Satansplain Bill M.

A look at Satanism and humanism, their similarities and more importantly their differences. Though to do that, we'll have to first unpack some bigger topics, such as what makes a religion a religion in the first place. Also, some listener mail about Satanists and social media, as well as Satanic baptisms.
00:00 - Intro
01:21 - The Satanic Bible: "Humanism is not a religion"
02:27 - Satanism is a religion. Non-theistic religions exist. Yes, really.
05:16 - Atheism is not a religion. Neither is monotheism.
06:18 - Dogma: Why the Boy Scouts is not a religion
08:32 - The Dogma of Satanism
10:44 - What do we mean by "Humanism" / Renaissance humanism
13:27 - Secular humanism
15:33 - Similarities: Atheism and Freethought
17:24 - How Satanism and secular humanism differ (myth of "The Greater God", etc.)
29:09 - Satanists on (or aren't on) social media
33:40 - Satanecdote: Spam from da Hood
35:35 - Getting a Satanic baptism
40:22 - Bill M. is Marq Torien?

Were the "Good ol' days" really all that "good"? We'll explore Anton LaVey's essay on the topic (spoiler: the answer is, "No!"), and a related college commencement speech from 2024 on the irrationality of claiming collective victim status, paying homage to George Carlin.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Satanism and how it relates to this topic
03:56 - "The Good Old Days" by Anton LaVey
20:10 - Satanicdote: Satanism lecture at an ESL class
23:20 - Introduction to the commencement speech
24:24 - "To the Class of 2024: You Are All Diseased"

The Balance Factor! Hear how this concept relates to the more broader concept of "magic" in Satanism, which of course means first addressing some misconceptions about Satanic magic itself. Also, answering some listener mail about the "LaVeyan Satanism" misnomer, a history-confused Wiccan, and other questions.
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Rust's email
02:06 - What is "The Balance Factor"? Working definition from We Are Satanists.
04:18 - Recap: Satanism is a non-theistic religion and this isn't supernatural. RTFM.
09:50 - The Balance Factor, and greater magic for "that remaining push needed"
13:38 - The Satanic BIble on "The Balance Factor"
18:12 - Bill's "ribbon-cutting ceremony" analogy
26:48 - "My Wiccan girlfriend says you should call yourselves 'neo-Satanists'!"
32:00 - Why the term "LaVeyan Satanism" is a misnomer
 
 

Addressing the misconceptions that the QAnon conspiracy theory is the "Satanic Panic 2.0" (it's not; let's keep that way), or that "the Satanic Panic never ended" (it did; let's keep it that way). Also, the difference between personalization and hypocritical self-deceit in the ritual chamber.

There is no "Satanic community". Learn what Satanists mean by this. Also, Bill answers some listener mail about artificial human companions, doctrines of superiority, and an anecdote about one Satanist's conspiracy theorist co-worker. 
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Multiple meanings of the word "community"
05:30 - Why there is no "Satanic Community"
15:50 - Excerpts from "Myth of the Satanic Community"
25:53 - Announcements
28:13 - Santanecdote
30:42 - Artificial Human Companions question
35:15 - Quote from The Devil's Notebook ("inferior man taught a doctrine of superiority")
 

The 11 Satanic Rules of the Earth! While they're straightforward for most Satanists, Satansplain addresses common questions and misconceptions about things like "lairs", "mating signals", "destroying", "magic", and other details.