The Church Of Satan
Just in case you haven't read any Satanic material before now, here is a quote from
The Satanic Bible:
There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast. Here and now is our day of torment! Here and now is our day of joy! Here and now is our opportunity! Choose ye this day, this hour, for no redeemer liveth!
The Satanic Bible: The Book of Satan IV:2
A Satanist does not believe in God,
Satan, The Devil, Angels, Heaven,
Hell, etc,
all these items belong to Judeo-Christianity, not Satanism. If this is news to you then please, at some point, read the
Description of Satanism. Neither does a Satanist believe in the
Buddha's reincarnations, any myths of
Judaism,
Islam or Upanishad. They are irrelevant and silly ideas.
Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan concurs:
As you can see there are no elements of devil worship in the Church of Satan. Such practices are looked upon as being Christian heresies. Believing in the Christian world-view of God vs. the Devil and choosing to side with the Prince of Darkness is pointless to the Satanist as neither exists. [...] To the Satanist, he is his own God. Satan is a symbol of Man living as his prideful, carnal nature dictates. Some Satanists extend this symbol to encompass the evolutionary "force" of entropy that permeates all of nature and provides the drive for survival and propagation inherent in all living things. To the Satanist, Satan is not a conscious entity to be worshipped, rather it is a name for the reservoir of power inside each human to be tapped at will.
CHANZO:
Worshipping the Devil vs. Satanism ; LEO TAREHE 15 JUNI, 2010.