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The Church of Satan (CoS) is a religious organization dedicated to the religion of Satanism as defined by Anton Szandor LaVey. Founded in San Francisco in 1966, by LaVey, it is considered the "oldest satanic religion in continual existence", and more importantly the most influential, inspiring "numerous imitator and breakaway groups". [2]
Challenging LaVey insistence that the magic practiced in ceremonies in the church's "ritual chamber", was not supernatural but merely "supernormal", [98] Lucien Greaves, spokesperson for The Satanic Temple, a rival of the Church of Satan, argues LaVey's beliefs about magic were "artfully, and probably intentionally, unclear in his writings".
The Satanic Temple (TST) is a non-theistic organization and new religious movement, [1] founded in 2013 and headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts.Established in reaction to the "intrusion of Christian values on American politics", [4] [9] congregations have also formed in Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Like the older Church of Satan, its congregants do not believe in a supernatural Satan, but if the CoS saw Satanism as a "negative mirror" of Christianity, reversing Christian principles of altruism (helping the downtrodden and community-mindedness), the Christian principles TST wants to reverse are politically conservative activist ones—the ...
Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years! [ 45 ] The Nine Satanic Statements outline the basic ideology of LaVeyan Satanism, and have become some of the guiding principles of LaVeyan Satanism.
The church uses a cartoonish version of the Christian devil as its logo as a symbol of rebellion and intellectual questioning, although it specifically rejects the concept of Satan as a ...
"Our display features the 7 Tenets, a set of seven core beliefs that members see as their guideposts for our deeply held beliefs." ... "For those who wish to worship Satan, they are free to do so ...
The Satanic Temple has seven tenets that are central to its mission as an organization. “One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason ...