher forces. You seem to be mixing the two different forms of Satanism which is what most gothy kids do, because they like the idea of Satan but won't want to admit to there being any gods.

inverted pentagrams are used in occult and black magic and "dark forces" basically magic that hasent been used by any other religion or philosophy

and the word satan in satanism is used as not the meaning of the devil but it means black magic.

but meh, are you a satanist?

[FlyingJesus]

No I'm not but I read into religions 'cause I find them interesting. Again though I say you're confused; LaVey Satanism doesn't involve black magic, as it's a denial of any higher forces. "Satan" in that instance is explained as the human will to dominate and have power and all that jazz that we're not meant to enjoy. I still think LaVey just used the term to gain occult following though, because it really has nothing to do with any form of Satan ever mentioned before him.

[Breakfloor]

FlyingJesus, you need to read the satanists bible. satanism involves alot of so called "magic"

[jessLOL]

weird.

[Sabbath]

Although I am Christian, I find Satanism interesting. From what I know, Theistic Satanism does not worship the Christian Devil, they use Satan as a word for greed, lust, whatever. They believe there is no god, and that people should do what they want, and not think they are being judged by a higher being. I personally think that if we did what we wanted, there would be no order in society. I mean if you can destroy a person if they annoy you, well thats just bad, because then we would not have people like 50 cent, and Earthquake. Oh wait.......

[Breakfloor]

Sabbath, thats LeVay satanism.

[Sabbath]

Sabbath, thats LeVay satanism.

Oh, but yeah unlike most people, I know a bit about Satanism before I disagree with it.

[FlyingJesus]

Clearly not if you don't even know what form of Satanism you're on about lol. Also I've read bits of the Satanist Bible (although I won't claim to know everything about it) and it just looked like a joke really. It was poorly written and the bits I saw were basically just taking bits from the Christian Bible and saying the exact opposite, which is partly why I think LaVey was a bell. As I've said before, the actual philosophy behind LaVeyanism is just liberalism, but he added occult stuff to it to get a following. The ideas that you follow in it aren't actually a religion at all but a political stance.

[Breakfloor]

i know it isnt a religion, its a philosophy