In The Details
Amy Wright
In this modern, diverse “woke” society, people are more sensitive and mindful than ever before. Not only in terms of privilege they never new they had but it is now clear who to blame for absolutely everything. The very idea of personal responsibility, of course, being a conservative plot hatched so they could stay in power. It is simply no longer okay to demean, deaconess or discriminate against any identify able group. Except one. In even the most equal and egalitarian of societies, one can still find instances of
scapegoating. Modern Western society is no exception, there being at least one group that fall outside the protection of the Social Justice echo chamber, despite having been continually and constantly, attacked, slandered and demonized for decades. I, of course, speak of Satanists.
scapegoating. Modern Western society is no exception, there being at least one group that fall outside the protection of the Social Justice echo chamber, despite having been continually and constantly, attacked, slandered and demonized for decades. I, of course, speak of Satanists.
Satanists have been the victims, yes, the victims, of "Occult Scares", alarmist news reports, religious and state persecution and, worst of all, idiotic and sensationalist talk show hosts grossly misrepresenting them and artificially inflating their numbers. To say nothing of all the completely concocted stories of "Satanic Ritual Abuse", none of which have been remotely true. None the less such claims have become one of the greatest cultural boogeymen, excuse me, boogey-persons, along with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, "inflation" and razor-blades in Halloween apples.
The fact of the matter is, no matter how difficult it might be for many to accept, Satanists are people too. More than this, Satanism
is a religion like any other. Is their belief system odd, immoral, selfish and corrupt? Yes but no one is being told that they are going to burn in Hell for being Scientologists, who are allowed to exist with little to no static from he powers that be, many members of the power elite actually being members. Thank God for Lucien Greaves and the Satanic Temple, fighting for the legally protected civil rights of non-monotheists.
As with any other proper religion, Satanism is divided into denominations and sects. 12 of them in fact. So, I hope it is clear that to use such a the broad and retrograde term "Satanism" as though they are all the same is both narrow minded and prejudiced. Throw a bit of racism in there and it is an oppression hat trick. One of the largest divisions within the Satanic faith that most choose to ignore like Sufis, is that of "theist" Satanism and "secular Satanism". Theist Satanists believe in Satan as a literal mystical force in the world. Secular Satanists, which is most of them including Grieves and Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, are strictly philosophical. They have no belief in the mystical and see the figure of Satan as symbol of ultimate freedom and independence. Freedom and independence which they use to justify and indulge in all manner of physical and carnal depravity including the entire range of sexual perversion, except apparently child abuse, and the utter, literal destruction of all opponents. But who are we to judge another culture, right?
is a religion like any other. Is their belief system odd, immoral, selfish and corrupt? Yes but no one is being told that they are going to burn in Hell for being Scientologists, who are allowed to exist with little to no static from he powers that be, many members of the power elite actually being members. Thank God for Lucien Greaves and the Satanic Temple, fighting for the legally protected civil rights of non-monotheists.
As with any other proper religion, Satanism is divided into denominations and sects. 12 of them in fact. So, I hope it is clear that to use such a the broad and retrograde term "Satanism" as though they are all the same is both narrow minded and prejudiced. Throw a bit of racism in there and it is an oppression hat trick. One of the largest divisions within the Satanic faith that most choose to ignore like Sufis, is that of "theist" Satanism and "secular Satanism". Theist Satanists believe in Satan as a literal mystical force in the world. Secular Satanists, which is most of them including Grieves and Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, are strictly philosophical. They have no belief in the mystical and see the figure of Satan as symbol of ultimate freedom and independence. Freedom and independence which they use to justify and indulge in all manner of physical and carnal depravity including the entire range of sexual perversion, except apparently child abuse, and the utter, literal destruction of all opponents. But who are we to judge another culture, right?
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