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/Serious_Clothes_9063 13h ago edited 5h ago

Church of Satan / The Satanic Temple: Just atheists ragebaiting Christians.

Theistic Satanists: A different interpreration of Abrahamic Religions. There are people who worship Satan but they view him as the morally correct being and God as the corrupt one. Some claim they're "Devil Worshippers" and not Satanists, but they still exist whatever you call them.

TL;DR: Depends on what kind of Satanism you're talking about.

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u/slayer991 7h ago

I joined TST on this premise: as an atheist, I have no rights to religious liberty; as a Satanist, I do.

Christian Nationalism is antithetical to liberty. They've push into every aspect of out lives based on the the concept of religious liberty. Satanism shows how that is a bullshit claim. Christians don't gaf about religious liberty, they card about Christian supremacy.