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A review by therealahall
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey
1.0
This... Book... Was... AWFUL... From a writing perspective alone, it was absolutely a terrible read and felt more like the rantings and ravings of a lunatic than a well thought out manifesto to become the basis of a religion.
That being said, some of the core concepts of the book are interesting and I can see why people are drawn to the hedonistic and carnal nature that LaVeyan Satanism presents. It's easy to be drawn into the scenario of giving into your own desires and to do everything you can to ensure those desires are achieved.
That being said, I think Murder face of Metalocalypse said it best when he said it's all the same. (https://youtu.be/2J6nU600HDU) This book talks consistently about hypocrisy and how much it aims to be the manifesto of the Satanist, but at the end of the day, if you substitute Shemhamforash and Hail Satan for In Jesus name we pray and Amen, you'll find that it's nothing more than just a giant piece of hypocritical text substituting one diety for another in an attempt to glorify them to the authors own end.
That being said, some of the core concepts of the book are interesting and I can see why people are drawn to the hedonistic and carnal nature that LaVeyan Satanism presents. It's easy to be drawn into the scenario of giving into your own desires and to do everything you can to ensure those desires are achieved.
That being said, I think Murder face of Metalocalypse said it best when he said it's all the same. (https://youtu.be/2J6nU600HDU) This book talks consistently about hypocrisy and how much it aims to be the manifesto of the Satanist, but at the end of the day, if you substitute Shemhamforash and Hail Satan for In Jesus name we pray and Amen, you'll find that it's nothing more than just a giant piece of hypocritical text substituting one diety for another in an attempt to glorify them to the authors own end.