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Here's a small, very compact dissertation on "Satanism."
It, like every other religion, has a lot of folklore behind it. Although some people will call bullshit, saying that it's just a label attatched to whatever they felt like following, a lot of "religion" is. For instance, modern Satanists point back to Prometheus as a good starting point. Even though the Gods told him not to, he gave man the gift of fire. There can be a lot of comparisons drawn between Prometheus and the Christian "Ha-Satan" or Satan. Remember, satan is a title, not an actual person, which stands for "the adversary." Depending on what you believe, he wanted Adam and Eve to eat the "Forbidden Fruit" (it almost certainly doesn't refer to an apple) either to:
a.) Spite "God" and turn his creation against him
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b.) Share knowledge because he believed that it should be.
B, of course, is part of the key to modern Satanism. The pursuit of knowledge or whatever you want that's being kept from you.
This, unfortunately, can be mis-interpreted, just like a lot in the bible or any other religion. If you think, however, that Satanism is about running around naked in churches with upside down crosses strewn about biting goat heads, you're sorely mistaken.
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