Within any sane society, Anton Szandor LaVey would be recognized and honored not merely as being a brilliant and courageous philosopher, but even more importantly, for being one of the greatest, perhaps the very greatest, humanitarians of the 20th century. This man, subjected to insane and toxic god myth terrorization as a child and young adult, not only broke free of his addiction, but then, as an adult, decided that he had a moral obligation to try to help other people break free of the insane god myth, embraced this obligation wholeheartedly, and devoted the rest of his life towards this noble purpose, by founding the Church of Satan, writing The Satanic Bible, continuously writing other texts which exposed the god myth for what it is, and publicly, stridently, challenging and rebuking the insane god myth on a constant basis, at great peril to his own life. Anton's noble work has literally been directly responsible for helping countless millions of people break free from the insane god myth, over the past 35+ years, and despite the fact that he is tragically no longer alive, his writings, statements, and philosophies continue to circulate, continuing to help millions of people to recognize the toxic, perverse nature of the god myth. It is outrageous beyond all measure that Anton, and other courageous Seers of Truth, have been, continue to be, and always will be demonized by you diseased creatures and your genocidally evil societies. I can think of no other 20th century human being who has had a more positive, noble impact, upon more individual humans, than Anton Szandor LaVey. The inventor of the polio vaccine, other scientists who have come with cures for serious illnesses, they may well have greatly assisted a few million people themselves, but they were not directly challenging a core, fundamental societal doctrine, at great peril to their very lives, as Anton chose to courageously and nobly do. Anton recognized the god myth as being a toxic plague, and chose to try to directly help cure people of this toxic plague, genuinely succeeding in playing a primary role in freeing and curing countless millions of plague victims. This is a remarkable achievement, and I am proud to publicly recognize and acknowledge Anton as being without any doubt, on a worldwide basis, one of the very most heroic, courageous, noble, and if I may borrow a word hijacked by you god freaks, saintly, human beings to have lived upon this planet during the 20th century and the entire modern era.

I am now going to provide a few quotes from The Satanic Bible that I consider to be extremely insightful as well as accurate, and which serve to prove that my above comments on the god myth in general, as well as satanism in particular, are right on the money. In doing so, I honor Anton and his legacy, and demonstrate, beyond all doubt, why the god myth is toxic, while the satan myth, especially as interpreted by Superior individuals in direct response to the god myth, is not overtly toxic, but rather a myth that can be both extremely empowering and useful to anyone trying to escape from the clutches of toxic god myth addiction. I would naturally encourage all readers to buy a copy of The Satanic Bible, even if they are not god addicts, because it provides a fascinating and True revelation of the structure and toxicity of the mainstream, societally promoted god myth. I will be keeping my comments brief, in the interest of preserving space and because these quotes, together with my above commentary, basically speak for themselves. All of the below quotes are direct writings of Anton Szandor LaVey, and were published by him in his book, "The Satanic Bible", All Copyrights remain in effect and are held by Anton Szandor LaVey and his heirs/estate. I will be putting Anton's quotes in black print, followed by my brief comments in red print:

"Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit! Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!"

Here we see a very clear demonstration of the superiority of satanism, and how it represents positive, non-toxic ideology, in direct contrast to the insane god myth. Satanism empowers the individual, god worship enslaves the individual. Self-love and the embrace of each individual's sacred right to achieve personal pleasure and satisfaction in real life, in the only life that any of us will ever have for all of eternity, is a Superior foundational core of satanism, while of course this sane, rational doctrine is condemned and demonized within toxic god mythology.

"Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his "divine spiritual and intellectual development", has become the most vicious animal of all!"

I really like this quote a lot, it shows the morally courageous stance of the satan myth. The satan myth does not pander to it's devotees. It does not try to falsely comfort them by telling them that they are better than other animals, unlike the insane god myth.

"I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments. Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith "thou shalt" to me is my mortal foe! I dip my forefinger in the watery blood of your impotent mad redeemer, and write over his thorn-torn brow: The TRUE prince of evil - the king of slaves! No hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no stifling dogma shall encramp my pen! I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness."

