SATANISM (Part 2)

Of more contemporary importance is one Anton Szandor LaVay, who is the founder of the Church of Satan, that originated in San Francisco but has followers all over the world. In 1969 he created and published the Satanic Bible, and has added other works such as The Compleat Witch and The Satanic Rituals. To gain a better understanding of Satanism, let us examine a portion of the major tenets of it.

The Nine Satanic Statements are:

            1. Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence.

            2. Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams

3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit.

4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates.

5. Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek.

6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires.

7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development;' has become the most vicious animal of all.

8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification.

9. Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years.

Certainly with that last statement, one can immediately see that the Church of Satan stands in direct opposition to our Lord and all that Christianity has striven for in the last 2000 years. (More to come)

Paul