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Satanism (which I would call my secondary religion) for me was always a less retarded version of Just-in-Case Christianity. The rationalization that I should be a Christian because I don't know for sure if heaven exists always bothered me, but when I found I could flip it around and just say "Hey, Satan's a pretty chill (Hah.) dude. If I worship him by just doing whatever then if Hell is real and I go there it will be because I chose to go there, and not for being a bad Christian, so I'll probably get some VIP treatment instead of that whole Lake O' Fire rigmarole.".

Plus it's funny to see peoples reactions when religion comes up. The people who chuckle are usually the ones who are worth hanging around with.

The problem isn't that the Satanic Bible is disagreeable...it's that it is disagreeable and crap in exactly the kind of way you'd expect from a small time grifter doing a take off of Ayn Rand (who herself was a small-time grifter doing a take off of Nietzsche and Aristotle, and failing badly).

If you've got time to waste to read crap, knock yourself out.  I wouldn't bother though, when you can just read the people they were trying to emulate, who were both far more amusing and intelligent than they themselves could ever hope to be.

I have to agree: the book made little sense to me. I couldn't understand how LaVey was able to say "The satanic truth is there IS no god and you should just do whatever you want with reckless abandon...but you should worship Satan too." I mean, that's kinda what we do here except for us, it's a big joke.

The idea is basically: "Freak out the squares with baphomet heads, if they're too dumb to  realise you don't literally worship Satan, when you've deliberately set out to make it appear that you worship Satan, they're beneith you're obviously superior intellect."

It's as stupid as that. It's literally that stupid.

It's like, "Wear a crash helmet 24/7 and lick windows. When people think you're retarded, chuckle inwardly."

... Well I guess I'll need to reevaluate how I spend my Wednesdays.

[The Reverend] Pontificate Psychopomp Magister Keegan Eric Armstrong, KSC, Esquire, Licensed Minister in the state of North Carolina, Occasional Shaman


^Largley based on titles I've taken.