Here, at least via my interpretation, is a stirringly inspirational appeal to god addicts by Anton, trying to make them see what fools they are to blindly worship and "obey" the fascist, unnatural, self-sabotaging, toxic decrees of the god creature.

"I question all things. As I stand before the festering and varnished facades of your haughtiest moral dogmas, I write thereon in letters of blazing scorn: Lo and behold; all this is fraud! Gather around me, Oh! ye death-defiant, and the earth itself shall be thine, to have and to hold! Too long the dead hand has been permitted to sterilize living thought! Too long right and wrong, good and evil have been inverted by false prophets! No creed must be accepted upon authority of a "divine" nature. Religions must be put to the question. No moral dogma must be taken for granted - no standard of measurement deified. There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands, and what man has made, man can destroy! He that is slow to believe anything and everything is of great understanding, for belief in one false principle is the beginning of all unwisdom. Whenever, therefore, a lie has built unto itself a throne, let it be assailed without pity and without regret, for under the domination of an inconvenient falsehood, no one can prosper. Let established sophisms be dethroned, rooted out, burnt and destroyed, for they are a standing menace to all true nobility of thought and action! Whatever alleged "truth" is proven by results to be but an empty fiction, let it be unceremoniously flung into the outer darkness, among the dead gods, dead empires, dead philosophies, and other useless lumber and wreckage! The most dangerous of all enthroned lies is the holy, the sanctified, the privileged lie - the lie everyone believes to be a model truth. It is the fruitful mother of all other popular errors and delusions. It is a hydra-headed tree of unreason with a thousand roots. It is a social cancer! The lie that is known to be a lie is half eradicated, but the lie that even intelligent persons accept as fact - the lie that has been inculcated in a little child at its mother's knee - is more dangerous to contend against than a creeping pestilence! Popular lies have ever been the most potent enemies of personal liberty. There is only one way to deal with them: Cut them out, to the very core, just as cancers. Exterminate them root and branch. Annihilate them, or they will us!"

This is an even more passionately stirring appeal to truth. Anton defies all religion convention by calling upon his readers to seek out Truth, because every mainstream, societally promoted religion is not only lie-based, but overtly and terroristically demands that it's disciples do not even attempt to use rational, sane thinking to arrive at Truth. Truth is the mortal enemy of all mainstream religion, but satanism, being an empowering antidote to the toxic god myth, genuinely promotes and encourages the embrace of Truth, in life. You can argue that "believing in the existence of satan" is in itself an appeal to falsehood rather than Truth. But if you read The Satanic Bible in it's entirety, you realize that Anton is in fact not promoting the notion that Satan exists, as a physical, sentient living creature, unlike all mainstream god myths which go to great pains to do the opposite, to portray god as absolutely being a physical, sentient, living entity.

"Life is the great indulgence - death, the great abstinence. Therefore, make the most of life - HERE AND NOW! There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast. Here and now is our day of torment! Here and now is our day of joy! Here and now is our opportunity! Choose ye this day, this hour, for no redeemer liveth! Say unto thine own heart, "I am mine own redeemer." Stop the way of them that would persecute you. Let those who devise thine undoing be hurled back to confusion and infamy. Let them be as chaff before the cyclone and after they have fallen rejoice in thine own salvation. Then all thy bones shall say pridefully, "Who is like unto me? Have I not been too strong for mine adversaries? Have I not delivered MYSELF by mine own brain and body?"

What a true poet Anton is, a poet and a philosopher, brilliant in both disciplines, as he attempts to help god addicts find a way to break free of their brutal torment. Note how Anton says: "There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast." Can you imagine any mainstream religion not promoting the notion of heaven? No! Because heaven is used as a terroristic bribe by all mainstream religions. It would have been so easy for Anton to declare hell to be a real place within his Satanic Bible, but to portray it as a paradisical haven of pleasure. If Anton had been power-crazed, or overtly malevolent, that is exactly what he would have done. But no, Anton respected Truth, he chose to try to appeal to the instinctual interest in Truth of his readers, and defying all religious convention and doctrine, courageously told them, directly within his Satanic Bible, that there was no hell for them to "aspire and strive" for, while of course every mainstream religion demands a lifetime of aspiring and striving on the part of it's torture victims to "prove" themselves worthy of going to heaven.

