Quote Originally Posted by truth1337 View Post
A good point. The simple answer is that satanism can be many things, anything from leading people away from Christ towards atheism, to being in general a worshipper of evil and of doing everything the opposite of what is normal, to hatred for nature, to actually worshipping the devil. Laveyan satanism didn't exist at that time, but it is more about neo-paganism with indulgence and a superficial lifestyle, using the word satanism mainly to provoke. Marx falls into the first category obviously, the second possibly, and the third certainly. The fourth his quote implies but it could be "mere poetry". The fifth, no, since Laveyan satanism didn't exist at that time.
So, basically, every atheist is a satanist?

And that's easy compared to next question - what is normal?

Moreover, if you think communists always mean what they say, then you are certainly naive! What other ideologies do you have such endless trust for, that you would believe everything they said? Judging from the massmurder of 60 million people and enslaving the rest under cattle-like conditions, they didn't really live up to their promise of being "for worker's rights" as they claimed in the USSR, did they?
I don't believe that politicians ever mean what they say, communist or not. And don't go into 60 million people and cattle like conditions. It always ends badly.