Since this is my 666th post, I thought I would post a little about Theistic Satanism and Devil worship. Keep in mind that I'm not an expert, just someone who likes to Google and read things, and who has an appreciation for different points of view. Although I did take an anthropology course on the roots of hell once. ;)
I have some links on the bottom, but I wanted to post some of this so people will see that there is nothing to be afraid of just by opening those pages:
Devil worship is the expression of ardent love, devotion, or reverence (i.e., "worship") toward a cultural scapegoat figure (i.e., a "Devil") that is reclaimed as a slandered divinity. It is not the worship of "evil" per se, but rather an attack against all purely dualistic "good vs. evil" or "black and white" rhetoric. It is also called theistic Satanism, though I would elaborate that this is only appropriate when the particular Devil being celebrated is called Satan. (And as shall be explained elsewhere on this website, there is far more than just one entity out there that can be called "Satan.")
But by inciting doubt, Devils put humans into situations in which we are forced to re-think everything we believe. And by inspiring humans to put themselves before "God" or "the gods," they cause us to move away from authoritarian dogma and superstition. Thus, Devils are not so much "evil spirits," but rather slandered heroes who champion humanism and intellectual power. As the Powers of Darkness, they may often seem dark and spooky; as the "Gods of Godlessness," they may seem socially unacceptable. But they are really only "evil" in the eyes of conventional opinion-makers, who want humans to remain as gullible and superstitious (and controllable) as possible. Objectively speaking, nothing in existence is either completely "good" or completely "evil."
The above is from one of the links I gave you (emphasis mine).
Only a tiny percentage of people actually worship the idea of evil itself, and even Theistic Satanists agree that those people are just mentally disturbed. These people are not Satanists, they're just attention-seeking nutcases. Every religion has them. :)
P.S. I know that the "real" number is that of the Beast, not Lucifer, and that it's 616, or some other thing, so let's not take the 666 thing too seriously here. Just an excuse for the post really. :D
http://www.theisticsatanism.com/geifodd/intro.html
http://www.theisticsatanism.com/varieties/
http://www.theisticsatanism.com/bgoa...ilWorship.html