Have those who are against Satanism, ever met or known a Satanist in real life?

How would you know that a person is a Satanist? I ask seriously. Do most Satanists make that known? Do they try and convert you, like the Mormons and the Baptists do?

I imagine I have met Satanists in my past, because I meet a lot of people. How would I know?

As for what they believe, same answer as yesterday – makes no difference to me,

@elbanditorso
It’s usually only discussed online. Or if the subject of religion happens to come up elsewhere

I like the Satanic Temple and have considered becoming a member. They’re doing good things here in Florida.

I wear a Baphomet t-shirt a local band gave me (Baphomet is smoking from a gravity bong. It’s good for getting nasty looks from old ladies in the laundromat).

I have read the Satanic Bible and find it to be… A slightly more annoying version of Ayn Rand libertarianism.

Not just on line but in books. When I was a “born again Christian” I was give one of those “I was a slave of Satan” books to read. No one there had as far as I knew had ever met one.

How would you determine whether or not someone is against something they know little or nothing about?

The assumption is that there are people in league with the devil who wish to do evil for the sake of doing evil. I have never heard of anyone gratuitously acting evil. Everyone is convinced of his own rightness and of the wrongness of those in opposition. Hitler thought that the Holocaust was going to make the world a better place. Ted Cruz thinks that deporting 12 million people would make things better.

Well, there are some who believe that anyone that is not a protestant christian is, by default, a satan worshipper.

I don’t care who you or what you are, let alone what you are believing in, as long as you are a decent person.

@stanleybmanly Quite simple really. They would vocalise a lot of opposition to Satanism based on stereotypes and displaying just how misinformed they are on the philosophy of Anton LeVey.

Basically the same criteria one usually uses to determine how uneducated a person is on any other topic or issue.

Meh. LaVeyan Satanists are just slightly more socially inept Randroids with a penchant for goofy psychodrama. These folks sure do like to call everyone else “sheep”, but in my experiences they’re the biggest sheep I’ve every come across.

The MIL…better the devil you know

I have known people who claimed to be satanists. They were the worst people with the lowest characters I have ever known.
That said, I have known a lot of Christians who were horrible.

There was a group of them in High School. I can’t speak to their rituals or level of beliefs or adherence to the Satanic doctrines as what they did was mostly rumors or second hand accounts of their rituals that to me seemed pretty messed up. The lot of them were social misfits and outcasts and more than a couple were cutters. I prefer Wiccans as they are super interesting to talk with about their spirituality and beliefs.

IDK. If I did I would assume they are a superstitious lot, just like Christians. I’ve met some self-proclaimed Wikkins. I just shake my head, because it’s the same thing.

If someone put a gun to my head and demanded I pick a religion or die, I’d choose Wicca. Basically, when you remove the woo, you get “don’t be a dick” and “be nice to nature”, and that’s a philosophy I can get behind.

If someone held a gun to my head and demanded I pick a religion or die I’d tell them to pull the trigger.

Nah, I’ve go nowhere else to go, and there are so many religions it’s easy enough to find one that doesn’t involve much activity.

Actually, I found a subset of Wicca that doesn’t even require you to believe in a deity.

If someone held a gun to my head and demanded I pick I religion I’d say, “Which one?” DUH!!!!

I am not against Satanism and as far as I know I have never met a Satanist. Or maybe I have and they just weren’t wearing their name tag that day, I don’t know.

Hmm. I only met two persons who ever claimed to be Satanists. I didn’t care for either of them. That was before I knew. I don’t know whether their choice had anything to do with my feelings about them or not. Possibly. They both had attitudes like their $h1t didn’t stink, and really they were pretty lame. Maybe the attitude came from their choice, maybe their choice came from their attitude, maybe non of it was related.
One threatened me once. She said if I told on her (for an infraction at work) she was going to have the high priest harm me. I told her to go to hell and be closer to her king. We never spoke again.

@Darth_Algar I’m really curious….you would honestly choose to die than play along in a silly game?

I don’t really consider someone holding a gun to my head “silly”. But yes, something about conversion by the sword doesn’t sit too well with me. So I’d refuse to give them the satisfaction.

A group of kids at my secondary school were Satanists. One tried to levitate a special bible in the playground using Satanic powers. Some swore they saw it move and a girl fainted.

The game they’re asking you to play is truly silly. If someone stuck a gun to your head and demanded that you say, “I believe in unicorns!” would you tell them to kill you instead? Do you think that would mean you’re converted to Unicornism for ever and ever? Or that you’re just repeating silly words or phrases that don’t mean a thing? I mean, why would you die for that?

Unicornism.. LMAO

@Dutchess_III

Do unicorns have a long history of converting people under threat of death? What if someone held a gun to your head and told you to renounce your children or die. Would you die for that? I mean, it’s just words, right?