“The Church of Satan expresses vehement opposition to the campaigns and activities of The Satanic Temple, asserting themselves as the only “true” arbiters of Satanism, while The Satanic Temple dismisses the Church of Satan as irrelevant and inactive.”
Reminds me of the South Park episode about the scientific atheist religions.
It’s not really anything at all like that South Park episode.
Laveyan Satanists, aka The Church of Satan, are religious believers in and followers of Satan. They believe in an afterlife and all of the associated mysticism and mythology as literal true.
The Satanic Temple are non-theistic and believe that the biblical Satan represents self-empowerment, self-determination, and a rejection of belief in mysticism and mythology. They follow Satan as an allegory for questioning authority and defending human equality.
Very few Laveyan Satanists exist, but there qre enough Satanic Temple adherents to keep poking holes in the Christofascist movement. Either way, they don’t share any actual beliefs or customs.
It would depend on the Satanists. The Satanic Temple and the Church of Satan are two very different things.
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/church-of-satan-vs-satanic-temple
“The Church of Satan expresses vehement opposition to the campaigns and activities of The Satanic Temple, asserting themselves as the only “true” arbiters of Satanism, while The Satanic Temple dismisses the Church of Satan as irrelevant and inactive.”
Reminds me of the South Park episode about the scientific atheist religions.
It’s not really anything at all like that South Park episode.
Laveyan Satanists, aka The Church of Satan, are religious believers in and followers of Satan. They believe in an afterlife and all of the associated mysticism and mythology as literal true.
The Satanic Temple are non-theistic and believe that the biblical Satan represents self-empowerment, self-determination, and a rejection of belief in mysticism and mythology. They follow Satan as an allegory for questioning authority and defending human equality.
Very few Laveyan Satanists exist, but there qre enough Satanic Temple adherents to keep poking holes in the Christofascist movement. Either way, they don’t share any actual beliefs or customs.