Satanism describes the world as it is. The vastness of the universe humbles normal Human religions and endeavours, and Satanism represents the fact that the majority of existence is cold, dead and lifeless. To this end, Satan embodies the following: (Many of these link to websites devoted to particular facets of Satan)
Vexen's Bane of Monotheism website presents a series of strong arguments against the existence of god- There are no gods, and certainly no good-natured gods
Death is the ultimate victor over life & meaningfulness
- The natural world is cold, uncaring and amoral
- Rational thought beats all religious neurosis any day
- Doubt is the highest intellectual value
- Altruism is an illusion - all kindness is born from ulterior motives
This long list of melancholy concepts weighs down the weak with thoughts that they will rapidly reject, but the secret for the strong who endure for a while, is that Satanism is not a negative religion. It is not merely a natural religion of death, coldness, selfishness and nihilism. It goes beyond that. From all of these things above comes positive inspiration which Satanists put to good use.
- Satanists believe in love
- Satanists find happiness in the search for truth
- Psychologists and sociologists have shown that thinking realistically about death is healthy and positive
- Pretending that the universe is guided by morals, goodness, light or god is an imbalance
Is there a contradiction between the productive and motivated lives of Satanists, and the cold, morbid truths that Satan represents? The two go hand in hand. Richard Dawkins makes an excellent comparison between a medical doctor and a moralist. The situation is that Dawkins' book, the selfish gene "extol the inescapable factual correctness of [the amorality of nature]. If you seem to smell inconsistency or even contradiction, you are mistaken. There is no inconsistency in favouring Darwinism as an academic scientist while opposing it as a human being; any more than there is inconsistency in explaining cancer as an academic doctor while fighting it as a practising one. For good Darwinian reasons, evolution gave us a brain whose size increased to the point where it became capable of understanding its own provenance, of deploring the moral implications and of fighting against them" [Dawkins, p12-13]
As a Satanist we rightly point out that reality is best represented with a symbol of death (as all life dies), evil (as nature is violent and all benevolence comes from materialism), that the weak are dominated by the strong etc, but just because we point out that this is the way the world is, does not mean that we automatically think it is how the world should be. Indeed, in admitting the prominence of death, we reinforce our own joy at being alive and therefore our religion is anti-natural, unnatural. We are moral, social beings who can consciously understand our own biology and impulses and control them; thereby changing the course of nature.
I have text explaining how Satanism is the natural religion but I hope that you can also see how Satanism is also an unnatural religion, rebelling as it does against the unthinking automatons of nature, and rebelling against death by enjoying life.
"The Human species survives on the unnatural: Technology, science, understanding and knowledge (the four biggest threats to religion!) have turned our existence into a frivolous and headstrong rollercoaster ride completely divorced from the realities of the food chain. We are cut off from nature, and we should be rightfully thankful for it, too!But we can only be thankful for our privileged position on Earth if we first understand and admit, even revere, the fact that the natural world is violent, aggressive, and dangerous, and that we are the cream of the crop. [...]
Our enlightened sciences and our religious zealots do well to remember that all our accomplishments are a slap in the face of all the lower species. A sombre altar to truth would include symbols of blood, struggle, love and violence. Only species that sit atop this carnage have the peace of mind to devote time to philosophical questions and love. Only as a result of bloodshed and violence can the higher species enjoy their most noble emotions and concepts. Only upon an unholy altar of pain and sacrifice can sit the values of intelligence, love, compassion and sorrow. Only at the top of the food chain can we look down and judge life, and feel superior because of our "understanding" of the world! Only a hypocrite can talk about love, and not also revere the death and sacrifices that go on in nature in order to provide us with food! All should hail Satan and take a moment to reflect on the cold realities of life: Fangs, Flesh and Fucking are the three pillars of all goodness and to deny them prominence is to embody self-deception and wishful thinking."
On that note The Natural Religion ends, and as we have seen here, the Unnatural Religion continues!