Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
2 Cor. 2:11

There are real witches and real satanists out there, not only because you haven't seen them or know any, it doesn't mean that they don't exist. There's nothing special being a satanist, they aren't burglars or mad scientists disguised in black. They breathe the same air that we breathe and they eat the same food that we eat. They come in all shapes, colors and sizes, and not all of them dress in black and have upside crosses tattooed on their foreheads. Some of them wear suits and sit in the counsels of the mighty in your community. Some, sad to say, may even be wearing clergy robes. This no to brag, but only to point out that it is a mistake to assume that "respectable" people are not likely to be servants of the devil. In fact, it is much closer to the devil's sense of subtlety to have such people as his servants.

In a sense, satanists are the enemy, but in a larger sense they themselves are victims of Satan. I thnk that I can say, without fear of contradiction, that virtually all satanists are deceived. Few of them understand what they are doing or where they are going. They have been manipulated by the master of the game. They are all to a greater or lesser degree- victims of bad information or outright lies.

Obviously, only utter lunatics would serve a beign with the full knowledge that the consequences would be despair and horror in this life and an eternity of fiery torment. Thus, no satanist is allowed to believe in what the Bible tells him about his fate. Satan uses various smoke screens to keep his people from learning the truth. The most important strategy, though is to keep them away from the Bible.

1.) Lower-level Satanists are often told that there is no really God or devil.

This is the lie promoted in the literature put out by the Church of Satan (COS). Satan, these people are told, is just a convenient archetype. He doesn't really exist. He is just a symbol like the Statue of Liberty, with wich you can invest meaning and emotional content.

For these people, Satan is like a badge they wear wich allows them to think differently than the "herd," and is their license to be perverted or misanthropic. He symbolizes their inner beign, their true potential wich they must try to achieve. He is everything they could be, if only they could throw off the shackles of society and really be themselves.

2.) Mid-level Satanists, who get past the"comic-opera Satanism," of the COS are taught that Satan is real, but he is not evil, just misunderstood.

This Satan is a variation on the Horned God of Wicca with a lousier disposition. He is a dark, romantic rebel, a loner and a Byronic anti-hero. He represents the darker side of humanity, its alientation and loneliness. This "Satan" isn't an enemy of God, byt a necessary opposite the "loyal" opposition." God could not look good without Satan to make Him seem good, so Satan is there as a tragic foil. This evil being. He is just the lord of dark forces and helps humanity with its "darker side."

3.) Upper -level Satanists get the next level of "truth." Satan is evil, but that evil is better than what God has to offer.

In this view, Satan is the wrongly accused fallguy for all of God's mistakes. God cast him out of heaven in a fit of jealousy and Satan is trying to win back his glory. God is presented as the God of the "herd," mindless sheep who have a slave mentality. The demented philosopher Frederich Nietschze had this in mind when he talked about Chistianity beign a "slave" religion. Satanism is said to be a religion of masters. Satan's kingdom is for the creative and the bold, for those who want to live on the edge. Heaven is presented as a dull place full of dolts twanging away on harps. Hell, on the other hand, is presented as an eternal orgy.

Christianity is okay for mere humans(we used to call them "me-hums") but for Masters, Satanism is the only way to go. It is believed that when one joins up in Satan's army(by selling their soul to the devil), that you enlist in a war to try and take back heaven from God. God is the ursurper and Satan is the rightful ruler of heaven. Thus, Satan is seen as a supernatural George Washington, fighting against the "King George" of heaven.

4.) For the "Magister"(or Master) level of Satanist, Satan is presented as the rightful god of the universe, who draws power from suffering, perversion and death.

This level of Satanist is solidly hard-core, but may not actually have participated in human sacrifice yet. However, they have acquired an incredibly twisted ethic in wich pain is pleasure and pleasure is pain. These people will slash themselves (or compliant others) to draw and/or drink blood. Animal sacrifices will be needed, because this is where the real power supposedly comes from. The highest sacrament for these people is the destruction of the innocent. At this level, rites of pain and perversion are believed necessary to help open the "door" to bring into manifestation Satan's kingdom on the earth. Souls are to be "won" at a frantic rate, because every one who signs up on satan's list will be part of an army wich will supposedly storm heaven and cast out the false God, Jehova.

5.) The final level for the Satanist is where the members are usually demon-possesed to their toenails.

It usually takes many years (or being born into a satanic family) to arrive at this level of evil. Sex with demons and human sacrifice is a necessity. These people know hell is real, but are told that even if they lose in the battle with God, they will "reign" in hell and will never suffer. These people suffer from the common misinformation that Satan rules hell(Like the toughest con in a maximum security prison) and can grant favors to whomsoever he will. There is no Biblical support for this, even though movies and even cartoons promote the idea.

These Satanists believe that it is their destiny to overthrow and murderer God and be co-rulers of the universe with their lord, Satan. They think that they are gods and goddesses themselves and have the right to determine who lives or dies. In their twisted logic, if you are god, you can kill, destroy, steal and rape all you want because you make the rules. Hence the satanic maxim of Aleister Crowley,

"Do what thou shall be the whole of the
law; love is the law, love under will."

Love is commanded to be subordinated to the satanic will of the master magician.

Paradoxically, however, these people know Satan to be cruel task-master. No longer the romantic rebel, he is more like the head of ruthless cosmic crime syndicate, who tortures and mercilessly beats his servants. He is the Capo di Capo (an italian mob term meaning the "head of all heads," or "captain of all captains,") while they (the high-level satanists) are his "Godfathers." They believe themselves to have a great deal of power and "perks," but they know, deep down inside, that their reign is a tenacious one. Just one wrong move and their "Capo" could turn on them and punish them within an inch of their lives.

However, they have been told the lie that he is the only game in town- that the God of heaven would never want them onve they have done such wicked and perverse things. They are told that if they ever try to leave or defect to the "other side," they will be killed horribly, and will be tortured endessly in the thereafter. They have probably seen enough of human sacrifices to know the range of horrid things wich Satan and his humans slaves could do to them.

It is vital for the soul-winner to understand that these satanists are utterely convinced that they have "sold their souls" and that nothing Jesus could do would save them. This LIE must be dismantled before any effective witnessing can take place. These people believe that they are "salvation-proof."

More info about satanism:

WHAT SATAN IS NOT

XI SATANIC RULES OF THE EARTH
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IX SATANIC SINS