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Satanist believes that the character was stolen from various pagan religions and that Santa Claus is an anagram of Satan.</p><p id="1ba3">Therefore, the Satanists celebrated Christmas to honor the pagan traditions.</p><h1 id="37ab">4. Place of gathering</h1><figure id="c442"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*0qGWHJIi4KHrrgj8.jpg"><figcaption>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_demons">Wiki</a></figcaption></figure><p id="166a">It doesn’t matter which way you look at both religions. Both of them provide a place of worship and access to like-minded people.</p><p id="3ece">However, a somewhat confusing aspect of satanic churches is the name of their place of worship, ‘Grotto,’ which has a couple of meanings.</p><p id="8a42">A grotto can be a church or a gathering (community) of Satanists. One is the physical place where Satanists gather, and the other is the community of Satanists, where they live near one another.</p><h1 id="6eb9">5. The Golden Rule</h1><figure id="bd8a"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*kkTbHN_1fgVrvBO9s7LsXw.png"><figcaption>Source: <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/es/Pan_Twardowski">Wikiwand</a></figcaption></figure><p id="0aec">Loving God with all your heart, mind, and soul teaches us an intimate desire for love, dignity, truth, and the divine.</p><p id="8650">It teaches us to remain aware that God is more significant than we can imagine or understand. It leads us to deliberate God.</p><p id="e152">Loving our neighbors and fellows teaches us to be openhearted, generous, accepting, welcoming, and supportive of everyone because every single human being is our neighbor.</p><p id="9ff8">To love our neighbors includes remaining humble, never thinking we’re better than anyone else, and not exploiting or abused.</p><p id="0600">So, like every religion and Prophets have some teachings for their followers, Christianity and Satanism both teach their adherents to follow Mathew’s Law: “whatever you wish for yourself from others also do to them in the same way,”</p><p id="0504">Church of Satan also preaches kindness in their religion — but they follow the rule for only generous people not for self-seekers.</p><h1 id="0823">6. ‘The Goat’ as the deity</h1><figure id="5b71"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*tL_qDInWsno6NS0y.png"><figcaption>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet">Wiki</a></figcaption></figure><p id="dad4">The goat deity was used by what we would consider regular “folks” of the ancient world — a deity imagined as half man. A half-goat was a persisting image in Ancient Times, a household god.</p><p id="b7ff">The popularity and resemblance of the goat deity in pre-Christian cultures was likely the reason it was chosen as a sign to represent the rationale of good and evil.</p><p id="354a">The popularity and regularity of the image of the goat across all cultures in the pre-Christian world made it the most efficient symbol of the new order and reversal of the old. A goat-headed male and an inverted star are considered satan’s principal symbols.</p><p id="6dfc">The Knights Templar was falsely accused of worshipping. Baphomet (deity with a goat head) was later tied into the occult.</p><p id="d334">The Church Of Satan uses Baphomet’s head (a goat head) inside a

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n inverted pentagram. The church claims that it is the; “preeminent visual distillation of the iconoclastic philosophy of Satanism.”</p><p id="a8c3">In the end, we can say religious ideography is vague and conflicting.</p><h1 id="68ed">7. Hierarchy of Anarchy</h1><p id="bd8b">Since the beginning of time, humanity has followed many leaders who had people under their command to watch over everyday individuals.</p><p id="c7fc">The church of Satan and Catholic churches follow the same concept to retain order among their members.</p><p id="6a35">The Satanic church follows the same chain of command as the Catholic church. The designations are the same, but Satanists have more uncanny names for their dignitaries.</p><p id="c576">Some of the names given to the dignitaries are as follows: Satanist, Witch/Warlock, Priestess/Priest, Magistra/Magister, and lastly, Maga/Magus.</p><h1 id="cbe1">Final words</h1><p id="ab0d">On the outside, it may appear that Christianity and Satanism don’t share much in common. You guessed it right — both religions promulgate to do well and stay away from evil.</p><p id="c4c5">This fundamental teaching of both Satanism and Christianity religions brings out the similarities between both, like the similarities between how the churches should be, their thoughts on drugs, or growing up in a religious family circle.</p><p id="d2d3">More from the author:</p><div id="7b00" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/8-lesser-known-bizarre-facts-about-vladimir-putin-that-you-missed-1da571535ee0"> <div> <div> <h2>8 Lesser-Known Bizarre Facts About Vladimir Putin That You Missed</h2> <div><h3>Most interesting things no one talks about.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*W7-ZHkPc4yj4ju1zZ48IQg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="59fb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/10-rules-you-had-no-clue-amish-women-had-to-follow-4e0be7f2ccb2"> <div> <div> <h2>10 Rules You Had No Clue Amish Women Had to Follow</h2> <div><h3>Peek inside some strict restrictions they wish we didn’t know.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*TpAFHAcLlKEbahUX)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="7094" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/11-unbelievable-historical-events-that-happened-at-the-same-time-ddff3d4be632"> <div> <div> <h2>11 Unbelievable Historical Events That Happened at the Same Time</h2> <div><h3>Weird historical facts that will mess with your idea of time.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*n_K0fHbVj_ACkWgmd87I2w.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

7 Surprising Things ‘Satanism’ Actually Shares With ‘Christianity’

These common practices and similarities you didn’t know exist.

