Christians acknowledge the Devil. Satanists don’t. These are the
words of Riaan Swiegelaar, cofounder and priest of the South African
Satanic Church.
Satanism is the most misunderstood religion practised. Practitioners
don’t believe in Satan, as most Christians do. They don’t do animal
sacrifice and they’re not against Christianity. They have a goal the
advertising of religious plurality.
The South African Satanic Church administers services, does Satanic
Bible research and conducts community service such as women’s rights and
animal welfare are priorities
They are a registered religious organisation. Their main philosophy
of Satanism is living free from guilt…they say there is nothing wrong
with their natural instincts but it’s about knowing yourself and
becoming the optimal version of who you are, say Riaan Swiegelaar the
cofounder of the South African Satanic Church.
He grew up in the 80s, at the beginning of the Satanic Panic era, in a
very Afrikaans, Christian house. Satanism gets confused with Devil
Worship, they do not even acknowledge the being(Satan) that people refer
to as the devil. They see Satan as an archetype, an opposer of
religious tyranny.
They do not condone animal sacrifice. They believe, as the inheritors
of the Earth, that they should be looking after animals and their
rights. Riaan Swiegelaar was a pastor in a Christian church. He says
when he read the Satanic Bible, he recognised himself coming from the
point of questioning things, never feeling you belong in a religion that
revere external deities.
Swiegelaar and his devoutly Christian family agree to disagree. They
completely respect each other. He says you’ll never find a Satanist
disrespecting other beliefs. They believe all religions have their
place. He also says they are here to promote religious plurality in
South Africa.
“Hail, Satan!” Says Riaan Swiegelaar.
Source: AmazGist.com
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