>>13381125 pb
If you read the Church of Satan stuff, you will notice that it sounds very much like main stream educated humanist. Large parts of it sound very noble in its intention, which is why it draws people in who are disillusioned with other religions and their hypocrisy. They also are very Darwin sounding, which attracts the science people. It is also not that far from pagan ideas, which are more deferential to nature than most other religions, and thus brings in the people who observe the realities of nature. The symbolism is help with the mystery, drives rumors, resulting in the power of the masses hatred towards the group. When you do not have morals to control people, the next best thing is to use fear to control them. Fear of the masses find out you do something they hate, is a very effective control mechanism. I believe it has been the mechanism used to control most civilizations since antiquity. Those in the the club are untouchable until they step out of line, when the club controls the society the untouchability becomes unbounded.