| Yeah the only problem with satanism is the fact that it's called satanism. Most people, when they hear "satanism" they hear "SATAN...ism" and immediately conjure up images of human sacrifice and upside-down crosses painted in blood on walls, eerie people in black robes standing in a circle chanting to summon demons, etc.
When Levey founded satanism, he was either an altar boy or he just went to church, I don't remember exactly, and he worked at a carnival. He would see the people at the carnival on Saturday night with prostitutes and drugs and alcohol, then he would see those same people in Church in the morning condemning those very behaviors, a way of life typical to many catholics. The idea behind it is that human nature cannot be fully repressed, so forcing oneself into a religion that defies human nature will not turn you into a good person, it'll just turn you into a hypocrite. He would have had a hay day with the recent buzz over pedophile priests.
He also disliked the idea of people praising or blaming God for the good and bad things that happened to them, as he would watch these people bring these things upon themselves for the most part. Satanism should be looked at less as a religion and more as an ethical code. If something good happens to you, it's ultimately because of choices YOU made. If something bad happens to you, it's ultimately because of choices YOU made. If you turn the other cheek, don't whine when it gets slapped.
I can't help but agree with this philosophy. |