On Satanism

I have never met a Satanist who I did not like or who did me wrong*. I have met many religious fundamentalists and Christian evangelicals who I did not like and who did me wrong.

Most Satanists do not actually believe in a spiritual being of Satan or Lucifer. To them, it is an archetype of the anarchist who rebels against tyrannical rule. Reminds me of the American Colonial Minutemen. Or the Native American Plains Indians. Or the Black Panther Party, Palestinians Liberation Army, Kurdistan Worker's Party, and many more.

They fight, along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the religious right (who are neither, by the way) and the war to make the United States a Christian theocracy.

The United States of America is not a Christian nation. It was founded by enlightenment deists and atheists on secular principles. Christian Nationalists are fraudulently attempting to rewrite history and brainwash the collective memory. In this sense, I stand with the Satanists. 

I depart on one important stance, though. The Satanists do not want to end the war, they only want to gain the upper hand against the Church. They enjoy the struggle and want the dance to last for eternity. It's a tired, old song from a really bad story. I want to escape the story. I want to end the story. I want to make sure no one ever has to live through the same or similar story ever again.

I want to end the Church completely and forever, if by Church I mean any system of thought control, whether religious, political, or otherwise. Imagine no religion, too. Yes, there will always be schools of thought, such as Satanists, Unitarian Universalists, and others that give structure for thought to form and grow freely, and expand out of into uncharted territory as necessary. That is what differentiates totalitarian ideologies such as fundamentalism from all other schools of thought: domination and control. The best schools of thought instead provide guidance and inspiration.

* That I'm aware of!