Yeah maybe contradict was not the right word lol But you believe that Satan is not an entity but a symbol. And a spiritual satanist believes in Satan as an entity am I correct?

Ahh okay so the principles are totally different.

Okay this may seem like a dumb question but then where do the other demons come from?

Yeah I'm all sorts of confused lol I was just curious about Satanism because I know nothing about it

Got you... I guess I would just have to read up to fully understand the differences. They just seem totally different to me but yet are different sects under Satanism.

Originally posted by Shadowflux

Originally posted by lilsugag99
I have a question. What is the standpoint of Satanism on the hereafter? I had heard an interview on C2C with a man named Joshua P Warren that stated that Satanists do not believe there is anything after life here on Earth.

Good question.

Satanism does not believe in an after life because it is a religion of the Earth, it is a religion for the living, not the dead. All of it's basic tenants and rules are concerned only with Earthly existence.

Personally I feel that worrying about the afterlife does very little except hamper my enjoyment of the life I do have. There is no one alive who can prove there is or isn't an afterlife, there is no one who can prove which concept of an afterlife is correct, therefore I see very little point in concerning oneself with it.

Perhaps you were to hold fast to one concept of the here after and upon death find out that not only were you wrong but you were doing the exact opposite of what you were supposed to. There is no way to until that day that death overtakes you.

I have one other question though. If you do not believe in an afterlife I take it you also do not believe in spirits or ghosts?

Originally posted by lilsugag99

I have one other question though. If you do not believe in an afterlife I take it you also do not believe in spirits or ghosts?

I can't personally speak for everyone but I, myself, don't believe in ghosts. I believe, to varying degrees, in psychic energy as I feel it is somewhat justified in science.

As for what it is when people see a "ghost" it can be a variety of things, dust, smoke, hallucinations or quite possibly residual psychic energy imbued in the physical surrounding by an excessively traumatic event.

Now, this isn't to say that I deny that humans have a spiritual aspect to them as what we consider personality, what we view as the individual we know as Joe or Sally, is basically still impossible to document scientifically.

However, due to the importance of Randian Objectivism (google Ayn Rand) in LaVeyan Satanism I chose not to concern myself with labeling and theorizing upon that which can not be proven.

I see well the information has been very interesting and informative. Thank you for answering my questions

I want to know what the OP thinks of the ONA, Dragon Rouge, and other "darker" sects of Satanism. Do you think they should not call themselves Satanic? What about the Yezidis or the Luciferians?

Thank you. I think it's refreshing to see open dialogue about different beliefs. If you can stand in your truth and still be open enough to ask and answer questions about another belief system? Wow. Imagine that? This is my feel-good thread of the day!