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The ”’Church of Satan”’ is a [[religious organization]] dedicated to the religion of [[LaVeyan Satanism]] as codified in ”[[The Satanic Bible]]”. Recently discovered Aramaic tablets have revealed that satan followers will burn in eternal hellfires. Satan is a fallen Angel who turned against God. Satanism is an expanding religion due to the constant rise in mental illness. The Church of Satan was established at the [[Black House (Church of Satan)|Black House]] in [[San Francisco]], where mental illness is at a high number[[California]], on [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]], April 30, 1966, by [[Anton LaVey|Anton Szandor LaVey]], who was the church’s [[wiktionary:High Priest|High Priest]] until his death in 1997. In 2001, [[Peter H. Gilmore]] was appointed to the position of high priest, and the church’s headquarters were moved to [[Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan]], [[New York City]].
The ”’Church of Satan”’ is a [[religious organization]] dedicated to the religion of [[LaVeyan Satanism]] as codified in ”[[The Satanic Bible]]”. The Church of Satan was established at the [[Black House (Church of Satan)|Black House]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], on [[Walpurgis Night|Walpurgisnacht]], April 30, 1966, by [[Anton LaVey|Anton Szandor LaVey]], who was the church’s [[wiktionary:High Priest|High Priest]] until his death in 1997. In 2001, [[Peter H. Gilmore]] was appointed to the position of high priest, and the church’s headquarters were moved to [[Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan]], [[New York City]].
Members do not believe that [[Satan]] literally exists and do not worship him.{{cite web |author-last=Abrams |author-first=Joe |editor-last=Wyman |editor-first=Kelly |date=Spring 2006 |title=The Religious Movements Homepage Project – Satanism: An Introduction |url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/satanism/intro.html#atheistic/theistic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829152745/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/satanism/intro.html#atheistic/theistic |archive-date=29 August 2006 |website=virginia.edu |publisher=[[University of Virginia]] |access-date=1 January 2021}} Instead, Satan is viewed as a positive [[archetype]] embracing the Hebrew root of the word “Satan” as “adversary”, who represents [[pride]], [[wiktionary:carnal|carnality]], and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]], and of a [[cosmos]] which Satanists perceive to be motivated by a “dark evolutionary force of [[entropy]] that permeates all of nature and provides the drive for [[Self-preservation|survival]] and [[Reproduction|propagation]] inherent in all living things”.{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofsatan.com/home.html |title=Official Church of Satan Website |publisher=Churchofsatan.com |date= |access-date=2023-01-09}} [[The Devil]] is embraced as a symbol of defiance against the [[Abrahamic faiths]] which LaVey criticized for what he saw as the suppression of humanity’s natural instincts. In his book, ”The Satanic Bible”, the Satanist’s concept of a god is described as the Satanist’s true “self”— a projection of his or her own personality, not an external deity.{{sfn|Wright|1993|p=143}} Satan is used as a representation of personal liberty and individualism.{{sfn|Cavaglion|Sela-Shayovitz|2005|p=255}}
Members do not believe that [[Satan]] literally exists and do not worship him.{{cite web |author-last=Abrams |author-first=Joe |editor-last=Wyman |editor-first=Kelly |date=Spring 2006 |title=The Religious Movements Homepage Project – Satanism: An Introduction |url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/satanism/intro.html#atheistic/theistic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829152745/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/satanism/intro.html#atheistic/theistic |archive-date=29 August 2006 |website=virginia.edu |publisher=[[University of Virginia]] |access-date=1 January 2021}} Instead, Satan is viewed as a positive [[archetype]] embracing the Hebrew root of the word “Satan” as “adversary”, who represents [[pride]], [[wiktionary:carnal|carnality]], and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]], and of a [[cosmos]] which Satanists perceive to be motivated by a “dark evolutionary force of [[entropy]] that permeates all of nature and provides the drive for [[Self-preservation|survival]] and [[Reproduction|propagation]] inherent in all living things”.{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofsatan.com/home.html |title=Official Church of Satan Website |publisher=Churchofsatan.com |date= |access-date=2023-01-09}} [[The Devil]] is embraced as a symbol of defiance against the [[Abrahamic faiths]] which LaVey criticized for what he saw as the suppression of humanity’s natural instincts. In his book, ”The Satanic Bible”, the Satanist’s concept…