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Okay,I'm a wiccan and I've studied many religions but I have befriended a guy on myspace who is a laveyan [[pardon my awful spelling]] satanist and says their is a bible for satanists to read.
I know satanists are not bad people and they're not all evil like the media portrays them to be but I would like to learn more about this religion.
I own a copy of each religions 'bible'.can I find a copy of the satanic bible at my local bookstore? What is a laveyan satanist,how many different sects of satanism are there and what are their names? What are the diffrences between these different sects?
ADDITION: I was just reading over the Satanic Sins and Rules of the Earth on the WIki page, and it turns out I've been a Satanist all this time and didn't know it.:
The Nine Satanic Sins
The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth
I don't want to be "destroyed" or have permission to "destroy" anybody. I don't want to hold my emotions inside & I want to tell people advice because sometimes when they most need it, they will not ask. Mercy is a POSITIVE character trait to me.
Sorry for being the annoying Christian that you guys will all ignore, but I felt I needed to speak up. Christianity is the answer to all of your cries. Satan may turn good tomorrow. He is, after all, just an angel that chose to separate himself from God & since God never gives up on somebody, satan could go back to the Lord tomorrow. Do you want that kind of reliability? When it comes to devoting my entire life to something, I want a Leader who will always be there.
"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid."
- Hebrews 13:5-6
satanists don't exactly worship satan dear.I do not worship satan.I just wanted to know more about the religion.I am wiccan,I pay homage to gaia and the great all.
I went to church from the time I was born till I was 13 years old,I have studied the bible numerous times.theyr'e is simply too many loopholes,unanswered questions and etc. in there that allow me to deduce that I simply cannot see a 'god' of love allowing to happen to his people.
and I absolutley love,and I and other can see this through history [especially the burning times aka the witch trials,which was a very painful time for witches and humans alike] that anytime someone comes along with a different line of thinking or living,the protestants or the christians will be the first to jump in their face spitting verses and bible-belting nonsense..tis sad.
Anton LaVey is the author of the satanic bible. It is not direct devil worship but indirect by encouraging sins if it makes the person happy. The reason Christians call it devil worship is because everything that is not of the true God is in fact from the devil. We believe that the devil's goals is to lead the people astray from God so he would create many different religions to confuse. That is his number one priority so if he has to create a religion that is seemingly good it is in fact an abomination.
if I understand it right, LaVeyan satanists don't actually worship the devil. they don't, in particular, believe in one devil, or a supreme god. it's more of a "you are your own god" sort of thing. I think. there are satanists that, as the name says, worship the devil. they believe in god and the devil, and made their choice with the devil. I don't know how many other sects there are though. if you can't find a copy of the satanic bible at a bookstore, you should be able to find an ebook copy of it.
Sourcing an anti-satanism web site as reference isn't really the kind of research I encourage, but I guess points should be given for trying. But it's kind of akin to someone asking for help about homosexuality and referencing godhatesfags.org.
Even assuming your story is true, simply because someone has trouble practicing what they preach does not mean that what they preach has no merit. I think you would agree that not harming animals is a decent ideal, whatever problems LaVey had.
I agree with mikeh on this one,nobody follows their religion straight and narrow but just because they don't always practice what they preach doesn't mean that we shouldn't at least her em out.
and I think anybody with a logical,functioning mind would know that harming animals,or any creature on this earth for that matter is wrong. 'and it harm none,do what ye will' wiccan or not,it's a good rede to live by.
Why are we getting so many Satanic Bible questions lately?
It should not be a difficult book to find, but satanism as LaVey describes it is not so much a religion as a philosophy which encourages (in an extremely small nutshell) living for one's self and not for a dogma. It is not a bible in the Judeo/Christian sense but more a collection of essays outlining Anton LeVey's ideology.
funny how "10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food " Did levey write that? I wonder if his followers know that he killed his own dog just becuase he wanted to.
He was also very cruel to people. (I read that a long long time ago can't find the source right now.
He was seriously full of crap by his own admition: http://www.churchofsatan.org
**The reason Christians call it devil worship is because everything that is not of the true God is in fact from the devil. **
Given the overwhelming presence of "evil" in the world, it seems your concept of Satan is at least as powerful as God, perhaps even more powerful. How can you reconcile that with an omnipotent and omnibenevolent being?
You are taking things way to literally - he does not mean destroy or harm anyone.
He says over and over again in the book that he we should not harm anyone against their will.
By destroy he means - get them away from you and find your peace.
Please keep your religious comments to yourself - they were not asked for in this post.
Well what they are talking about has nothing to do with christian satan.
However Maddie, your claim Satan could turn to the lord is false. Assuming they are real. Your God has set forth satan's future and since he is "Never wrong" than Satan has no choice.
I don't know a lot about Satanism. But I do plain to look into it.
assalamu_aleykum,I am not a satanist,I am a celtic wiccan.I study other religions,worldveiws and ideaologies as part of my religious training.I am friends with a guy who's a satanist and I simply wanted to know more about the satanism religion because I have yet to study it.I have no intentions of coverting from wicca.=]
You claim that everything that is no of the true God is in fact from the devil.
1st. None of that is fact. God and devil are not fact and sin is not fact
2nd this is part of that circular reasoning
I dont think satanism is all bad, but tell me what is good about it ? what persuaded you into it ? in which way is it better than other religions and what is the point or idea of it ? thanks
Researched - not copyrighted:
Materialistic Satanists -- the majority; those like LaVey, for whom Satan is not real and all rituals are simply for fun.
*** everything that is not of the true God is in fact from the devil.
Nope. Everything not from God is from leprechauns. That's a fact.
That is such a good book, whether you want to get into it or not - it has some great points.
thanks to all of you for your help and information.I'm heading to the bookstore tonight. =]