As like with many beliefs and nonbeliefs and even with long held ideas, we may stop ourselves from exploring the foundation(s) that pull us to embrace and to profess our beliefs (or lack of beliefs) and our long held ideas without investing in exploring the people and the communities that we may place our crosshairs upon.
Satanism, well, the non-supernatural forms, is one of the many paths to letting go of hate and of self-hate. It is not my path, yet it is a path which has helped people from different backgrounds.

I am not a Satanist by any measure. If I were pressed to identify as one thing, I would identify as a secular humanist, which is a large umbrella that includes people of faith and people who identify as spiritual and which promotes acts and ideas which are focused on lessening the suffering of others regardless of their identity(ies) andthere is a focus on treating people with compassion and equality, just to name a few.

Anyway... If you are bitten, explore this article.
Tiny suggestion: Do not let the things which are mentioned in the article, things which may be born from a lack of respect for that which is not Satanism, be upsetting or off-putting. Explore as you would explore a song and see if there is something which you did not know and if there are insights which may add to your knowledge of our kooky, yet wondrous species:

"The Satanic Temple: Think you know about Satanists? Maybe you don't" — Rebecca Seales, world news reporter at BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65549975




This post was edited by jalapenos on May 21 2023 07:13pm

Didn't you post this thread already.

Oh? I never have. I think that someone once mentioned something about the Satanic Temple. Yet, I have never shared anything like this before.

Satanism is right up there with Jainism as some of the most based religions.

As an old timer, what do you mean by based? Jainism, is a bit of an extreme form where enlightenment is sought after through not committing any harms against any living organism. While exceptionally noble, it is difficult, if not impossible to achieve.

This post was edited by jalapenos on May 21 2023 08:19pm

"Based" essentially means that you agree.

Ah. Okay. Thanks.

Agreed.

I think followers of Jainism are truly good people, however they are being a bit too extreme in that they won't kill anything that lives. Imho, entities like bacteria, amoeba, amphibians, fish and insects should be OK to kill. Birds and whales I am kind of iffy about. Animals like dogs, cats, cows, gazelles, elephants and primates...etc should be treated with kindness and respect. Meh. I guess I am being a bit unfair but it's how I sincerely feel.

I am not sure how those two compare.
Satanism appears to promote compassion and a meaningful moral compass without the need for gods nor for goddesses.
Embracing Hitler-ism(s), as far as I can tell, promotes advocating for the slaughtering of and/or the enslaving of and/or the maximizing pain and suffering of non-Aryans.

I am not sure how those two identities can be placed in the same universe. Engaging in false equivalences can be unlearned. A person just needs a little moral strength and the desire to let the desire to commit false equavalences go.

This post was edited by jalapenos on May 22 2023 10:36am