Quote Originally Posted by Memnon View Post
That is not what a satanist is, you cannot make up a definition of satanism and use it to insult people in that way. So let's just say for argument's sake I was a monk who lived in practical isolation, living a life clean of any impurities (drug-related, sexual, or otherwise) and had never harmed another living thing in my life, but I took on a student and did not teach him about the teachings of Jesus Christ. Would that make me a satanist? I realize that's a horrible argument, but so is making up your own definition for a very controversial and well-discussed word such as satanist.

I've known a few satanists, not those who sacrifice virgins to create the Antichrist, but the ones that just live their lives the way they want to and let others do the same. Guess what, they were all better people than the fundies I've known.
I was once a satanist myself, so I know what I'm talking about. Secondly, I admitted and clarified my poor phrasing (due to late time of the day!) in the post just above this one. Not teaching about Christ is not satanism. Actively leading people away from Christ, isn't satanism. But compulsively wanting to destroy nature and God, being almost scared of the existence of natural things, and always wanting to turn everything natural as unnatural as possible, is satanism - because it is hatred for nature slash God.