"Blessed are the death-defiant, for their days shall be long in the land - Cursed are the gazers toward a richer life beyond the grave, for they shall perish amidst plenty! Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep! Blessed are the valiant, for they shall obtain great treasure - Cursed are the believers in good and evil, for they are frightened by shadows! Blessed are those that believe in what is best for them, for never shall their minds be terrorized - Cursed are the "lambs of God", for they shall be bled whiter than snow! Blessed is the man who has a sprinkling of enemies, for they shall make him a hero - Cursed is he who doeth good unto others who sneer upon him in return, for he shall be despised! Blessed are the mighty-minded, for they shall ride the whirlwinds - Cursed are they who teach lies for truth and truth for lies, for they are an abomination! Thrice cursed are the weak whose insecurity makes them vile, for they shall serve and suffer! The angel of self-deceit is camped in the souls of the "righteous" - The eternal flame of power through joy dwelleth within the flesh of the Satanist."

Any thoughtful, analytical reader of The Satanic Bible quickly realizes that Anton is in fact not promoting satanism as a "religion" at all. What he is doing is promoting Truth, trying to help people to break free of their religious addiction, specifically to mainstream god worship religions. The entire structure of this "bible", the satanic bible, is in fact a passionate appeal to all human beings to embrace Truth and to reject lies. To love and value themselves, Truth, rationality, life. In my opinion, Anton felt that you humans, most especially those of you already addicted to the insane god myth, were too genetically inferior as creatures, to be able to embrace purely secular, intellect-based Truth. Tragically, I agree with him, he was right about that, as he was right about so many other things. He decided that in order for his brilliant Truth revelations to have any chance of being embraced by god addicts, he had to disseminate them within a structural framework that mirrored, to a degree, the insane god myth structure. He tried very hard to disseminate pure Truth, even going so far as to reveal that hell does not exist and satan is not a omnipotent, immortal, physical creature, directly within his "bible", but at the same time he also created "ceremonial" rituals, such as elaborate, prayer-like "appeals" to satan, recognizing that this would help severely addicted god addicts to make the leap from their supremely toxic addiction, to the benign, empowering, non-toxic embrace of satanic philosophy, which is in reality an embrace of self-love, Instinctual Truth, rational thought, and freedom. What a remarkable person Anton was, and how incredibly tragic it is that you pathetic creatures know a ton more about Madonna, Princess Diana, Bill Clinton, and all of the other societal whores and celebrity agents that has been used to promote and legitimize the structure of your society, than you do about this most brilliant and courageous of philosophers.

You would think that The Satanic Bible, not only after it's publication in the late 1960's but all throughout the past 3+ decades, would be constantly condemned and talked about by mainstream societal leaders. After all, it represents the most stridently rude and unrepentant challenge to mainstream god worship, imaginable. And yet the opposite is true, there was absolutely no major outcry by mainstream religious leaders upon publication of this book, certainly no obsessive focus by such leaders upon the book, and within a year or two of publication, all mention of The Satanic Bible by all mainstream religious leaders had basically ceased. Why?? Because The Satanic Bible was, absolutely, the single most terrifying book that any mainstream religious or societal leader had ever read! They recognized that this book was like a nuclear bomb, capable of destroying 2000+ years of carefully cultivated insane god myth brutalization and oppression of all citizen-slaves. Every mention of the book by name, every mention of Anton by name, carried with it the terrifying danger that god addicts could, somehow, find the insight, determination, and courage required to break free of their god addiction, and to spread this terrifying "religion", satanism, to more god addicts, freeing them, empowering them, melting and destroying the toxic grip that the mainstream god myth had upon them. Religious and societal leaders got together and overtly decided that the best course of action in dealing with this terrifying threat, was to cease all public mention of the book, and of Anton Szandor LaVey. Continue to demonize satan & satanism of course, but only within the existing, insane, framework of the "god is good, satan is evil, both are living entities battling for the hearts and minds of human beings" structure of the mainstream god myth, while never mentioning either Anton or his book, thus defusing the Truths he so brilliantly expressed in The Satanic Bible and in his other writings, simply by preventing the vast majority of "regular" god-addicted citizen-slaves, who would never think of going out and buying a book titled "The Satanic Bible", from being exposed to the Truths.

