for those of u who dont know anything about it....plz dont say "its evil" or "ur goin to hell" because if u researched the church of satan u will see that it isnt like that, its more like atheism and has nothing to do with satanism...
2006-07-11 04:57:31 · 5 answers · asked by no_occult_666 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
well to answer ur question, im not tryin to be a follower of the "church" i just like to take some of the ideas of his that make sense to me instead of thinkin of it as a religion
even if he was a fraud his ideas make some sense
2006-07-11 05:17:24 · update #1
Yeah, I read it as part of a comparative religious study.
I agree, that it has little to do with what most people consider to be satanism. I really think LaVey calls himself a Satanist for the shock value and the controversial factor. Really he's just like everyone else...looking for answers in this mystery of Life.
2006-07-11 05:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by Miss. A. Laneous 2 · 7⤊ 4⤋
Yes, long ago when it first came out. And I agree, it is not evil and you are not going to hell. But please remember to always do as much research as possible on anything you are interested in, particularly the people that started it all. Here is something from a site about the Church of Satan -- check the link below for the full article and references:
"Wright found many of the details written here to be factually inconsistent. He finds no documentation of LaVey ever working with the Clyde Beatty Circus. The owner of the Mayan claimed that it never was a burlesque house, and that he never employed LaVey. There are no records of LaVey in the archives of the San Francisco City College or the San Francisco Police Department. Zeena Screck wrote about Secret Life of a Satanist, Blanche Barton's biography of LaVey, as being an "absurb catalogue of lies" full of "self-serving bullshit." John Raymond, the groom in the infamous 1967 Satanic wedding, has claimed that the wedding, along with the satanic funeral and satanic baptism, were no more than publicity stunts. Raymond wrote, "There were, in fact, two Anton LaVeys: first was the black-robed founder of the Church of Satan; the other, in private, a joke-cracking publicity hound who had found a gig that privately amused him and gave the press the kind of copy it craves."
When even the people that served with him seem to think he was a fraud, you have to wonder, don't you?
2006-07-11 12:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Anton's more than a little over the top with all of the fake venom. In person he was actually a reasonable guy.
2006-07-11 12:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by Iggy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha! I was thinking of posting the same question! I think It is a damned (no pun intended) excellent book, and for the most part I agree whole-heartedly with it! I've certainly met my share of psychic vampires! I agree that he chose the name for shock value.
2006-07-11 19:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by Amy W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are talking about Anton LeVay's book. Yes I have read it. It is no more or less silly than any other religious book.
2006-07-11 12:02:16 · answer #5 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