>>13870433Scientology was started by a Sci-fi writer for tax fraud. Satanism technically comes from the same texts as Christianity, but with a different interpretation. What some interpret as an evil being who has been cast from grace, I interpret as a kid who was an only child then told to bow before his new, and inferior, brother as a servant, who then threw a tantrum, and was unjustly punished.
What others interpret as a kind and fair god, I see as the petty, angry, and disgusting thing that tries to stifle humanity, whose followers have spoken words of hate, preached only what they felt necessary, and shown themselves to be hypocritical sinners themselves.
The truth is that I see nothing in Christianity for me. I am, beyond my religious views, somebody that the Christian God, if the scriptures are to be believed, hates, and wishes nothing but sorrow and damnation upon me.
>>13870514What you're talking about is LaVeyan Satanism. They don't even believe in Satan as a being, but rather seek only to wave his image as a flag of rebellion against Christianity. I feel that I have adequately explained above, and here:
>>13867826 why I am a Satanist, and the way that I came to this conclusion. You may see it as whiny teenagerdom, but I see blind faith in a heavenly father as childish prattle, so I suppose that we're even.