Tragically, but not surprisingly, this malevolent plan worked perfectly for your evil societies, and only a tiny handful of people, those who overtly and courageously decided to try to seek out Truth, were ever exposed to even 2% of the actual content of The Satanic Bible. Even so, it surprises me that Anton was not assassinated, since your societies have an absolutely proven track record of murdering just about all brilliant Seers of Truth who dare to try to publicly expose core, culturally foundational lies/myths and tear them down, while replacing them with Forbidden Truth. Very likely it was decided by societal leaders that killing Anton carried with it the same risk that the murder of the mentally ill Jesus Christ human carried, namely the possibility that Anton would have been labeled as a "martyr" and his followers, as well as all strident advocates of satanism, might have been able to attract far more publicity, new supporters, and a huge increase in satanic devotees, if in fact Anton had been murdered by your society. Sometimes society decides that it's best to completely destroy a Seer of Truth, other times it decides that demonizing/ridiculing the Seer is the best way to go, other times it decides that shunning the individual and pretending that both he and his message of Truth do not exist, is the best option. This third option works surprisingly well, due to the fact that there is in reality absolutely no freedom of the press and absolutely no method by which a societally shunned individual can reach out to the mainstream masses, and this is perhaps even more true in societies which claim to be "free, open, and democratic", like america. Not even the recent popularization of the internet, has changed this brutally fascist fact.

"The Roman god, Lucifer, was the bearer of light, the spirit of the air, the personification of enlightenment. In Christian mythology he became synonymous with evil, which was only to have been expected from a religion whose very existence is perpetuated by clouded definitions and bogus values! It is time to set the record straight. False moralisms and occult inaccuracies must be corrected. Entertaining as they might be, most stories and plays about Devil worship must be recognized as the obsolete absurdities they are. It has been said "the truth will make men free". The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of doubt, the doorway through which truth passes would be tightly shut, impervious to the most strenuous poundings of a thousand Lucifers. How understandable that Holy Scripture should refer to the Infernal monarch as the "father of lies" - a magnificent example of character inversion. If one is to believe this theological accusation that the Devil represents falsehood, then it surely must be concurred that it was HE, NOT GOD, THAT ESTABLISHED ALL SPIRITUAL RELIGIONS AND WHO WROTE ALL OF THE HOLY BIBLES! When one doubt is followed by another, the bubble, grown large from long accumulated fallacies, threatens to burst. For those who already doubt supposed truths, this book is revelation. Then Lucifer will have risen. Now is the time for doubt! The bubble of falsehood is bursting and its sound is the roar of the world!"

Here is an even clearer passage in which Anton tries to explain that he is using satan for the very specific purpose of delivering and expressing Truth to try and help enlighten addicts who are addicted to a brutally toxic god myth. This is in fact exactly what Anton does, in The Satanic Bible. This bible is the most dangerous book written in the 2oth century, because it does precisely what Anton claims, it exposes beyond all rational doubt, the utterly lie-based, perverse, invalid agenda and structure of mainstream god mythology.

