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[–] 23 points 1 year ago* (12 children)

Satan worshippers are still Christians, even if heretic ones

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Not really. The satanic aesthetic is more decoration and vibes for ritualized atheism.

    There are multiple schools of Satanic worship but they all are pretty explicit in divorcing themselves from Christian lore and dogma. It's not just "choosing the other side", it's an actually separate religion. There's a political side too, but that's even more optional.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're mixing up satanists and Satan worshippers. Satanists are indeed atheists taking a piss on christians

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Then they wouldn't be called "Satan worshippers" now, would they?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    No they still get called that because Christians call lots of things Satanic. To Satanists that's part of the game. They're reveling in the pearl clutching that claiming to literally worship Satan causes. The actual focus of their worship is more a philosophical ideal of the self and spiritual independence.

    The new Satanic Temple reveres a wider pantheon of pagan dieties that the Christians all called Satan but had their own individual cults. It's more of a safe place for them to practice their own faiths while in community with eachother.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    That is not correct.

    I thought you were referring to satanists as Satan worshipers and just using the term incorrectly, my mistake.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Christians are the only ones that believe in Satan.

    No, satanists do not believe in Satan.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Islam and Judaism believe in the same old testament so there's two other possibilities.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Very true, but I believe those to be very rare - with quick online search I could not easily find any information about Judaistic or Islamic Satan worshippers

    That could be simply because I'm limited to English speaking parts of internet though, and those parts are overwhelmingly atheistic or christian

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