Satan, the Devil, is regarded in Christianity as the embodiment of absolute evil.

In the 1960s, there was no concept of Satanism. Anton Lavey formed a separate religion among all the religions in existence, giving the name of satanism to this non-theistic religion. A religion based on philosophy, art, and writings of the Devil or evil.

Christianity and Satanism have countless things in common; some obvious ones are the use of symbols and the Devil himself. Below, we will go through some commonalities in both religions.

1. NO! To Drugs

One of the things that both religions agree upon is the disapprobation of drug usage, even though both religions have different manners of approaching it.

The Satanic church has a very basic say to it, and a person shouldn’t use drugs because it is illegal and is not taken positively by society.

On the other hand, Christians have an uncompromising view on this issue; many biblical references condemn the use of drugs or other intoxications.

On one occasion, Pope John Paul II stated that drug dealers are “merchants of death,” which may sound exaggerated to some.

2. Money is all that matters.

Money plays a significant role no matter what both religions preach, whether Satanism or Christianity.

Satanists must pay a USD 200, which doesn’t include The Satanic Bible — an additional amount gets charged.

Are you thinking it to be odd? As for a Christian, it is not any better where one is required to pay a tithe or one-tenth of their weekly income to the church.

And all this not to get anything in exchange but only to be a part of a community of like-minded people and coexist in a place of worship.

3. Love for Christmas

Everyone loves Christmas, no matter which religion you belong to . The big guy with the long beard and his love for children called Santa Claus is well known worldwide.

The Satanist believes that the character was stolen from various pagan religions and that Santa Claus is an anagram of Satan.

Therefore, the Satanists celebrated Christmas to honor the pagan traditions.

4. Place of gathering

It doesn’t matter which way you look at both religions. Both of them provide a place of worship and access to like-minded people.

However, a somewhat confusing aspect of satanic churches is the name of their place of worship, ‘Grotto,’ which has a couple of meanings.

A grotto can be a church or a gathering (community) of Satanists. One is the physical place where Satanists gather, and the other is the community of Satanists, where they live near one another.

5. The Golden Rule

Loving God with all your heart, mind, and soul teaches us an intimate desire for love, dignity, truth, and the divine.

It teaches us to remain aware that God is more significant than we can imagine or understand. It leads us to deliberate God.

Loving our neighbors and fellows teaches us to be openhearted, generous, accepting, welcoming, and supportive of everyone because every single human being is our neighbor.

To love our neighbors includes remaining humble, never thinking we’re better than anyone else, and not exploiting or abused.

So, like every religion and Prophets have some teachings for their followers, Christianity and Satanism both teach their adherents to follow Mathew’s Law: “whatever you wish for yourself from others also do to them in the same way,”

Church of Satan also preaches kindness in their religion — but they follow the rule for only generous people not for self-seekers.

6. ‘The Goat’ as the deity

The goat deity was used by what we would consider regular “folks” of the ancient world — a deity imagined as half man. A half-goat was a persisting image in Ancient Times, a household god.

The popularity and resemblance of the goat deity in pre-Christian cultures was likely the reason it was chosen as a sign to represent the rationale of good and evil.

The popularity and regularity of the image of the goat across all cultures in the pre-Christian world made it the most efficient symbol of the new order and reversal of the old. A goat-headed male and an inverted star are considered satan’s principal symbols.

The Knights Templar was falsely accused of worshipping. Baphomet (deity with a goat head) was later tied into the occult.

The Church Of Satan uses Baphomet’s head (a goat head) inside an inverted pentagram. The church claims that it is the; “preeminent visual distillation of the iconoclastic philosophy of Satanism.”

In the end, we can say religious ideography is vague and conflicting.

7. Hierarchy of Anarchy

Since the beginning of time, humanity has followed many leaders who had people under their command to watch over everyday individuals.

The church of Satan and Catholic churches follow the same concept to retain order among their members.

The Satanic church follows the same chain of command as the Catholic church. The designations are the same, but Satanists have more uncanny names for their dignitaries.

Some of the names given to the dignitaries are as follows: Satanist, Witch/Warlock, Priestess/Priest, Magistra/Magister, and lastly, Maga/Magus.

Final words

On the outside, it may appear that Christianity and Satanism don’t share much in common. You guessed it right — both religions promulgate to do well and stay away from evil.

This fundamental teaching of both Satanism and Christianity religions brings out the similarities between both, like the similarities between how the churches should be, their thoughts on drugs, or growing up in a religious family circle.