do satanists also believe that the christian god is real? wasnt satan created by the christians?
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From what I have heard from a Satanist is they believe in God but they choose Satan, because they are promised by satan position in hell.
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satanic beliefs vary from satnist to satanist. Because satanism is such a "free" religion, what i mean by that is you don't have to belive in just one thing and follow the rules ect ect. You can choose what you believe in and kinof mix and match your own religion, you believe what you want. The are rules, but you only abide by them if you wish. I suggest you read the stanic bible by anton la vay it has all the answers.
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It is my understanding that they believe that satan & Jesus are half brothers, or something close.  I too would like to know where they get this idea.\nWhere do they get this idea????
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There are different "denominations" of Satanism.  In some, the followers do not even believe in Satan.  They use the term symbolically and probably for shock value.  Others do believe in Satan or a being similar to Satan.  Some call themselves Satanists who do not belong to a specific denomination, but rather use the term for shock, and to express themselves in a certain way about society.  Many teenagers are this last type of "Satanic" and it usually just means they are into a certain type of music, wear a certain type of clothes, and are anti-establishment.\n\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/satanism.htm
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It is all a matter of opinion. In my opinion, no it isn't wrong just a different way to live life. There are many misconceptions about Satanism. Here are a few from http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanis1.htm\n\n\nThe beliefs, practices and rituals of the Church of Satan have few, if any, points of similarity with the Christian or Muslim concept of Satan. The CoS' Satan is pre-Christian, and derived from the Pagan image of power, virility, sexuality and sensuality. Satan is viewed as a force of nature, not a living quasi-deity. Their Satan has nothing to do with Hell, demons, pitchforks, sadistic torture, demonic possession, and profound evil.\n\nSome of their beliefs and practices are: \n\n They do not worship a living deity. \n Major emphasis is placed on the power and authority of the individual Satanist, rather than on a god or goddess. \n They believe that "no redeemer liveth" - that each person is their own redeemer, fully responsible for the direction of their own life. \n "Satanism respects and exalts life. Children and animals are the purest expressions of that life force, and as such are held sacred and precious..."  \n\n\n\n"You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can.  If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality.  If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning.  Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy!" Anton LaVey
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I wouldn't believe them because satan would never tell you who he is.He would rather deceive you into believing he is someone who cares about you.God would be saddened if you didn't know enough to recognize the devil when you see him.Afterall he has given us a manual to refer to,and yet we doubt what he says.If calling evil just that is crazy,then crazy I am.I know evil when I see it and am not afraid to call it what it is......EVIL SATAN!!!!!
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Satan the Devil\nDefinition:  The spirit creature who is the chief adversary of God and of all who worship the true God.  The name Satan was given to him because of his becoming a resister of Jehovah (God's name) or Yahweh/YHWH as the ancient Israelites called him).  Satan is also known as the Devil, because he is the foremost slanderer of God.  Satan is described as the original serpent, evidently because of his using a serpent in Eden to deceiver Eve, and for this reason "serpent" came to signify "deceiver."  In the book of Revelation, the symbolism of a devouring dragon is also applied to Satan.\nIf I am correct in assuming, I believe his angelic name was Lucifer.\nHow can we know whether such a spirit person really exists?\nThe Bible is the chief source of evidence.  There he is repeatedly refered to by name (Satan 52 times, Devil 33 times).  Eyewitness testimony as to Satan's existence is recorded there.  Who was the eyewitness?  Jesus Christ, who lived in heaven before coming to earth, repeatedly spoke of that one by name. (Luke 22: 31, 10:18; Matt. 25: 41)\nWhat the Bible says about Satan the Devil makes sense.  The evil that mankind experiences is far out of proportion to the malice of the humans involved.  The Bible's explanation of Satan's origin and his activities makes clear why, despite the desire of the majority to live in peace, mankind has been plagued with hatred, violence, and war for thousands of years and why this has reached such a level that it now threatens to destroy all mankind.\nIf there really were no Devil, accepting what the Bible says about him would not bring lasting benefits to a person.  In many instances, however, persons who formerly dabbled in the occult or who belonged to groups practicing spiritism report that they were what that time greatly distressed because of hearing "voices" from unseen sources, being "possessed" by super human beings, etc.  Genuine relief was gained when they learned what the Bible says about Satan and his demons, applied the Bible's counsel to shun spiritualistic practices, and sought Jehovah's help in prayer.\nBelieving that Satan exists does not mean accepting tha idea that he has horns, a pointed tail, and a pitchfork and that he roasts people in a fiery hell.  The Bible gives no such description of Satan.  That is the product of the minds of medieval artists who were influenced by representations of the mythological Greek god Pan and by the "Inferno" written the the Italian poet Dante Alighieri.  Instead of teaching a fiery hell, the Bible clearly says that "the dead....are conscious of nothing at all." - Eccl. 9:5\nFrom where did Satan come?\nAll of God's works are perfect; he is not the author of unrighteeiousness; so he did not create anyone wicked. (Deut. 32:4; Psalms 5:4)  The one who became Satan was originally a perfect spirit son of God.  When saying that the Devil "did not stand fast in the truth, " Jesus indicated that at one time that one was "in the truth." (John8:44)  But, as is true of all God's intelligent creatures, this spirit son was endowed with free will.  He abused his freedom of choice, allowed feelings of self-importance to develop in his heart, began to crave worship that belonged only to God and so enticed Adam and Eve to listen to him rather than obey God.  Thus by his course of action he made himself Satan, which means "adversary".  - James: 1:14, 15
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Most Christians do 'believe in 'Allah' the God of the Muslims.\n\nThey either believe he is a false god, inspired by the devil or mankind to deceive the people.\n\n-or-\n\nbelieve he's the same God of the Bible, and proper names of the mono-theistic god are inconsequential.\n\n(the first concept is supported by the Bible, the 2nd is proposed in some kind of post-modernism mumbo-jumbo)\n\nPS..\nFor another concept, some 'fake' Christians think that with a self imposed label of 'christian' they can expound their view of Christianity, with the same weight and authority as Bible-believing Christians. They spout that Jesus was an extra-terrestial from some planet, or that heaven and hell don't exist, and that a supernatural God is 'made up'. They may typically say that the Bible is 'good', but that most of it is in 'error'. I think these folks are the biggest deceivers and hypocrites of all people.
