The Misunderstanding Of Satanism In Christian Religion

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The Misunderstanding of Satanism

Satanism is a belief that should not be linked to devil worshipping. Satanism is a new movement which has come in the recent years. The movement gained momentum when Anton LaVey founded his Church to connect with like-minded people. Satanism should be the opposite of the Christian Church. To understand Satanism you must first of all ignore the prejudices as much as you possibly can. Then one can try to look at Satanism from an objective point of view and then try to understand Satanism opinions without using your own opinions and prejudices on what’s right and what’s wrong.

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But it was not until 1966, when Anton LaVey founded the Church of Satan Satanism got their name, Bible and its own "church". The Church of Satan is a place where Satanists from different parts of the world can meet, and perform rituals together. In addition, the Church of Satan made an artwork parody of the Christian perception of God, as well as upside-down cross, all to prove that they were anti-Christians. After a while LaVey realized, saying that "God is dead" and satirizing the Christian faith was not something unusual and it happened all the time. So he quickly changed the Church's meaning from being anti-Christian to be a separate, free-standing belief without direct connection to Christianity. Church of Satan was founded therefore on April 30, in Walpurgisnacht, 1966 by Anton LaVey in San Francisco. Anton LaVey's reason for founding the Church was according to him because he wanted to gather like-minded people around him so that they could evoke the dark forces of nature, known to humans as Satan. Is there Satanism today? Yes, it is very much alive today. Anton LaVey said once that as long as the Christian belief was there, there will always be people who don’t think the same and therefore Satanism will never disappear. As it says in the 9 Satanic Statements: "Satan is the best friend the church has ever had, since he has kept them in business for all these

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