"Anyone who thinks of Satan as evil should consider all the men, women, children, and animals who have died because it was "God's will". Certainly a person grieving the untimely loss of a loved one whould much rather have their loved one with them than in God's hands! Instead, they are unctuously consoled by their clergyman who says, "It was God's will, my dear"; or "He is in God's hands now, my son." Such phrases have been a convenient way for religionists to condone or excuse the mercilessness of God. But if God is in complete control and as benign as he is supposed to be, why does He allow these things to happen? Too long have religionists been falling back on their bibles and rulebooks to prove or disprove, justify, condemn, or interpret. The Satanist realizes that man, and the action and reaction of the universe, is responsible for everything, and doesn't mislead himself into thinking that someone cares. No longer will we sit back and accept "fate" without doing anything about it, just because it says so in Chapter such and such, Psalm so and so - and that's that! The Satanist knows that praying does absolutely no good - in fact, it actually lessens the chance of success, for the devoutly religious too often sit back complacently and pray for a situation which, if they were to do something about it on their own, could be accomplished much quicker!"

The Satanic Bible is filled with absolutely brilliant, Truth-exposing passages like the one above. The god creature is exposed for what he is, an evil sadist. And because god does not exist, it is the creators and proponents of mainstream god mythology, who are in fact exposed as being evil sadists who deserve to be shunned, condemned, and rejected, together with their toxic myth. "Why do you torment us, why do you murder us, and in the same breath demand our worship?? You do not deserve our acknowledgment even, much less our respect or worship! I am my own god, and I am the best god in the world, because I love myself and the Truth." This is the gloriously empowering, courageously honest doctrine of satanism.

"ALL religions of a spiritual nature are inventions of man. He has created an entire system of gods with nothing more than his carnal brain. Just because he has an ego, and cannot accept it, he has to externalize it into some great spiritual device which he calls "God". God can do all the things man is forbidden to do - such as kill people, perform miracles to gratify his will, control without any apparent responsibility, etc. If man needs such a god and recognizes that god, then he is worshipping an entity that a human being invented. Therefore, HE IS WORSHIPPING BY PROXY THE MAN THAT INVENTED GOD. Is it not more sensible to worship a god that he, himself, has created, in accordance with his own emotional needs - one that best represents the very carnal and physical being that has the idea-power to invent a god in the first place?"

More extremely insightful Truth here. Can't you see the Truth, folks?? Can't you appreciate how and why, if you cannot reject all religion and religious texts, it is this bible, The Satanic Bible, that you need to embrace?? This bible is non-toxic, this bible reveals Truth, this bible allows you to crawl out from under the fascist boot of systematic oppression, brutalization, and malevolent lies that your evil society has imposed upon you, via mainstream religion. This bible frees you from enslavement. This bible gives you back the most precious and sacred freedoms imaginable, the freedom to love yourself, to embrace the pleasures of life, to embrace reality and Truth, to worship the only living thing on planet earth who deserves your worship: Yourself! It is utterly mind-boggling to me, that any creature could or would make the perverse choice to embrace the mainstream god myth, over the satan myth as portrayed by Anton Szandor Lavey in his Satanic Bible book. The only possible explanations that exist for this perverse choice being made, are genetic mental deformity of humans, and/or profound cowardice, terror, and self-hatred within the core character of humans, both genetic and societally brainwashed/imposed.

"Even though times have changed, and always will, man remains basically the same. For two thousand years man has done penance for something he never should have had to feel guilty about in the first place. We are tired of denying ourselves the pleasures of life which we deserve. Today, as always, man needs to enjoy himself here and now, instead of waiting for his rewards in heaven. So, why not have a religion based on indulgence? Certainly, it is consistent with the nature of the beast. We are no longer supplicating weaklings trembling before an unmerciful "God" who cares not whether we live or die. We are self-respecting, prideful people - we are Satanists!"

Yet another beautiful written passage designed to try and help societally broken and brutalized victims of perverse god addiction, to find a way to rise up and throw off the cloak of self-hatred that every mainstream religion deliberately, malevolently and in a suffocating manner, terroristically imposes and attaches to us. In a sane, benevolent society, every resource would be devoted to trying to help people break free of mainstream, god-based religion, and not become infected with this toxic plague. And yes, The Satanic Bible would be directly used by societal leaders and their empowered agents, to help free existing addicts, to allow them to make the leap from an extraordinarily toxic and harmful religion, to an essentially benign, harmless, and to a degree beneficial religion, whose message is sane, rational, truth-affirming, and in no way overtly abusive in nature, this Superior religion is Satanism, in particular, satanism as portrayed and interpreted by Anton Szandor LaVey.

