r/TheisticSatanism • u/Murky_Guidance_7273 • 8m ago
Discussion what do you think of my friends take of this.
I was talking to my friend about who is on this side of philosophy and spirituality.
While im not in it myself, I have grown interested in the beliefs and system of it, as someone who grew up Catholic, but deeply dislikes evangelical Christianity.
They were talking about their thoughts on the tenants, specifically 1 and 5. They told me about tenants 1
"One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason," and 5 "Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs."
They talked specifically about how these weren't really limiting in terms of worldview. They aren't unlimited, just bigger and not unending,to quote them.
They noted how odd it was that racism is a bit of a problem in satanism, despite this tenants dismissing seeming to denounce it. This was from a part of the conversation where we looked at a post asking about any racial problems in the community at large.
We both partially assume that, along with the fact that some neo nazis identify as satanists, could come from their stereotypical view on the religion and not an understanding on it as a whole
In my personal opinion, as someone who grew up Catholic, I never knew much about this kind of thing until this year and last year. It is interesting to see how very indepth and even nice welcoming abd accommodating the acctual practicers are. Even if im not interested in being a part of it. Not that im against it or dont believe it, but im not looking to be a part of a religion.
What do you all think?