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To: arthurus
A satanist is by definition not an atheist.

If you take satanist to mean somebody who worships Satan and Atheist to mean a Naturalist who thinks nothing Supernatural exists, yeah sure. But people sometimes use the words more broadly, so I said "most" to just avoid getting into a pedantic discussion about the distinction...but it seems I can't resist...

There may be some who call themselves both an Atheist and Satanist:

1) Somebody who thinks God exists but just hates God and worships Satan and considers themselves an Atheist because to them the term means Anti-Theist or against God.

2) Somebody who does not believe in anything supernatural but who makes out that they are a "Satanist" to mess with people or to act out against God (yes people sometimes do even while holding the intellectual position that He doesn't exist) or get attention.

But I think it safe to say most who call themselves Atheists do not fall into one of these categories, since very few people are Satanists.

32 posted on 03/26/2017 5:47:33 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear
to them the term means Anti-Theist or against God.

Atheists who are public school grads and have no notion about Latin roots.

33 posted on 03/26/2017 9:53:59 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: AndyTheBear

The Romans called Christians atheists because they didn’t believe in the “gods” and one God without a physical body was an absurdity.


34 posted on 03/26/2017 9:55:47 PM PDT by arthurus
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