ask a satanist

[Red_Dawn]

its not whatch the history channel sometime and shut off spongebob.

[SirJamesaford]

History channel covers satanism?  hmmm... never saw that.  Pretty cool though i guess.

[{LAW} Gamer_2k4]

satanism isnt about worshoping satan straight up, the whole point of the religion is about oneself and its close one's needs, and ure own power, at first i wanted to do it for difference but now its accualy helped me

So it doesn't actually have anything to do with Satan; hence the name is simply for shock value? GREAT religion. =P

[Kazuki]

Edit:
Also, if you actually look into satanism, and not just the biblical orgins of the adversary, the worship is not focused on any deity, and Anton LaVey stated the he doesn't believe in a devil. The name is derived from the literal hebrew origin of Satan which simply means "Adversary".

Sometimes people need help reading.

[{LAW} Gamer_2k4]

Edit:
Also, if you actually look into satanism, and not just the biblical orgins of the adversary, the worship is not focused on any deity, and Anton LaVey stated the he doesn't believe in a devil. The name is derived from the literal hebrew origin of Satan which simply means "Adversary".

Sometimes people need help reading.

But if it's not about a deity, it's not about an adversary either.  If it's a religion based on yourself and only yourself, an adversary is irrelevant.  And, even if an adversary IS relevant, there are much more descriptive ways to title your religion.  The average person sees "Satan" and thinks "hey, that's that supreme evil guy," not "hey, that's Hebrew for adversary."  Given that, I still maintain that it's for shock value.

[Kazuki]

XD What you say is very true and worthy of a mild chuckle.

[Wraithlike]

It defiately has shock value, but I don;t think it was meant to. I figured that the creator was just too eccentric to realize that that would happen.

[Smegma]

But if it's not about a deity, it's not about an adversary either.  If it's a religion based on yourself and only yourself, an adversary is irrelevant.  And, even if an adversary IS relevant, there are much more descriptive ways to title your religion.  The average person sees "Satan" and thinks "hey, that's that supreme evil guy," not "hey, that's Hebrew for adversary."  Given that, I still maintain that it's for shock value.

Or maybe history, but I also don't think its true origins started under the name of "satanism".