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As the atmosphere in the public towards satanists is again that much stricter, I thought it would be good to clear misconceptions to the best of my abilities. While neo-nazis still haven´t flooded satanist communities, I´m worried that incidents where nazis and satanists are connected may spark a new wave of anti-satanism in the public.
There are neo-nazis among satanists, there is no denying that. Lately I have been approached by e-mail by some nazi trying to invite me to one of their internet communities. I found out through a quick Google search that this has been an issue earlier as well. The demographic groups that are most likely drawn into satanism are similar to those joining neo-nazi movements, so there are fascist recruiters in the satanist community as well.
However, I would like to emphasize how bad satanism and fascism go together. While the public has a picture of both as evil misanthropic groups, that view is over-simplifying. Satanism isn´t about being able to eat babies, but one of its key elements is breaking free from dogma and order by authorities, which is opposite to fascism.
Fascists also have all kinds of racist believes and prejudices that are not a part of satanism. Satan doesn´t care if a soul belongs to a non-European, homosexual or jew. It doesn´t matter. Someone affiliated with both satanism and neo-nazism hasn´t understood what satanism or fascism is all about.
All non-satanists should keep this in mind and respect the freedom of belief, even for those whose beliefs you may find shocking. The vast majority of satanists don´t want to have anything to do with nazis.
All satanists should keep this in mind and remember that Satan (or Lucifer or Set) is not a deity that would support a totalitarian government that would most likely restrict satanism itself.
Hail Satan
There are neo-nazis among satanists, there is no denying that. Lately I have been approached by e-mail by some nazi trying to invite me to one of their internet communities. I found out through a quick Google search that this has been an issue earlier as well. The demographic groups that are most likely drawn into satanism are similar to those joining neo-nazi movements, so there are fascist recruiters in the satanist community as well.
However, I would like to emphasize how bad satanism and fascism go together. While the public has a picture of both as evil misanthropic groups, that view is over-simplifying. Satanism isn´t about being able to eat babies, but one of its key elements is breaking free from dogma and order by authorities, which is opposite to fascism.
Fascists also have all kinds of racist believes and prejudices that are not a part of satanism. Satan doesn´t care if a soul belongs to a non-European, homosexual or jew. It doesn´t matter. Someone affiliated with both satanism and neo-nazism hasn´t understood what satanism or fascism is all about.
All non-satanists should keep this in mind and respect the freedom of belief, even for those whose beliefs you may find shocking. The vast majority of satanists don´t want to have anything to do with nazis.
All satanists should keep this in mind and remember that Satan (or Lucifer or Set) is not a deity that would support a totalitarian government that would most likely restrict satanism itself.
Hail Satan