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Witchcraft is a part, though not all, of some of the spiritual paths that fall under the umbrella of Paganism. Not all pagans practice witchcraft and not all practitioners of witchcraft are pagan. Pagans do not generally adhere to the Judeo-Christian belief in an embodiment or personality of evil (Satan). It is impossible to worship something you do not believe in.
Satanism can refer to a few things. Christians often use the term to refer to non-believers. Lavey Satanism is a atheistic religion that promotes non-conformity, self reliance and hedonism. The third type of satanism is called spiritual, which is reverence for a super natural deity either referred to as Set,Enki,Lucifer, or Satan. Generally speaking spiritual Satanists draw from the philosophy of Lavey. There is no organized religion that actually worships the Christian defined devil. Satanists can preform witchcraft however, what defines witchcraft is highly variable between Lavey Satanists, Spiritual Satanists, and pagans. Lavey Satanists view magic as applied psychology, while pagans and Spiritual Satanists view magic as something of a more psychic ability.
Satanists worship Satan or Lucifer, for various reasons.
Pagans worship gods and spirits other than the Abrahamic/JudaeoChristian deity.
AnswerNot all Pagans worship Gods or spirits. Rather they revere nature, and her representations.
AnswerTrue Satanists usually do not believe in any form of Divine, but worship themselves. They believe that nothing should be held back from them if it causes pleasure. Satanists have rules they abide by, however. Most Satanists are fun loving people who live their lives how they see fit, and do not restrict themselves of any vice they want.
Look, if you are a Devil Worshipper, you begin being Christian, because you believe in the Christian Bible's Devil. I mean, you believe in the Christian Bible's vision of Satan. In this case, this Satan is like your God.
On the other hand, LaVeyan Satanism begins with Atheism. LaVeyan Satanists believe in a godless Universe. They accept that we are alone in this world, there aren't anyone else than human persons.
What I'm trying to say is that a LaVeyan Satanist "worships himself/herself". They think God is a human invention, so, if mankind can invent a God, why can't this God be ourselves? Knowing this, LaVeyan Satanism is a religion based on persons. When i say this i want to say that they believe that nothing should be denied to persons if that forbidden things involves a benefit to the person.
LaVeyan Satanist are encouraged to try to be the best they can be. They have the responsibility to be careful of their acts, and to assume their responsibility if they do anything wrong. LaVeyan Satanism means enjoying life, instead of living a horrible life on the Earth because "we expect a better life after death".
Finally, you will be asking yourself why is it called Satanism if it doesn't worship The Bible's Satan. This religion is called this way because LaVeyan Satanists have Satan as a behaviour model. Satan is seen as an adversary, someone who doubts of everything.
Satanism follows the devil rather than God/no one and goths just like the colour black and have a particular dress style which has nothing to do with religion
Christianity and Catholicism generally views paganism or wiccan with regards to satanism. True paganism is honoring and worshipping Gaea or Mother Earth. Alot of Christian views came from original Paganism, as well as other religions.
Christianity believed Paganism, and any other religion that worshiped other gods, to be Satanism. So to answer your question, no. Jesus was not into witchcraft.
Spiritual Satanists are more spiritual. They believe in Satan as an actual being, usually he's their God of choice. Whereas LaVeyan Satanists are pretty much athiests.
There are no solid links to Satanism and heavy metal, heavy metal artists use Satanism insignias to get publicly.
Two of the best online resources are the Wikipedia entry for Satanism, and the website of Ontario Consultants for Religious Tolerance. Both largely succeed in avoiding any particular bias. After checking these sources, you will know more about the subject, and be able to tell the difference between atheistic and theistic varieties of Satanism.
pre-religion / paganism pre-religion / paganism
LaVeyan Satanism (the original) does not.
Athiests don't believe in any God, while most of the Pagan religions are Polithiestic, where they believe on many Gods. Therefor there is a big difference between Polithiestic Paganism and Athiesm
Satanism is a religion that was created specifically to annoy Christians.
No, Mike Portnoy is not a satanism.
Depends on the psychic. Many do not adhere to any "religion", and remain objectively "spiritual" in nature. Those who do define themselves religiously usually identify with variations of Gnosticism or traditional Paganism, neither of which involve or acknowledge Satan.
Both believe that Christ Is the Incarnation Of God. Rastafarians believe that Emperor Haile Salassie was another incarnation of God too.