"The devils of past religions have always, at least in part, had animal characteristics, evidence of man's constant need to deny that he too is an animal, for to do so would serve a mighty blow to his impoverished ego. Pious prophets have taught man to fear Satan. But what of terms like "God fearing"? If God is so merciful, why do people have to fear him? Are we to believe there is nowhere we can turn to escape fear? If you have to fear God, why not be "Satan fearing" and at least have the fun that being God fearing denies you? Without such a wholesale fear religionists would have had nothing with which to wield power over their followers."

More brilliant revelations of Truth here. As you will find me detailing throughout these texts, a primary Forbidden Truth is the fact that other animal species are morally superior to the animal species known as "human beings", and the perverse inability of human beings to face up to this Truth is at the root of a great deal of the most malevolent types of behaviors that humans engage in. Anton's second insight above is even more valuable and profound, cutting to the very core of the god myth belief/worship perversion: "If God is so merciful, why do people have to fear him?" Such a simple sentence, and yet the meaning and Truth behind it is so very profound. The god creature claims to be benevolent, he is portrayed by his human endorsers and promoters as being the very embodiment of supreme benevolence, and yet at the same time, god addicts spent their entire lives in mortal fear of this creature, desperately trying to please and satisfy the creature by imposing brutally harmful, punitive, and unnatural rules upon themselves, as god tells and orders them to do. Right within the ten commandments themselves, the god creature admits to being selfish and in a completely undeniable manner, makes terroristic threats against every human being. God is the very embodiment, personification, and reflection of human malevolence. The mythical satan creature is portrayed by god, therefore by the utterly malevolent human societal leaders who created and who promote all mainstream god myths, as being the embodiment of malevolence, in order to cover up the fact, the True fact, that it is god who is the embodiment of limitless, genocidal evil and malice, in reflection of the genocidal malice of his human creators, leaders, and promoters. Anton Szandor LaVey, in an absolutely brilliant, creative and passionate manner, tried to simply reveal this Truth, to bring to light the fact that god himself is the embodiment of evil, and he is making satan his scapegoat.

If you embrace god, he will viciously torment you for your entire lifetime, and give you absolutely no reward upon your death. If you embrace satan, he will not torment you during your lifetime, he will empower and free you. You will still end up with absolutely no reward upon your death, a fact that Anton, despite all his Superior revelations of Truth, still refused to clearly express within The Satanic Bible, believing that humans could not cope with the certainty of such a horrific Truth, but the "reward" that you gain from choosing satan over god, is the fact that you will avoid suffering vicious torment during your entire lifetime. This is a huge reward, and upon death, the exact same horrific fate, nothingness for all of eternity, will befall you no matter if you worship god, satan, a jar of cat food, or an old shoe. The passion and genuine altruism of Anton Szandor LaVey comes shining through in his writings. I'm sure he had his own personal obsessions with things like power, control, dominance over other humans, etc... And yet he went to great pains to develop a satanic "religion" that was almost completely benign, benevolent, altruistic, individually empowering, based upon Truth and Natural Instinct, and carefully formulated in such a way as to specifically help god addicts to realize the immense evil of their "idol", to realize the immense folly of worshipping and dedicating their lives to a creature who is dedicated to tormenting and victimizing them for their entire lives, and to make it as easy as possible for them to break away from this utterly toxic addiction, by providing a "new" religion, satanism, that retained some of the ceremonial trappings of mainstream religion, but absolutely none of the overt malevolence and toxicity of the societally promoted/legitimized mainstream god myth. It's also worth noting that even though "worship of satan" has been around as an idea, and practiced by some individuals, since shortly after the god myth began to be terroristically imposed upon the Unwashed Masses of citizen-slaves, The Satanic Bible was only written and published in the 1960's, late 1960's to be specific. Even though some very valuable satanic texts have been written over the centuries, I consider The Satanic Bible to be a watershed text, which truly expressed the altruistic vision and the benevolent empowerment of satanism in a way that was never expressed previously, in a set of collected writings. So what we have is essentially a brand new religious doctrine, less than 40 years old, an absolutely glorious doctrine that could so easily be used to save literally billions of human beings from toxic god myth addiction, if societal leaders began to overtly promote and encourage belief in/worship of satan, rather than god. I realize that this is an utter pipe dream, of course. But the reality of how your societies could and can save billions of people from a lifetime of brutal oppression and torment, yet malevolently choose not to do so, is no fantasy or pipe dream, it is a brutal, accurate reality. I bring you back to the fact that today and everyday, in many thousands of different churches, temples, and other houses of worship across the world, satan and the devil are overtly mentioned and talked about, condemned and demonized, by religious leaders to their brainwashed flocks of sheeple. But the actual document which represents the Truth of satan and of satanism, The Satanic Bible, is never mentioned, never quoted, never displayed. This is because The Satanic Bible represents Truth, and Truth is the supreme, mortal enemy of all mainstream, societally promoted religions. There is no other entity that strikes greater fear into the hearts of all mainstream god myth promoters, especially of christianity/catholicism-based religion, than The Satanic Bible does, because it offers a devastatingly courageous and accurate rebuke to the lie-based god myth, dissecting it, revealing all of it's perversions, and offering a sane, benevolent, freeing alternative to all humans. Stark terror is the reason why The Satanic Bible is never mentioned by any mainstream religion promoters, even though "satan" is constantly mentioned.

