Talk:Religious Satanism

New--- I heard there was a link to joyofsatan.org, what happened to it?

Don't Redirect
Please do not redirect this article to the article Satanism. There are other forms of Satanism out there that have their own articles. Since I don't know much about this type of Satanism, please expand this article.

Thank you.

--Admiral Roo 13:22, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC) (Comment edited for spelling and capitalization Andjam 04:41, 11 September 2005 (UTC))


 * this sounds like what i've heard referred to as "naturalist satanism". Gringo300 06:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Merge
I suggest we merge this article with the Traditional satanism article.--– sampi ( talk • contrib ) 06:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

cleanup
i suggest a cleanup of this page. the article on Satanism also contains info on the different forms of religious satanism, some of it is more detailed. borp 14:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Maybe If I post this on every Satanism page.....
This is more a rant about Satansim handled on Wikipedia in general.

First off, I'd like to comment that "Religious, Theistic, LaVeyan, Philosophical" are all misleading terms, really. LaVeyan is the only one that makes sense in its context, but thats rarely used by actual LaVeyan Satanists.

In general, the Satanism introductions are confusing. Anton LaVey (meaning LaVeyan Satanism) advanced first the idea that Satan is a Dark Force of nature. Yet thats listed as "religious" or "Theistic" Satanism. Why? Theistic implies a kind of God. Why not just leave it at "Theistic" Satanism as "religious" is innaccurate.

Why not call the LaVeyan article Religious (as it constitutes a religion as well as philosophy) and term the "Religious" article "Theistic." The labels are confusing and the information seems garbled.