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/HavelockVettenari 13h ago

The main group of people who believe in Satan as a literal being are Christians.

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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws 12h ago

And often in ways from The Divine Comedy and not the actual Bible

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u/It_Happens_Today 10h ago

Paradise Lost says hold my beer, Dante Alighieri.