UraniumMonk
celtic_faerie
darkrock64
a wiccan friend of mine told me tat not all satanists are bad.
i think tat wat she said is S**T
well, actually, it's not^^i'm not a satanist, nor a wiccan, but i have studied both in depth, and, at one point, practiced.
wicca is not the true form of the Old Religion. most of the rules and ways are based off of the origanal laws, but not all. like the law "an' harm ye none, do what ye will" in the Old Religion, there were human sacrifices. wicca was made up by a man, just like all the other religions, who apparently didn't do all of his homework.
satanism was made up as a rebellion to the christianity forced upon the people by a ruler who changed from a completely polytheistic way of life(as it had been for the past few centuries) to a monotheistic way of life. the people were forced to follow the teachings of the bible, which could only be read and interpreted by the upper class who had enough money to go to school to learn how to read. the people mixed the old ways with an inverted form of christianity, and made satanism. there is one law that i think i remember, but i may just be putting it into my own words: "if a man strike you, strike him down" this is an inversion to christ's words, "if a man strike you, turn the other cheek"
satanism is not wicca, but they do share many qualities. and not all satanists are bad. they are just like most everyone else, they just have a reason to be mean, if they must.
if i've made any mistakes, please, someone inform me through a pm so i can fix it.
Wikipedia has a pretty good article on Satanism, which I highly recommend reading as it is quite infomitive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism
Satanism is basically a metareligious philosophy that says you have to take charge of yourself, or somebody else will take charge of you.
no offense, Uranium, but wikipedia is a lot of bull. satranism was around long before this LaVey guy came along. he just unified it and gave it a name, much like wicca. again, his form of satanism isn't necessarily the original for, but then again, neither are most of the religions of the world today.
