Post by pennypacker on Oct 29, 2018 18:38:01 GMT
Plenty of good, nice, and smart people worship Satan, and they would argue that Satanism is about free will. For a lot of people, it's a good idea.
I think it's actually a pretty nuanced depiction, especially with Sabrina resisting it as the show progresses. From what I've seen so far anyway.
free will is about their ability to do so if they chose and i dont have a problem with that but being anactive satanist (in the true sense of the word and the “philosophy” behind it is in direct conflict of being a good (nice and smart are optional) human being - you activelly worship evil and wish for it to materialize in this world.
again / this is not a defense of religion of any kind or coming from a religious place - i am an atheist. but whereas people worshiping god (pretty much any god) traditionally aim to bring love and peace to the world (unless they abuse the religion to their twisted ideals) but satanism is in its concept about worshiping evil and dread and intending to cause bring harm upon this world.
sure there may be people who call themselves satanists bur are not really maybe they just seek artistic expression or symbolism to play with - thats not what i mean though...
Since always? A lot of people merely see Satan as a being of knowledge and beauty.
The philosophy behind Satanism does not conflict with being good, because in their eyes God is not good. God is the evil one, and while Satan may not be wholly "good" he is certainly the lesser evil. I'm an atheist as well, and I vehemently disagree that most people who worship God are aiming to bring peace or love to the world. Most Satanists aren't looking to bring upon evil. To them, Satan is a symbol of knowledge, and choices, and and not necessarily abiding by the hypocritical morality that religion breeds.
There are those who do worship evil, but most Satanists don't. Granted, most Satanists are atheists, and clearly that's not the case in this show, but like I said, the show is a pretty nuanced depiction anyway.