are they satanists?

Question

there are many people who teach you the wiccan lifestyle,how to cast spells,etc.
I know many who deny being satanists,but they mention people like Alester Crowley. for example there`s a male witch who I saw in tv,and he mentioned Anton Szandor LaVey (the father of the church of Satan)though he claimed to be not satanist,and in the internet,Puzuzu,he says that it pisses him off to be called satanist,but he mentions a Crowley sentence("ordinary things are for ordinary people)

Answer 1

Wiccans are not Satanists. Wicca and Satanism are two very different systems. And so what if a Wiccan mentions Aleister Crowley? Crowley was a Thelemite and a ceremonial magician, not a Satanist. And so what if a Wiccan mentions Anton LaVey? Don't you ever read the books of belief systems other than your own? Crowley's writings pre-date the founding of Church of Satan. And, FYI, the majority of Satanists I've met are, in fact, atheists (some Satanists aren't atheists, but many are), and very few of them actually worship Satan. So, let's recap: Satanism, atheism, Thelema and Wicca are different things. Read any reliable book on Wicca and then read the Satanic Bible and see how different the philsophies are. The answer to your question is no, Wiccans are not Satanists.

Answer 2

Most self-described "Satanists" don't really believe in Satan ... the Church of Satan espouses a secular humanist philosophy.

Incidentally, Crowley wasn't a Satanist, either. He founded the religion of Thelema, which is more like Gnostic mysticism than Satanism, and certainly doesn't worship Satan.

Answer 3

well I am not Christian and yet I mention Jesus and take from his teachings

Anton La Vey doesn't believe in Satan for starters , his group are a group of people who are anti - Christian in a sense .... not Antichrist
and his work is ( from what I have seen so far ) quite educational

and as for Crowley
before he got a little nuts ... he too wrote some very educational stuff

reading the material of others , doesn't mean you belong to their group
how many people have read Mein Kampf ?

Answer 4

I don't know anything about those people you speak of. But the one person that comes to mind that was accused of satanism and demon posession was Jesus Christ by religious people.

Remember too that Christ told his followers that they would be accused of the same things that he was accused of.

I am not saying that these people you are talking about are good or bad, I don't know. But what I am saying is that most people think about satan worshipping from what religion has taught them.

But keep in mind that religious people killed the Son of God and it didn't get any better by flogging Paul, stoning Stephen, etc.

The only reference that God makes about Satan worship is the fact that it is done by people that attend a church, synagogue, temple, etc. and claim to be his people. (written somewhere in the first part of Revelations)

Now I found another instance that is referred to by Christ.

John Chapter 8:39-44
"Abraham is our father," they answered.

"If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the things your own father does."
"We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire.

Answer 5

sounds like you need to research what you hear bits and pieces of to discover the truth for yourself Wiccans do not believe in satan

Answer 6

why is it that anyone who isnt christian or catholic or some other main stream religion must be satanic?

all the things you mentioned prove nothing.

Answer 7

a saintanist worships satan the wiccans don't worship satan so therefore this is a dumb question

Answer 8

yes....better believe it