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Okay, officially, there are two forms of worshipping the Devil: Satanism, and Luciferianism. Satanism is nothing more than a perversion of Christianity started by Anton Lavey. Luciferianism is the worship of Lucifer the Fallen Angel.
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Satan believes God exists because he has met God, that don't mean that Satan believes in God's ways.  We can believe in God but not accept God's ways... this is one reason that just believing isn't enough.  it's like if you are very thirsty and someone offers you a soda. they tell you that the soda is ice cold, you see the beads of sweat on the outside of the can, so you believe it is cold... you hold the can in your hand and you feel the cold, but if you put that can down without taking a drink your thirst will still be there... even though you know and believe that the soda is there, cold, wet and refreshing, it does you no good to believe and not receive.  same thing with God... we must receive him, (accept him as Lord of our life, and ask him to forgive us of our sins, because there is no place in heaven for sin) so we believe, and receive Christ and his forgiveness.  believing is just not enough
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Slipknot isn't into Satanism. They are simply more or less anti-religion, or anti-Christianity in general. Now bands like Slayer use Satanism as a gimic, i.e. they are metal, rebellious, anti-religion, thus it is cool to have Satanically laced lyrics. Then there are bands like Deicide who actually contain practicing Satanists. Hence, since they are practicing their lyrics would definitely reflect that. Anyway, I hope that clears crap up.
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I asked a similar question a while back... specifically, how did Satan understand the difference between right and wrong if he never ate the fruit of knowledge?\n\nI think we are both in agreement that if there was a christian god... he definitely could not be considered benevolent.
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Well, the Church of Satan was founded in 1966, so I'd have to say no.  Satanism is a new belief system that doesn't worship Satan at all.  I know, crazy isn't it?  Anton LaVey founded it and called it Satanism to freak out the hippies and the folks in middle America.   \n\nThe Catholic church actually founded a form of Satanism in the 16th century.  I guess LaVey was right, Satan is the church's best friend.  Essentially, it was their justification for killing a bunch of people.
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There is a true God, who has as many definitions as there are people - and then there is a biblical god Jehovah, who was an ancient desert-people deity of storms and thunder who later became elevated to the god of the Jews. Few people ever consider the idea that the genuine "Creator" or "Almighty" is only seen in tiny, rare glimpses in the bible. The real God is in truth and science, and in the highest levels of human logic and understanding. Christians do a disservice to the true God by believing all the mythologies about hellfire and the wrath of Jehovah, but Christianity is a religion as much about mindless obedience born out of fear as it is about salvation and love.
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THE DEVIL (satan and his followers) come in many variations to DECIEVE people and take them to HELL with them, when it is all over with.  Satan is an angel and HATE's all Human Beings, satan is not a Human Being. Satan has some powers,NOTHING like GOD IS.  Try the Spirits, to see if they are of GOD.  I am working on some study (BIBLE) to see if GOD put other HUMAN BEING's on other PLANET's.  Untill I get the TRUTH on this, I will treat all ALIEN's(in UFO's) as Satan and his followers.  BUT I will try the SPIRIT's just in case it's JESUS in HIS "frozen light ship", which by the way, is ALOT FASTER then the devil's ships, and ALOT MORE POWERFULL!!!!!!!!!
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Indeed they are.  They have had 'faith' poured into their skulls for such a long time that they never stop to consider the validity of faith itself.\n\nTry telling a Christian you're an atheist.  More often then not they will plead that you have to have faith in something, regardless of what that something is.  They would rather hear that you became a Satanist than an atheist.  Why?  Because while others may reject what they believe, such a rejection is not an assault on their beliefs.  But to reject faith itself is!  Without faith their world crumbles and they know it.  It's unbearable to many of them to think it is possible to live a faith free life.
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Certain groups spread lies about Wiccans and other pagans, claiming that they serve the Devil.  Most Wiccans/Pagans don't believe the Devil exists, nor do they believe in Hell which are both for Christians and Muslims only.  But Christians and Muslims make up most of the religious make up of the world and they both work off doctrine which is restrictive and exclusive.  Both Books the bible and the Koran tell people that those who do not believe in their perspective God will meet an eternity in Hell.  \n\nAlthough the Christains have been more vocal about this.  They are nervous that as direct result of the rising numbers of Wiccans/Pagans that they will lose numbers and they are.