Where's Sonicarnal Artist when you need him? I too have noticed satan worshippers are usually nice geeky people, just wanting a group or an escape from society. If they want to find the true satanist in society- look no further than within the beltway of washington, or in any company board room. These people worship the idols of power and greed- not brotherhood and humility.
I agree with you on one thing, the fact that society as a whole likes to believe that satanists, among other things, are the source of the world's problems. This is certainly not true, but the media requires a scapegoat, and unfortunately, the general consensus of imbeciles would much rather place the blame on something they don't care to understand, rather than the large greedy conglomerate corporations they work for. However, being nice and geeky does not provide an excuse for one to act stupid. The fact is, I've read up on Anton Lavey's philosophy, and most of it is as blind as every other major worldly religion. It is the work of a somewhat intelligent man who realized the credulity of the typical individual, and turned his ideas into a fundamental belief system, luring thousands of ignorant people whom are too lazy and unoriginal to create their own beliefs into his mislead circle of fallacy. While they do indeed stress concepts such as brotherhood and humility, some of it is extremely misguided, such as the notion that an individual should indulge in their own lustful pleasures, or to put it more bluntly, an individual has the right to be a total whore. What irritates me the most about these self-absorbed morons is how offended they seem to get after a person like myself refers to them as a mindless follower, yet they'll be quick to turn around and say the same thing about every other organized religion. Only difference is, the majority of them are uneducated on the subject. Let's face it, anyone who would be so bold as to proudly declare themselves a satanist is an idiot. This leads me to another subject; The satanist religion has very little, or arguably nothing at all to do with the christian concept of "Satan." In fact, the only factor that suggests why Lavey would call it satanism is that they believe that there is a devil in all of us, or in other words, evil lies within every one of us. I agree with this idea, but then there's no reason to label it Satanism unless you wish to provoke a great deal of unwarranted controversy from all of those whom are too ignorant to actually do their research. Naming a belief-structure that has nothing to do with satan as "satanism" is the foolish equivalent of naming "The Catcher in the Rye" something like "Molesting the Rotten Corpse of Christ." Of course, this never occurred because J.D. Salinger wasn't an attention-craving lunatic. Every time a dimwit attempts to defend his half-assed beliefs with a paper-pushing argument like "Satanism is not about Satan!," it pisses me off. Excellent, asshole. Now how about showing people some credibility? The fact is, nobody gives a shit whether or not it's about Satan. Next time you might want to allow somebody with an IQ higher than 55 to speak for your your entire fundamental belief structure without having to use innocuous, pseudo-enlightening statements such as that. You'd think Lavey couldn't possibly be dumb enough to use a self-contradictory title for his life's work and devotion, but you'd be wrong. Anton Lavey sucks along with his entire gregarious union of dickheads.
Nice to know that sacrificial orgies are safe from STD's. I can imagine the infernal lustfilled satanic sex they had. "Wait a sec Satan, I'll put on the rubber."
