Random Biggest Misconceptions Everyone Has About Their Religion (17 items)

• (#10) Satanism Promotes Self Improvement And Learning

  From user: chtulhu_dinosaur

  “It's very similar to the story of Prometheus bringing fire to mankind. Satanists, in my understanding, simply believe in a no bullsh*t, knowledgeable approach to things. There's an emphasis on self-improvement and learning which I believe is a very noble thing to encourage in people.

  Satanism gets a lot of bad press but people often fail to mention that most (atheistic) Satanists simply are living by some very positive and agreeable rules. I could get behind atheistic Satanism but the theistic group are a bit odd”
• (#13) Theistic Satanists Are Different Than LaVeyan Church Of Satan

  From user: AngelicasPromise

  “1) The most important and obvious difference between us is we believe Satan is real and we worship him in his whole rather than using him as a philosophical mascot. We believe he is greater than us and we credit him so.

  2) He is the Blasphemer. He is the Deceiver. He is the Corrupt. He turned his back on his children, he named himself "God", he made himself the all-powerful, he planted his seed of corruption, blinding us, and turning us against one another. He makes us kill each other for his favor and then he tells us he loves us? His greatest crime: he led his children from the path to enlightenment.

  3) We see Satan as something higher than he sees himself. While Satan remains humble, we see him as something far greater. The most common trait associated with him being wise, as he is the last guide for mortals to the path to enlightenment.

  4) As we do not associate ourselves with the Satanic Church (We're members of the Black Church,) we do not follow the Satanic Bible, rather instead, we follow the Black Bible.”
• (#3) Satan Doesn't Harm The Innocent, God Does

  From user: TheLolomancer

  “As an atheist who has read the bible cover-to-cover, if I was ever confronted with concrete evidence that everything in the Bible was true, I would, without hesitation, pledge myself to Satan over God.

  God is jealous, vindictive, petty, and violent. Satan does not once harm an innocent, while God harms thousands in what one can only assume is collateral damage in pursuit of his "greater good." Lucifer's fall itself arose out of the fact that he questioned God's methods, which God brands as "prideful," and kicks him to the dirt. As the serpent in the Garden of Eden, he is once again an advocate of doubt and awareness, since an eternity of utopic, brainwashed slavery is still slavery. Even his name, Lucifer, means "bringer of Light," so it's pretty clear he's the one enlightening Adam & Eve with knowledge, and through that, the capacity to choose and experience freedom.

  From my reading of the Bible, Satan seems like the good guy, and between him and God, the only one of the two worthy of adoration."
• (#16) Satanists Believe You Should Do You

  From user: TabularBeast

  “Satanism teaches that the Satanist should do whatever makes them happy. If wearing all black with piercings is what makes you happy, then by all means, do it. If you want to wear floral, do it. If you want to be nude, in an appropriate place at the appropriate time, mind you, you are free to do so.”
• (#2) Satanism Was Created To Point Out The Flaws In The Church

  From user: notsostandardtoaster

  “I'm somewhat of a LaVey satanist, but I usually don't identify as any religion simply because I'm too lazy to keep up with any rituals/traditions.

  I'd say the biggest misconception about satanism is that it involves worshipping a deity. It is (for the most part) atheistic, and Satan represents the part of yourself that you find strength in. Of course, there are a few satanists who really do believe in a higher being, but for the most part people usually don't.

  Another thing that you might not know about satanism is that it was created as a response to Christianity. It's basically a more hardcore/serious version of Pastafarianism. You can see that their 11 rules are like upgraded versions of the 10 commandments. A lot of the religion was made by one-upping Christianity, and yes, it seems really childish. But at the end of the day, satanism was created to point out the flaws in the Church, and that's going to seem childish no matter how you put it.”
• (#6) We Treasure This Life Because We Don't Believe In The Afterlife

  From user: LordRuby

  “I've been a Satanist for over 15 years. I keep it totally secret from everyone except for my husband and my grade school friends. Since not many people know, it not that important to me what misconceptions people have. Mainly I worry about things like, what if the government started persecuting non-christians, we would be first because people think we sacrifice babies.

  Murder is against the beliefs of Satanists because Satanists don't believe in an afterlife, so if you kill an innocent person you took away the only life they will every have.

  I don't believe in the supernatural, but I think it's possible that there are things that we are so far from understanding scientifically that we might as well act like they are supernatural. So a curse probably has not effect, but if something bad happens to someone I cast one on it makes me feel like maybe some sort of weird physics thing we don't understand happened and it make me feel better if I pretend I caused it.

  The reason I worship myself is I don't think anything is spiritually superior to myself, I don't understand why there would be any hierarchy. I do eat animals even though I see them as equals because they are not humans so they are not part of human society.”

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