Does anyone know how many members of the church of satan there are? I know they don't release their membership statistics but is there some kind of reliable estimate?
Also, is the church of satan only located in California? Or are there other locations directly affiliated with Anton Lavey's Church of Satan?
2006-08-26 11:09:11 · 9 answers · asked by John S 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The main church that has the largest numbers would be in San Fran, Cali and has around 600-800 actual members but has around 3,000 people that do not attend but donate or contribute in some way to that church. I have no idea about other cities and countries but the numbers will always be higher than whats told.
2006-08-26 11:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by Later Me 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I belive the one in San Francisco is the only one. You can become a card holding member online from anywhere so an accurate estimate would be hard to come by. There are also many believers in the church of satan that are not actual members of the church.
2006-08-26 11:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by Sammy S 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of God plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-08-26 13:43:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Several other locations.
membership unknown due to zealots attacking them.
2006-08-26 11:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only one i know of is in san francisco
2006-08-26 11:13:45 · answer #5 · answered by tandypants 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
um i have a lot of ecclectic / diverse friends and i think there are actually many branches of that church all over the world......why dont you research how many satanists there are on the internet
2006-08-26 11:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by darkangel1111 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Very few now. God will destroy the rest of them when he floods California.
2006-08-26 11:14:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 8⤋
http://www.churchofsatan.com/
This should answer any questions you have.
Blessings )O(
2006-08-26 11:19:06 · answer #8 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I am sure you are serious about your question, but please think again about investigating this; it can only come to no good.
2006-08-26 11:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