There are dozens of additional courageous and brilliantly insightful Satanic Bible quotes that I could continue to list and discuss here, but I have decided that I have already completely proven, beyond all doubt, the points that I was interested in making about satan, satanism, and satanic embrace/ideology. So I will simply recommend to all readers that they obtain their own copy of The Satanic Bible, either by purchasing the book, borrowing it from a library, or even accessing the full text online. It is readily available via all three methods, and for anyone looking to learn more about Anton Szandor LaVey, a courageous, pioneering, truth-based philosopher who is certainly worthy of our attention, respect, and tribute, the web site to go to is: The Church Of Satan. The only caveat regarding satanism that I feel it is important to close with, is that if a society was truly secular, free of all perverse god myth terrorization and brainwashing, and protected it's children from all god mythology, then the imposition of the satan myth upon either children or adults within the society would indeed constitute abuse, victimization, and malevolent brainwashing. However, as of the year 2011, there is no society of humans on planet earth, not even those societies which have ceased all blatant, governmental-level god myth promotion, that even comes close to meeting this requirement, of genuine secularism. Therefore, embrace and acceptance of satanic ideology is absolutely a legitimate, useful, and positive antidote within all societies, for individuals who have tragically become addicted to the malevolent and perverse god myth, and the brutally harmful/destructive ideologies that all mainstream god myths represent, promote, and terroristically impose upon people of all ages, throughout their entire lifetimes, from tiny children, to adults in their prime years, to the elderly.

"Satan, as a god, demi-god, personal savious, or whatever you wish to call him, was invented by the formulators of every religion on the face of the earth for only one purpose--to preside over man's so-called wicked activities and situations here on earth. Consequently, anything resulting in physical or mental gratification was defined as "evil"--thus assuring a lifetime of unwarranted guilt for everyone!" "Every pharisaical religionist claims to love his enemies, even though when wronged he consoles himself by thinking "God will punish them". Instead of admitting to themselves that they are capable of hating their foes and treating them in the manner they deserve, they say: "There, but for the grace of God, go I," and "pray" for them. Why should we humiliate and lower ourselves by drawing such inaccurate comparisons?"

