Do some people really worship Satan?
As in for real, as if he was a God, including incidentally even many normal people who are officially religious, known as Satanists, thanks. :)
shareIn high school when I was going through my angsty-teen years, I bought The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey. I thought it was an edgey thing to do.
It had nothing to do with worshiping some Christian fairy tale. It turned out to have some pretty practical advice for living life.
I no longer have the book but from the Wikepedia article:
The prologue to The Satanic Bible begins by discussing the concept of gods, good and evil, and human nature. It includes the Nine Satanic Statements:
Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!
Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams!
Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit!
Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates!
Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek!
Satan represents responsibility to the responsible, instead of concern for psychic vampires!
Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development," has become the most vicious animal of all!
Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!
Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!
Summing it up: "Avoid negative people, stop giving a sh!t what other people think and fully enjoy yourself to the extent that you do no harm to yourself or other people you care for."
I read it too as a curiosity and I have never forgotten the phrase about ‘psychic vampires,’ I used it just recently to describe an unpleasant person I know from the old neighborhood
That stuff is not for me but it was an interesting book
But in this case, it seems to be used to describe anyone who asks for help, or who actually needs help. Which is the sociopath's view of compassion and altruism.
Not that there isn't food for thought in the rest, because human is indeed one of the few animal species that are vicious when we don't need to be. We're the ones invented means of starting fires, and used it to burn each other at the stake and flatten whole cities.