I've never quite understood the whole "worshiping Satan" thing in Metal because I've heard or read from several different sources before that Satanists don't even actual believe in Satan as an actual entity but rather that Satanism involves worshiping and indulging the "God within you" or something like that, I don't remember exactly though. So that's how I come to wonder how all these so-called Satanic bands refer to Satan and Hell etc as real entities and places? i don't know, maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick. But here's something else I don't get... Let's first assume that Satanism is a real religion like any other. Now, most of these Satanic album get their kicks out of making hateful comments towards Christians and Christianity (there's a big difference between espousing your own religion and hating others), so my question is this: how is this any different to, for example, a Muslim making a CD about how much he hates Jews or a Hindu making a CD about how much he hates Buddhists? It's still small-minded religious bigotry whichever way you look at it, and bigotry is not something that can ever be applauded in civilized society. Also, no CD company would ever think of publishing, for example, Muslim-hating-Jew or Hindu-hating-Buddhist music, and even if they did, it would probably be pulled off the shelves pretty soon. So why is it that there are hundreds or even thousands of equally-bigoted Satanist-hating-Christian albums out there, and they are even stocked even by large department stores and such? Anyone wanna try explain this weird kinda moral and ethical disconnect that exists in the metal music scene?