I want to piggyback on this point…I am in no ways an expert though I’ve survived bad stuff, so I have a theory. Isn’t it possible that satanists can be doing great evils, rituals etc but seem ironic or tongue in cheek about it because evil itself and Satan both lack sincerity and earnestness? So while devout Catholics might be God-fearing and deadly earnest, it would be a mistake to expect true satanists to act the same towards Satan, especially publicly. That would suggest satan is just the opposite of God, the evil mirror or alternative, when in fact he is a vastly inferior creature than Almighty God (yet still more powerful than us, hence our need for protection.)
Satan doesn’t encourage sincere devotion of any sort, he would prefer people to glorify themselves and think it’s all a big fun harmless radical rock n roll party, and if somebody gets murdered its all just part of the show, it was all just a big production anyways, lots of irony and jest, nothing done in earnest. That’s also probably how people get deceived into it.
And then people can say wait, come on, that band/person/group/church of Satan isn’t even that organized, and they are over the top and goofy, and mostly just doing it for show. They aren’t SERIOUS like devout Catholics.
And falsely conclude they must therefore be harmless.
If Jesus would prefer us to be hot or cold or else He spits is out of his mouth, wouldn’t satan prefer us to never be earnest about anything? Wouldn’t he call satanists not to be super “cold” against the Lord, but always lukewarm and always acting in jest and slight irony? Of course Satan 100% hates the Lord but he usually deceives people by convincing them things are harmless or not a big deal. He usually doesn’t approach them saying “hey let’s do some super dark evil things right now so I can have your soul.”. Only a few if any people would go for that.
Honestly I think pointing out that satanist groups are disorganized or that satanist rock stars are just acting to get ratings or whatever doesn’t make satanism and less real or harmful. If anything it is proof of it’s reality.
I would be interested in what zack thinks of this point, or anyone else./QUOTI think you are onto to something. Stay strong in the faith