What are you loyal to?

[oprahsedcreature@lemmy.ml]

Hypnotoad

[sterile_technique@lemmy.world]

My wife, and a personal code of ethics.

Everything else lands somewhere between "trust but verify" and "it/they will kill me and everything I love the second I let my guard down".

[xmunk@sh.itjust.works]

My happiness, the happiness of my loved ones, and the happiness of others in that order.

[whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world]

Objective truth.

[random_character_a@lemmy.world]

Leftist scum

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+1

[africanexpansionist@lemmy.ml]

My wife and my bandmates

[iamericandre@lemmy.world]

Mans got to have a code

[mjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Myself. No one is looking out for me.

[electric_nan@lemmy.ml]

The people I love. My sense of justice.

[Guest]

My wife and children and other immediate family members. The people that I know will have my back no matter what.

[multifariace@lemmy.world]

My wife is first. Objective truth is now a secret hobby.

[crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz]

To not be bored.

[corno@lemm.ee]

My friends and family.

[flamangoman@leminal.space]

Ok, but which one comes first in an ultimatum?????

[Guest]

First and foremost, my friends and family. Small friend group because of the morals/ethics I value, so they’re all basically family.

[marcie@lemmy.ml]

I serve the Soviet Union.

[that_devil_girl@lemmy.ml]

I am a Satanist. I swear no oaths, pledge no allegances,I neither bend the knee nor bow my head. The only thing I'm loyal to is the betterment of humanity as a whole.

[trollivier@sh.itjust.works]

My values and principles

[Guest]

I respect everyone's beliefs and I mean this in no insulting matter at all because I really don't know
But what do "Satanists" believe in? Do they believe in Satan? Which Satan? The Christian or Islamic one? From some other religion?
And if a Satanist does believe in Satan, does that mean they do believe in the existence of a God? Since the existence of a "Satanic" being would also warrant the belief in the existence of a divine one?
Just here for open minded discussion with ppl of different beliefs u can msg if u aren't comfortable sharing ur beliefs publicly

[that_devil_girl@lemmy.ml]

The religion is still relatively new, as in under 100 years old. We also don't kill each other for dominance or superiority as other religions have historically done. As such, denominations can be wildly different which can be confusing to the general public.

There are two primary camps in Satanism, theistic and non-theistic. The large majority of Satanists are non-theistic, as in we do not believe in gods, devils, afterlives, and magic.

The majority is egalitarian and humanistic, and we tend to be left wing progressive. This is the camp I and my congregation are in. This is the camp that seems to be winning the "battle" of ideas.

Of course, there are theistic denominations of Satanism, but they're relatively small, don't usually have in-person congregations, and they tend to lean politically right wing authoritarian.

There's a third camp of self-proclaimed "Satanists," though they really aren't. These are the clout chasers. They don't know anything about Satanism, but they saw a few cheesy Hollywood horror movies and are emulating that.

John Ramirez and his ilk pretend to be ex-Satanists and make up wild stories for fame, attention, and money. The Christian communities eat it up without an ounce if skepticism.

It's simultaniously sad and amusing how gullible those communities are. A ten second google search would show them the truth, but they can't be bothered.