Masturbation is regarded as evil because it produces pleasure derived from intentionally fondling a "forbidden" area of the body by one's own hand. The guilt feelings accompanying most sexual acts can be assuaged by the religiously-acceptable contention that your sensual delights are necessary to produce off-spring - even though you cautiously watch the calendar for the "safe" days. You cannot, however, placate yourself with this rationale while engaging in masturbatory practices." "No matter what you've been told about the "immaculate conception" - even if blind faith allows you to swallow this absurdity - you know full well if you are to produce a child, there must be sexual contact with a person of the opposite sex! If you feel guilty for committing the "original sin," you certainly will feel even deeper guilt for performing a sex act only for self-gratification, with no intention of creating children." "The Satanist fully realizes why religionists declare masturbation to be sinful. Like all other natural acts people will do it, no matter how severely reprimanded. Causing guilt is an important facet of their malicious scheme to obligate people to atone for "sins" by paying the mortgages on temples of abstinence!"

"Even if a person is no longer struggling under the burden of religiously-induced guilt (or thinks he isn't), modern man still feels shame if he yields to his masturbatory desires. A man may feel robbed of his masculinity if he satisfies himself auto-erotically rather than engaging in the competitive game of woman chasing. A woman may satisfy herself sexually but yearns for the ego-gratification that comes from the sport of seduction. Neither the quasi Casanova nor bogus vamp feels adequate when "reduced" to masturbation for sexual gratification; both would prefer even an inadequate partner. Satanically speaking, though, it is far better to engage in a perfect fantasy than to cooperate in an unrewarding experience with another person. With masturbation, you are in complete control of the situation." "To illustrate the undebatable fact that masturbation is an entirely normal and healthy practice: it is performed by all members of the animal kingdom. Human children will also follow their instinctive masturbatory desires, unless they have been scolded for it by their indignant parents, who were undoubtably berated for it by their parents, and so on down the retrocedent line. It is unfortunate, but true, that the sexual guilts of parents will immutably be passed on to their children. In order to save our children from the ill-fated sexual destiny of our parents, grandparents, and possibly ourselves, the perverted moral code of the past must be exposed for what it is: a pragmatically organized set of rules which, if rigidly obeyed, would destroy us! Unless we emancipate ourselves from the ridiculous sexual standards of our present society, including the so-called sexual revolution, the neuroses caused by those stifling regulations will persist. Adherence to the sensible and humanistic new morality of Satanism can - and will - evolve society in which our children can grow up healthy and without the devastating moral encumbrances of our existing sick society."

"Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with no frustrations which can be harmful to yourself and others around you. Therefore, the most simplified description of the Satanic belief is: INDULGENCE INSTEAD OF ABSTINENCE" "For the most part, it is not the artist or individualist, but the average middle-class working man or woman who is lacking the proper release for their desires. It is ironic that the responsible, respectable person - the one who pays society's bills - should be the one given the least in return. It is he who must be ever conscious of his "moral obligations", and who is condemned for normally indulging in his natural desires."

"Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to insure guilt on the part of its followers. The Christian Church knows that it is impossible for anyone to avoid committing these sins, as they are all things which we, being human, most naturally do. After inevitably committing these sins financial offerings to the church in order to "pay off" God are employed as a sop to the parishioner's conscience!" "Sexual activity certainly is condoned and encouraged by Satanism, but obviously the fact that it is the only religion which honestly takes this stand, is the reason it has been traditionally given so much literary space. Naturally, if most people belong to the religions which repress them sexually, anything written on this provocative subject is going to make for titillating reading." " "We have to accept the fact that man has become disgruntled at being constantly repressed, but we must do everything we can to at least temper the sinful desires of man, lest they run rampant in this new age," say the religionists of the right-hand path to the questioning Satanist. "Why continue to think of these desires as shameful and something to be repressed, if you now admit they are natural?" returns the Satanist. Could it be that the white-light religionists are a bit "sour-grapes" about the fact that they didn't think of a religion, before the Satanists, which would be enjoyable to follow; and if the truth were known, would they too not like to have a bit more pleasure out of life, but for fear of losing face, cannot admit it? Could it also be that they are afraid people will, after hearing about Satanism, tell themselves "This is for me - why should I continue with a religion which condemns me for everything I do, even though there is nothing actually wrong with it?" The Satanist thinks this is more than likely true."