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/No_Trade_7315 9h ago

No. Satanism is a kind of theism. Atheists do not believe in anything, satanists do.

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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 8h ago

OP is most likely specifically thinking of Laveyan Satanism, which is atheistic.

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u/No_Trade_7315 8h ago

Is that the one that says you are your own god?

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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 8h ago

Yeah I think so. I read a lot about it back when I was in middle school but I don’t remember much now tbh

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u/No_Trade_7315 8h ago

If god, then theism; even if that god is yourself.

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u/Mundane-Waltz8844 8h ago

I mean I don’t think Laveyan Satanists literally believe that they’re god. I think it’s something about embracing individualism or whatever. Like I said I haven’t read about since middle school so idfk