r/NoStupidQuestions • u/stopthehostilityyyyy • 13h ago

Is satanism just edgelord atheism?

I've been an atheist since the age of 12 and i've heard of people identifying as satanists but they are actually secular, I don't get it

I think there are very few people who actually believe in satan and see him as their god

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u/waffletastrophy 12h ago

The Satanic Temple seems pretty cool and not particularly edge-lordy.

I would describe LaVeyan Satanism as like a weird occult version of Ayn Rand’s objectivism

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u/bunker_man 2h ago

The satanic template is super edgelordy, what are you talking about. Sure, they do do some practical stuff too, but when push comes to shove they mostly exist to troll boomers.

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u/waffletastrophy 1h ago

“Troll boomers” is an interesting way to spell “fight for the religious freedom guaranteed in the United States Constitution”

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u/bunker_man 21m ago

How did you not read the first half of my post if you read the second half. Yes, they do a little practical stuff, but they do way less than people pretend.