Darwinism Is The Ideological Basis Of Satanism
Darwinism Is The Ideological Basis Of Satanism
Satanism is a perverted ideology that
makes violence
and savagery a ritual in its creed. Satanists, who describe
themselves
as such, make deeds of inhumanity and brutality into acts of
worship.
When the word Satanism is mentioned most people think merely
of its
widespread psychological influence on young people, and
regard it
as a kind of insignificant mystical movement. Also, due to
the influence
of the media, they may think of Satanists as performing
strange rituals,
much unlike what ordinary and well-balanced people would
otherwise
do. It is true that Satanists are part of a culture of
violence and
perform strange and horrible rites, yet, what most people
fail to
see is that Satanism is a materialist and atheist ideology
that supports
violence and which dates back to the 1800s. Furthermore, the
ideology
has a large number of followers throughout the world.
The fundamental principle of Satanism is that it rejects all
religious
values, takes the Devil as its deity, and claims that hell
is a kind
of salvation. According to the belief of Satanism, people
have no
responsibilities, apart from that of following their own
desires.
If his desires lead a person to anger, hatred, revenge,
deceit, theft,
the harming others or even murder, then that is acceptable.
One of the most common ways Satanists use to describe
themselves,
in their books, magazines and publications, as well as their
websites,
is to regard man as a "kind of developed animal," and to
maintain that "only the fittest can survive." This is the
most important piece of evidence to corroborate that
Darwinism lies
at the very root of the Satanists' beliefs. In fact, many
Satanists
do not hesitate to admit the fact. In A Description of
Satanism, a
Satanist writer describes the ideology in these terms:
… First of all, Humans are social animals... all people and animals share a common source in mere biology. Satanism is the belief that Humans are nothing more than higher animals-we have no special place in creation other than being lucky to have evolved and survived…1
It is clear from the preceding that Satanism regards Darwin's theory, that human beings evolved from animals, as the source of its own ideological "awareness." The introduction to an interview with Anton LaVey, the founder of Satanism, carried in the music journal MF Magazine, describes the relationship between Satanism and Darwinism:
In the late 1960s, Anton LaVey brought forth an easily understandable doctrine of social Darwinism, and strong positive thinking (magic) to the growing mass of individuals sick of both hippieism and the stagnant morals of Christianity.2
The
way Satanism shares so many parallels with Social Darwinism,
which regards
Western society as superior to others, has led to cooperation
between
it and a number of other racist and chauvinistic movements,
especially
fascism. One can find many individuals who believed in
Satanism among
the ranks of Hitler's National Socialists and Mussolini's
Blackshirts.
Anton LaVey makes this reference to that collaboration:
It's an unholy alliance. Many different types of such people have made contact with us in the past. The anti-Christian strength of National Socialist Germany is part of the appeal to Satanists-the drama, the lighting, the choreography with which they moved millions of people.3
Darwinism is the primary ground shared between these tendencies and Satanism. Social Darwinism, which lies at the heart of all these deviant ideologies, is defended by Satanists as follows:
The principle of the survival of the strong is advocated on all levels of society, from allowing an individual to stand or fall, to even letting those nations that cannot handle themselves take the consequences of this inability… There would be a concomitant reduction in the world's population as the weak are allowed to experience the consequences of social Darwinism. Thus has nature always acted to cleanse and strengthen her children… We embrace reality and do not try to transform it into some utopia that is contrary to the very fabric of existence.4
Another
expression of the Satanists' attachment to Social Darwinism is
their
fierce support for the theory of eugenics, itself the product
of fascism.
The theory of eugenics maintained that the sick and the
crippled ought
to be eliminated from society, and the number of healthy
individuals
increased through breeding. The theory was most prominently
implemented
in Nazi Germany. According to the theory of eugenics, in the
same way
that healthy animal stock is bred by mating healthy species,
by this
way a race of humans also be improved. Those elements
obstructing such
improvement (the sick, crippled, mentally handicapped etc.)
need to
be eradicated. When this line of thinking was adopted in Nazi
Germany,
tens of thousands of people with genetic and mental diseases
were slaughtered
ruthlessly.
Satanism is also in favor of the same terrible
mercilessness. Their
own publications reveal their view on eugenics:
Satanists also seek to enhance the laws of nature by concentrating on fostering the practice of eugenics… It is the practice of encouraging people of talent and ability to reproduce, to enrich the gene pool from which our species can grow. This was commonly practiced throughout the world… Until the genetic code is cracked and we can choose the character of our offspring at will, Satanists seek to mate the best with the best.5
We
need to bear in mind the Satanists' own views when considering
the threat
posed by it. When Satanists are asked how many of them there
are, they
claim to have large numbers of followers, because there are
many people
who actually live by the tenets of Satanism without being
aware of the
fact. In a way, that is actually the case. Many people,
consciously
or unconsciously, share the views of the Satanists. That is
because,
refusing to listen to the voice of one's conscience, or to
live by proper
morality, therefore following one's own desires, is the same
as obeying
the commands of the Devil. When one considers all the
destruction caused
by Satanists up to the present day, it is quite clear in what a
terrible
state a society consisting of such people is going to end up
to be.
The claim that man is a species of animal, on which Satanism
is founded,
is utter nonsense. Mankind did not come into being as the
result of
blind chance. The Creator of mankind, and of the order and
splendor
of the entire universe, is the infinitely powerful, superior
and All-Wise
God, Who has no weaknesses of any kind. He created man with
the ability
to think and reason, to distinguish between right and wrong,
and also
with a responsibility towards our Creator. Just as each
individual's
ego directs him towards evil, so his conscience protects him
from
it, and commands him to turn away from it. It is man's duty
to listen
to the voice of his conscience, not of his ego and adopt the
kind
of morality that is pleasing to God. That morality will not
only allow
the individual concerned, and the society in which he lives,
to enjoy
a peaceful and secure existence, but will also, by the will
of God,
lead to the sublimest reward in the hereafter.
One important fact that must not be lost sight of is that
the life
Satan offers, which he dresses up to appear so very
attractive, is
mere deception. Satan may make all kinds of promises about
the possibilities
of the life of this world, and may try to turn people away
form the
true path, yet, it must not be forgotten that the road he
beckons
man to follow will only lead to ultimate destruction for
those who
take it. That is because Satan and his followers have
already been
defeated. As God explains in a verse:
… What they call on is an arrogant Satan whom God has cursed. He said, "I will take a certain fixed proportion of Your servants. I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will command them and they will cut off cattle's ears. I will command them and they will change God's creation." Anyone who takes the Satan as his protector in place of God has clearly lost everything. (Surat an-Nisa', 117-119)
1 Vexen Crabtree, "A
Description of Satanism,"
http://simon.crabtree.com/satanism/modern.html
2 "The Doctor Is In," Shane & Amy Bugbee,
http:www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/MFInterview.html
3 Vexen Crabtree," A Description of Satanism,"
http://simon.crabtree.com/satanism/modern.html
4 Magister Peter Gilmore, "Satanism the Feared
Religion,"
http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Feared.html
5 Magister Peter Gilmore, "Satanism the Feared
Religion,"
http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Feared.html
