What is Satanism?(pt 4 of LaVey's Satanism) Quiz

Answer: Atheistic

There are no gods in Satanism.

Answer: False

It is NOT dualistic. Souls and bodies are indivisible and there is no war between cosmic good and cosmic evil.

Answer: For things to return to the old days where people truly believed in magic and witches and the Devil.

Satanists strive to reach the human potential. Which means they want humans to live longer and improve education, science and technology. They don't wish for things to return back to the Dark Ages where people burnt others alive for being slightly odd. As Satanists don't believe in the Devil, I doubt they would be wanting others to believe in the Devil.

Answer: None of these

Satanists generally don't refer to religious terms that imply something they consider illogical like "faith" and "holy". It's more likely that they will describe Satanism as "unholy" on account of its rejection of the irrational aspects of most other religions.

The only thing that Satanism could really accept as "holy" is clarity of thought, as this is what leads us to reach the human potential.

Answer: True

It is allowed, meditation is considered a valid path of self-discovery.

Answer: To inspire people.

One of Satanism's aims is to inspire people to make new discoveries and make life in general better. This is just one of the reasons Satanism is called Satanism. LaVey said "The reason it's called Satanism is because it's fun, it's accurate and its productive." (Introduction to "The Devil's Notebook")

The name Satanism interests people. It could be one of the reasons that inspired you to take this quiz! Once you have an initial interest in something, especially something that aims to better the self and technology, it inspires you to think about things in a different light and to do something.

Answer: True

It is true Satanism is more of an un-religion. It opposes many "white light" religions where God is seen to represent all the good that's in the world and opposes all that is bad. It also opposes those that believe in afterlife, as there is only one life that Satanists feel they can be guaranteed of, and that's the one that they are living right now.

Answer: None of these

No, Satanists don't have scriptures. A scripture is something that people follow pretty much to the letter and don't doubt. A key point that Satanism stands for is doubt. As a result Satanists generally don't call any of their books or essays scriptures (including those that were written by LaVey). If someone does call a Satanic writing a scripture it usually, in my experience, is met with a cringe!

Answer: Szandor

Anton Szandor LaVey is his name on "The Satanic Bible" and numerous other writings of his;however Howard Stanton Levey was the name on his birth certificate.

Anton interestingly means "Worthy of praise"
Howard means "Guardian of the home" and
Stanton means "Rocky Meadow Town".

Answer: False

Nope, Satanists don't want to train people up to be a Satanist. You basically either are one or aren't one. If you aren't one and want to be one, it's up to you to become one.