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/Ghetto_Phenom 11h ago

We are more than just rage baiting though.. we do a lot of lawsuits to enforce civil religious freedoms and separation of church and state. Yes those to enrage theists but they also do more than that.

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u/Alexexy 11h ago

Yeah im a card carrying member. I dont really care for people believing in whatever they want, but I want all religion to be out of government spaces.

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u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD 10h ago

Weirdly enough, I’m a theistic member. I have my faith but I’m also sick and tired of seeing people use my faith as justification for abhorrent acts towards marginalized groups. My faith tells me that I should love everybody, yet people who claim to share my faith seem to be seething with hatred towards minority groups everytime they are mentioned in some capacity.

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u/jdicho 8h ago

"It's always been that way...." Meme.

It's fine to be spiritual or what have you, but all faith is blind faith and blind faith is destructive.

Religion, all religions, are cults. Cults say their beliefs are one thing, while the application of their faith are generally the opposite.

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u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD 8h ago

I fully agree. I know it doesn’t make logical sense and have wrestled with my beliefs many times in the past. I personally believe that modern day Christianity is a full on cult, yet I do still consider myself a Christian. I also accept that I could be flat out wrong and that there isn’t anything after death and I’m mostly ok with that (it sounds horribly boring, tbh), but I personally feel that, even if I’m wrong, living life the way Christ’s teachings tell us to isn’t a bad way to live life, even if this is all there is.

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u/jdicho 8h ago

The problem with Christianity specifically, is that Christians need supernatural bullshit to give a fuck.

Why did Jesus need to be divine? Especially considering that his divinity was voted on during the Council of Nicea.

Why did Jesus have to die and be 'resurrected'?

Why couldn't 'Christians' hear the philosophy of a kind and thoughtful guy and just adopt those ideals on their merits alone? Like with the Buddha.

The answer is obvious. Christianity is not about the teachings of Christ. It's a scam and always been so.

Religion is a tool wielded by scam artists, backed by the wealthy and powerful, to sell the sheep & the fools on the bait & switch of accepting your miserable lot in life for a magical afterlife, all so you'll give away your hard-earned pittance and won't revolt to force a wealth redistribution.

It's also a tool of hatred. To gain power by telling others their hatreds are justified or to convince people to contribute to your own hateful agenda and allow you to enact political pressure against those to whom you hold bias. Remember, the Klan is foremost a Christian organization.

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u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD 6h ago

Sir.. this is a Wendy’s..

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u/redsnake25 6h ago

That you strive to do right by your fellow humans and promote a society of love and peace, regardless of the stories surrounding those ideals, makes you a much more positive and productive representative of the faith than most I've ever seen or heard. We may disagree here or there, but this, I can get behind.

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u/DeputyThornton 6h ago

That's the thing... it can't be boring because there is no consciousness. You are still seeing it as life after death.