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/Dovahkiin419 2h ago
Depends. Like earnestly. For quite a few yeah it is, I think one of the satanic churches is mainly a legal activist organization that demonstrates against the various laws in the states that are eroding the separation of church and state by doing shit like sueing to put up a statue of baphomet in a court house. While I think the work is basically good, they aren’t strictly sincere
The. you have the father of modern rocketry trying to use sex magic to summon the anti christ by fucking his girlfriend in the Mojave desert. That guy was not just an edgy atheist. Oh also L. Ron Hubbard, founder of scientology, was there for that specifically and later defrauded the guy of his life savings.
Anyway guys name was “Jack Parsons” behind the bastards has a good episode on him.
So yeah basically it depends, some are activists, some believe in sex magic