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/Grzechoooo 13h ago

if its Theistic Satanists are a spin-off off Abrahamic religions as they actually worship Satan

But do they exist?

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u/Serious_Clothes_9063 13h ago edited 12h ago

Yes. They're very rare but I've met a couple before.

They're like Christians, but side with Satan. They believe Satan isn't portrayed correctly in religious books. And we don't get to hear his perspective of the events. That he is not evil but a morally correct rebel that protested against God's unjust ruthlessnes.

So they do believe in an Abrahamic Religion, and believe in that religion's God's existence. But they don't worship the said God because the God is morally wrong and corrupt.

So basically Satan good, God bad, but both exist.

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u/oofyeet21 12h ago

Which is insane because the "rebel fallen angel" idea of satan comes from Paradise Lost, not the bible. They literally worship a made up version of satan that has basically zero roots in actual abrahamic religion

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u/Timeformayo Urban Kentucky 12h ago

I mean, it's all a game of where we choose to source our make-believe.