I have it on good authority that Satan is not a created being. That is to say that nobody created Satan in spite of what the Xtian Bible might state, concerning the subject. The Xtian writers merely added another name to something ancient and powerful that already independently existed. In fact, the writers of the New Testament simply borrowed the noun, satan, from the Hebrews to fill a need. Up until then, satan simply meant adversary.
It seems that they were hunting around for a name that might fit a Power or Force that was totally different in concept, scope and was outrageously contrary to their simple-minded Xtian mysticisms. Anyway, Satan was the best they could do-- whatever. But let us not split hairs; Satan is simply one of many great and powerful manifestations of the One Force that fills the Universe with light and life and has created and sustained all things worth sustaining.
Satan then, is the strong, working arm of Creation who makes the clockwork run. He is neither good nor evil; light nor dark. Neither is He happy or sad or beneficent or destructive. He simply is. Get it? He is, and we are. Satan does great things. So do we. Mostly, He creates, but sometimes, He destroys imperfect things to make room for new stuff. I do that sort of thing too. Don't you?
Satan doesn't give a fig about love, and neither do I. However, we both know a lot about respect, camaraderie, brotherhood, unity and strength in numbers. That's where all of us come together as of one heart and mind to accomplish something worthwhile. We know about that. The advantage is that we don't have to lie about our reasons.
Our opposition, on the other hand, exudes the virtues of love. I know not what is love except that it is a morass of indefinable and confused emotional debris that brings dysfunction upon those who profess to practice it. They intone that "No greater love does one have for his brother than to die for him." I say that, "No greater respect does one have for his brother than to utterly destroy those who would mess with him to the last man!"
Is that moral? Of course not. That is impeccable! We live by certain standards to which we subscribe because we believe in them, all the while seeing the value, beauty, hope and harmony in them. We do that which we do for us, alone. We do not act or react or dance to another's drum. We have no desire to please anybody else but ourselves, therefore, we succeed in achieving our purpose.
Moralists, on the other hand, will always fail because they are attempting to please another; that is why they need Jesus. You see, Jesus forgives sins. Of course then, we must ask what is sin? The answer always it that sin is nothing but a failure to cleave to an impossible moral code that was duly created so that no one could follow it without dire and certain failure. Circuitous huh? Just remember that Jesus is love. Better to live by impeccability because it pleases us than to get mired down in someone else's myth.
This is why I say that we Satanists, who are true chips off the old Satanic block, will always have much more in common with each other than we ever could with anyone else. That is because we think differently and do differently and are, in fact, different.
The Xtian Bible brashly states that, "The goats shall be separated from the sheep." That is one of the more true statements in the book, as goats are indeed quite different than sheep. That is all well and good, but though many Satanists identify themselves with the image of the goat, we are not goats. Indeed not. No, we are wolves. The Xtian book of transgressions speaks of wolves too, but then, that is another story.
You see, we are masters in concept while our opposition suffers under the constrained mentality of slaves. Consider the basic differences there in point of view. It all boils down to a matter of basic honesty. We are as Gods, while they are not. We create while they only use. We are not ashamed of our power while they subdue theirs to satisfy another. Yes, we are very different. We are wolves and they are sheep. We vary greatly in psychology, cosmology, ideology, and physiology. That is why, "Never the twain shall meet."
