church o satan was re islamic authority sic over women david rice ofa fidonet org writes who marshall csugrad cs vt edu kevin marshall what q kc dj csugrad cs vt edu km yeah hilarious satanists believe satan is a god but not km the only god satan is a part of christian mythology km therefore one cannot reasonably worship satan without km acknowledging the existence of a christian god satanists km see satan as their master and they see god and satan as km adversaries of similar power satanists believe in the km eventual overthrow of god and a transfer of all power to km their master kevin marshall a great many satanists do not believe in satan some do some don t i d go so far as to assert that most orthodox satanists do not worship satan church of satan etc but rather worship self to hear lavey say it only idiots and fools believe in satan and or allah he knew that suckers are born every minute maximus wb anton lavey s interpretation of satanism has always puzzled me i read his satanic bible a few years ago for a social studies project as well as a book by arthur lyons called the cult of devil worship in america the latter included a very interesting interview with the black pope in which he did indeed say that satan was merely an instrument for one to realize the self when i refer to satanism i am referring to the mishmash of rural satanic ritualism and witchcraft which existed before the church of satan i don t consider lavey s church to be at all orthodox nor do i consider its followers satanists lavey combined the philosophies of nietzsche crowley and reich slapped in some religious doctrine added a little touch of p t barnum and christened his creation the church of satan no doubt the title was a calculated attempt to attract attention i suppose he could have just as easily called it the church of free sex at any rate it worked for a while in its heyday the church had a huge following including such hollywood celebrities as sammy davis jr and jayne mansfield i have a picture of lavey with sammy by the way i find the idea of a satanist not believing in satan about as credible as a christian not believing in christ but if you include the church of satan then i suppose i need to alter my definition webster s dictionary and the american heritage dictionary will have to do the same kevin marshall computer science department virginia tech marshall csugrad cs vt edu blacksburg virginia
