A deity, yes, but not necessarily anthropomorphic.
Luciferianism, like Satanism, can be either theistic or atheistic/symbolic.
Among both Satanists and Luciferians, some accept LaVey's view of society, and others do not.
Various writings of the ONA urge Satanists to get involved in neo-Nazism, and also promote violence. Frankly, I think the ONA was basically just an attempt to recruit Satanists to do neo-Nazism's dirty work. The author of the ONA material had a vivid imagination, but I see very little in it...
Jayhawker Soule wrote:
What the contradictions show is that a particular writing is not both literally true and infallible.
This is, of course, important only if one either believes in or is in process of rejecting a religion based on writings that are claimed to be both literally true and...
To Ethos88:
Congratulations on leaving fundamentalist Christianity. I'm sure it must be a huge relief for you.
However, there's at least one fundamentalist Christian belief you seem to have retained, namely the belief that fundamentalist Christianity is the standard of Christian orthodoxy and...
Back on page 4 of this thread, Ethos88 wrote:
You're ignoring a whole large category of religions whose beliefs aren't mutually exclusive.
By the way, what does the "88" in your name mean?
Hi! I'm the founder of two local Satanist/LHP groups here in New York. I'm also the founder of a local group of activists who oppose the religious right wing on various fronts.
In 2002 to 2007, I ran a collection of Yahoo groups for discussion about theistic Satanism of all kinds. (There are...
Hi! I just now joined this forum.
I'm the founder of the Church of Azazel -- whose second incarnation is still very much in process of getting off the ground, but we have made quite a bit of progress in the past six months. (The Church of Azazel originally existed as a purely online group in...