Post by Pickle1984 on May 12, 2011 16:02:37 GMT
What are your views on Anton LaVey, the founder of modern atheistic Satanism? He founded it in 1966.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey
For those of you who do not know, there are different kinds of Satanism, those who worship the entity known as Satan, and those who are atheists who see Satan as merely a symbol of mans true nature and nothing more. The LaVeyan kind of Satanism is the atheistic kind, it is not a religion, but more of a philosophy.
Above LaVey
My personal belief is, he was a very intelligent man, whose beliefs were not new, but brought them into the mainstream. I personally think the mans personally was that of a sensationalist, and lair on many things, and was a nasty piece of work behind closed doors, so do not like him as a person, but an interesting character none the less.
Although I am no Satanist, some of the ideas found in his church are hard to deny and they do make a lot of sense, but as I said they have used other peoples already existing ideas and taken them into their own philosophies.
Here is a 10 part video of Lavey's daughter and another member of the Church Of Satan on a Christian talk show, they are debating each others ideas. If you want to know more about what they believe have a watch....
What do you think about him?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey
For those of you who do not know, there are different kinds of Satanism, those who worship the entity known as Satan, and those who are atheists who see Satan as merely a symbol of mans true nature and nothing more. The LaVeyan kind of Satanism is the atheistic kind, it is not a religion, but more of a philosophy.
Above LaVey
My personal belief is, he was a very intelligent man, whose beliefs were not new, but brought them into the mainstream. I personally think the mans personally was that of a sensationalist, and lair on many things, and was a nasty piece of work behind closed doors, so do not like him as a person, but an interesting character none the less.
Although I am no Satanist, some of the ideas found in his church are hard to deny and they do make a lot of sense, but as I said they have used other peoples already existing ideas and taken them into their own philosophies.
Here is a 10 part video of Lavey's daughter and another member of the Church Of Satan on a Christian talk show, they are debating each others ideas. If you want to know more about what they believe have a watch....
What do you think about him?
