I was once accused of being a satanist after I told someone I was an atheist. Wouldn't belief in satan make you a theist?????? I understand that this person obviously hated atheists and therfore resorted to immature name calling, but calling an atheist a satanist. I hate to play the role of captain obvious, but apparently the obvious is not obvious to these people.
2007-08-19 19:38:35 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, most LaVeyan Satanists I've met are atheists. It's quite common.
Most atheists, obviously, do not subscribe to Satanism, but that doesn't change the fact that many Satanists are, in fact, atheists.
Some people will erroneously equate anything with Satanism, including Wicca, atheism, or even reading too much Ayn Rand.
2007-08-19 19:51:50 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An atheist won't be able to be a theistic Satanist, yet they are in a position to be a Laveyen Satanist in the event that they so choose (which, satirically, has no longer something to do with worshipping devil ro spreading undesirable issues or cults or evil, yet each and everything to do with kindness, attention for the man guy and so on). Leveyan Satanists are atheists.
2016-10-02 22:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by pantano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you don't know what satanism is
he wasn't calling you a satanist as a bad thing and saying you worship satan. atheism and satanism are both basically the same, except atheism just means not believing in any gods. you can be a humanist atheist. or you can be a bad/crime-going atheist. or a wtf atheist. but satanism is living for yourself, indulgence rather than kindness wasted on useless others, while keeping to yourself.
satanists also don't believe in satan, which is why he would call you that. satan is more of a symbol to them. saying "heil satan" is the excact same thing as saying "heil me". satan just sounds cooler i guess.
to call an atheist a satanist would also be calling them a very good person also, however, because the church of satan does not promote crime at all, and does expel people from it for commiting crime.
if you're not 18 yet, however, you can't become an official satanist, just incase you're under 18. the church of satan doesnt want kids just trying to rebel in their ranks.
2007-08-19 19:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by Jeef 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok I don't want to sound stupid here, but..... I'm a Christian, not that that means I'm judging you, because I'm not. You are entitled to believe or not believe however you want and I would never resort to name calling, that's just rude. But anywho, I thought that being an atheist meant you didn't believe in anything basically, so how can you believe in Satan? How can there be people out there that don't get that concept? A satanist would be someone who believes in Satan, therefore would have to believe in God, but just worship Satan. Some people really need to think about what comes out of their mouth before they speak..... Especially a Christian attempting to pass judgment, gosh! People can be silly, they should get those word of the day tp to help them learn their word. Gosh!
2007-08-19 19:52:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
There are different types of satanists, not all of which worship the biblical satan or any diety. So it is possible to be an athesit satanist.. that's probably not the angle the were coming from.
2007-08-19 19:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, here is my perspective on what the other person may have been thinking. Per the Bible, anything that is not of God is of the devil. Therefore an atheist who clearly does not believe in God or His existence will be of the devil. That is why he called you a satanist. Bottom line, that is what it boils down to. If you're not for God, you are on the devil's side.
2007-08-19 19:47:11 · answer #6 · answered by mx3baby 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i didnt know that there are christian that regards all other religion as satanist , demon worshiper , devil advocate .
i thought it was a beautiful religion , all the people look loving in the real life.
its only when i came to this section asking sincere questions , it completely turn me off .
so since my sincerity in approaching this religion get me nasty and rude remark , i no longer see any point to being polite to people asking stupid questions
2007-08-19 20:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by Curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's how the catholics then the christians won so much power on the earth... they would call someone not bowing down to THEIR god and say they worship Satan... the only difference from today is that people can't burn us at the stake... no matter what you beleived they murder you... just in passing they once did it to each other too.
2007-08-20 03:04:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As crazy as it sounds, The Church of Satan is an atheist religion. That is the one started by Anton Levay. I suppose there are still a few of them around.
http://www.churchofsatan.com/
http://www.churchofsatan.com/home.html
2007-08-19 19:44:50 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've never been called a satanist - but I have been called a communist by at least three different people that I can remember.
Go figure ...
2007-08-19 19:43:34 · answer #10 · answered by Alan 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