(April 15, 2015 at 5:42 pm)abaris Wrote:(April 15, 2015 at 3:16 am)CuriousInquirer Wrote: Hello, I'm new here and I just wanted to know what the difference between atheism and LeVeyan Satanism is? I brought it up to one of my friends and they said they were practically the same thing. Any insight into this?
Thanks in advance.
Can't be bothered to read through all the posts in this thread. But this equation gives stupid a whole new meaning. Maybe the distinction between not believing and believing in yet another god, badass, idol or Mickey Mouse should hint at the difference.
LeVeyen Satanists do not believe in the existence of the Biblical Satan character. Most LeVayan Satanists are atheists.
Wiki - Contrary to popular belief, LaVeyan Satanism does not involve "devil worship" or worship of any deities. It is an atheistic philosophy that asserts that "each individual is his or her own god [and that] there is no room for any other god".[11] Adherents instead see the character of Satan as a symbol of pride, carnality, liberty, enlightenment, undefiled wisdom, and of a cosmos which Satanists perceive to be motivated by a "dark evolutionary force of entropy that permeates all of nature and provides the drive for survival and propagation inherent in all living things". He also serves as a conceptual framework and an external metaphorical projection of [the Satanists] highest personal potential. Satan (Hebrew: שָּׂטָן satan, meaning "adversary") is seen as a symbol of defiance to the conservatism of mainstream philosophical and religious currents, mainly the Abrahamic religions, that see this character as their antithesis
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
