DUring my life I get to know alot of people. Some I like...some I don't. I ignore the ones I dislike..generally just stay as far way from them as I can.
The ones I love get my time and energy undivided.

I'm interested in knowing how people select a religion like this to begin with. Bare with me now. Especially in the United States, religion runs pretty strong in certain areas and in certain people. At some point in your life or another, you hear about God through people like Jehova's or Mormans or evagelical people who want to share their faith in a discussion with you. Of course from there, Satan is mentioned and discussed and possibly researched at some point. Even at Halloween you'll see people dressed (with the horns and pitch-forks) like "Satan" which will introduce you to this character or idea. I know some areas this may not be the case, but at what point does someone choose this religion? I know from a very young child I've been taught that Satan is bad so it makes my skin crawl just from upbringing to even discuss this, but I'm actually interest in their forms of scriptures, ordinances, doctrines, practices, and ceremonies.

I do not really believe in the bible because its been changed so much over the centuries.

When I was confirmed in the catholic church i chose Lucifer as my name. Then I left the church. It is nothing more than another group of men trying to opress people through fear. F#$KERS!

Yes I understand that part, but how can you ignore people you don't like and have an eye for an eye attitude?

Okay, let us look at it in a different way.

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Now in order to determine whether someone deserves your love or is your enemy, you will probably need some type of action or reaction to go off of.

First off, how do Satanist feel towards everyday people walking down the street? People they never met before. Do they love them because there are no reasons to consider them enemies or are they enemies because there are no reasons to waist love on them? Is there a grey area in which people are just people until they are to be considered friend or foe?

Let’s just consider that people are people and must do something in order to be loved or hated and let’s say Tommy steals a Snickers bar out of your lunchbox and eats it right in front of you during lunch and school. Now I would assume that Tommy is now an enemy because he has acted in a disrespectful manner towards you by violating your personal belongings. Now I’m also assuming that since Tommy is an enemy, he would also be considered someone you don’t like. Tommy now effectively has become your enemy that you don’t like.

Here’s where I’m confused. You say that they ignore people they don’t like so I would think that even though Tommy upset you by stealing part of your lunch that you would ignore him, but being your enemy you would want revenge because of the whole eye for an eye theory. Would this be limited to stealing part of Tommy’s meal when you had a chance or would you find anything/something else fitting as a repayment? Once payment is received, would Tommy still be an enemy, someone you dislike, both, or since you’ve been repaid would he be forgiven? Is there room for forgiveness in a Satanist’s lifestyle? After all, not turning the other cheek and the eye for an eye theory almost makes forgiveness impossible. These are the questions I’m diving at because I don’t see how ignoring and revenge sit hand in hand plus nobody really seems to be discussing too much about this religion/practice or it’s writing and lessons making it harder to understand and to learn.

Thank you for your responses ahead of time.

A quote on Satanism:

"You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy!" Anton LaVey

I don't understand this at all. Your saying that they practice ignoring people they don't like, an eye for an eye theory, and as stated earlier never giving their enemies the other cheek. Eye for an eye is taking what is taken and not giving the other cheek is not being passive about a bad situation or not making yourself to suffer worse on ones behalf or attack. How therefore can you ignore or even not start trouble? If this is a real religion where I would imagine that they want you to follow their forms of scriptures, teachings, and practices, then being passive or not starting trouble doesn't seem to fit into some of the practices being mentioned. I'm confused.

Not sure if your directing that at me vasper, but like I said:

Actually, the Christian devil is actually described to be more like Jesus Christ then anything else. So much so that he will be sitting in the house of God being worshipped as God. I wonder where the horns, red skin, and pitch-forks really came from in the first place.