is satanism the new "in" religion?

Answer 1

If you mean Satanism as in LaVeyan Satanism, I'd say yeah, it's possible it's becoming the "in" religion. I'm a LaVeyan Satanist myself and have considered myself one for about 5 or 6 years and when I first started reading about it and read The Satanic Bible, I identified with it and felt it was what I believed anyway, so that's why I now call myself a Satanist.
I would say though, for some, they do it for the image. I'm sure there's people out there who own the Satanic Bible, yet have never read it and could care less what it says. They're the types who are Satanists for the shock value aspect.

Answer 2

Satan has been around since the beginning of time. His presence has brought more wars and pestilence, greed and selfishness to mankind than anything or anyone else. He's been a major factor in the rising of dictatorships, the squelching of expressions of freedom and religion, & he is the great deceiver, liar, & anti-christ. "In" religion? That's up to the individual to decide. As for me, I would NEVER look to Satan for answers, especially from a spiritual perspective! So, the answer to your question is "NO".

Answer 3

Not at all the religion of satanism has been around for thosand of years evey since someone first wrote the "BLACK BIBLE" wich is basically the total opposite of the "HOLLY BIBLE" and is dedicated to Satan and devoting your life to him..instead of god..i'm not a true to heart catholic even though i have been baptised catholic and when i was a child my parents made my sister and i go to school .but there is no place in the bible that says you HAVE TO GO to church it just sasy to pray to one god adn that's God..but who's to say that the bible is just some fiction some guy wrote years ago..and we believe it.i do believe in good and evil but i don't believe in the bible ..i do believe there is something out there bigget than us..and i know a few girls i went to school with in highschool years ago that practiced satanism as a religion so no it's not new for sure

Answer 4

There is no such thing as an "in" religion. Religion is someone's belief and faith in something and shouldn't be dictated by the popularity of that religion. Neway, i'd hardly call Statnism a "religion".

Answer 5

The fastest growing bloc of religions in the United States is the group commonly lumped together as "Pagan" and/or "Wiccan"

These groups generally do not accept Satan as an entity in their spiritual and religious life

Answer 6

dont be silly real Satanisn goes back to Babylon ,has at least 6000 years and it is still around more than ever .
the people in this are very dangerous and powerfull
human life means nothing ,stay well away from it


but this is not the modern popular wiccan type of Satanisn ,this playing at satanism they dont sacrifice humans ,but tend to be environmental people ,like witches

Answer 7

not whar ah come from. Ya'all jest keep tht thar funny business in new york or californey. ya all's liable to get a buttload of buckshout round these parts. we only have 4 readin materials on our coffee table- popular mechanics, guns and ammo, field and stream and the King James Bible.

Answer 8

Good and Evil have been co-existant since the beginning,,,,and the worship of both ends has been around for just as long.

Answer 9

It is an "in" religion if shocking people is your idea of "in".

I read "The Satanic Bible" several times over the years (including LaVey's other books)and considered myself a follower of the "Left Hand Path" at some points in my life. I was even a member of the Temple of Set at one point.

I have changed my viewpoint by looking at the whole picture, not just the Satanic Bible. I would encourage Satanists to do the same.

LaVey was ambiguous in his approach to Satan and Satisnism...sometimes calling him a "dark force in nature", but other times he seemed to indicate "the man downstairs" as he called him, was a personification. Even his former followers like Michael Aquino (who had his own spinoff) didn't really seem to know where LaVey stood on the issue.Perhaps Lavey was trying to placate both sides of the crowd; the ones who really believed in Satan, and the ones who didn't.

LaVey lied about his accomplishments in life (orchestra member, lion tamer, etc.), and in fact, was a high school dropout. Despite claims of being a millionaire, he filled for bankruptcy in the 1990's. He no longer owned the broken down house he lived in (which had once been the infamous "black house" when he died. During the 80's, his fazmily lived in poverty and relied on handouts from his family and from public assitance (i.e., welfare, foodstamps, etc.). His teeth rotted out, which happenes to a lot of poor people.

His wife Diane sued him citing physical abuse. He had beaten her all during their 23 year shack up (they were never legally married). LaVey also abused and his his pets. A guy that beats his wife and kicks his dogs...not much of a man in anyone's book!

While LaVey claimed he trid to "keep the nuts out of the church of Satan", he claimed severalt times to have held a "cannibal feast" for the Church. What do you call a cannibal???

LaVey also forced his female followers into prostitution as part of his "Satanic sex therapy", and kept their earning, beating them when they didn't bring back enough money. In other words...he was a pimp! Despite the claim of not hurting children, LaVey admitted to police that he had been a passive observer while his own grandson Stanton was molested, (confirmed by police records and Zeena LaVey).

Most rational people are frightend by people who do things such as the following (Satanic Rituals/Lavey, yes I read it):
A human leg bone or arm bone is used in Homage to Tchort ritual (p.137)

Woman dressed as nun urinates before group into a bedpan in the Black Mass ritual (p.43)
Urine is then sprinkled like holy water (p.44)
Man climbs into coffin with nude woman (or nude man if he is gay) in Le Epais ritual (p.59).
Nude girl is used as an altar (Satanic Bible, Satanic Rituals)
A human skull is used in Die Elektrischen Vorspiele ritual (Satanic Rituals, p. 109)

Or cannibalism (LaVey's "cannibal feast" of a human leg, Church of Satan/Barton(LaVey?), Secret Life of a Satanist/Barton (LaVey?), Satan Wants You/Lyons

Most people find stuff like this psychotic and crazy.Now, eventually, when faced with this data, one must conclude:LaVey could not Satanism work. LaVey, rather than being the "alien elite" was little more than part of the criminal class. He abused women, children, & animals, and admitted to cannibalism. His magic didn't work, and died poor and bankrupt.

And before anyone says "..but he was Jayne Mansfield's lover, blah , blah, blah" or "...he had a degree in criminology, blah blah, blah," just CHECK AND SEE if he really did these things, or if he only LIED about it! You can make excuses for him all you want (so do followers of L.Ron Hubbard, Hitler, Sung Yun Moon, Etc.), but it doesn't change the fact he was a loser and a liar.

As a "philosophy", Satanism could be boiled down to hedonism, which was hardly a new idea in the 1960's. Oddly enough, most Satanists don't fit the bill as swingers. Some seem to lead fairly uneventful lives. Here's an example:

"I've been forced to give up coffee - the acid was responsible for a minor ulcer and I can no longer take any chances with my health. This was my solitary vice - now it is gone. I do not drink, do not smoke, do not use recreational drugs and have nothing remotely resembling a sex life!"
--"Lord" Egan of "The First Church of Satan"

Wow! What a swinger! So then the picture begins to develop that Satanism is not so much a philosophy of life as it is a fantasy; a means to escape a life not worth living.

Answer 10

What is wrong with you, You need new friends dude. I know thousands of people and not one are a what? Satanist, The devil, Why would you want to burn in Hell when you can serve in heaven