Satan is an imaginary figure. He is harmless. He is the picture of freedom, fun, and liberation. In fact, all that is unholy is only the best way to express your personal freedom. Satanism is really about compassion. No seriously, according to the Satanic Temple, the goal of satanism, is to “encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense, oppose injustice, and undertake noble pursuits.” But mind you, Satanism is a good-willed religion. So don’t be fooled okay? Satanism is harmless … NOT!!!

Christians know that this “softening” of Satanism is simply deceiving. After all, Satan is described as the father of lies in the Bible, “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Satanism masks itself for mainstream acceptance in our culture.

You might be asking…Daniel…why in the world did you choose to write about this? Well, let me tell you the 3 main reasons why below.

*Warning: this article is a bit more lengthy in nature than my usual posts.

Reason #1: Satanism is Evil, Deceiving, and Promotes Death

Recently, The Satanic Temple (TST), which describes itself as a religious organization, even having “congregations” all around the United States, has decided to offer ritual abortions for women looking to terminate their babies. My family and I live in the state of Texas. In fact, “TST filed a lawsuit against Texas, stating that this law prohibits TST members from performing a religious ritual to remove nonviable fetal tissue up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.”

The Satanic Temple was founded in 2013 by Lucien Greaves [catch the irony in his name?] and Malcolm Jarry. Lucien Greaves has described the Temple as being a progressive and updated version of LaVey’s Satanism. Peter Gilmore describes the goal of TST, “We believe that you should seek to be the best you you can be, whatever that might be. It’s good to challenge yourself when you can, to do the best you can. But if you reach a comfortable level, enjoy the comfort. That you select pleasures to indulge in, but rationally– not to overdo anything to bring harm to yourself or anybody else around you.” Sounds nice … but it’s really all about the worship of self, which is another one of Satan’s distortion of the goal of worship, the worship of the person of Jesus Christ.

Satan has always been the champion of death and sin. The Satanic Temple simply wants to make him the “father of abortion,” which he is, in order to promote his evil philosophies. And all of this in the name of supposed science, freedom, fights against “injustices,” and a “spirit of compassion, wisdom.” As the colloquial phrase goes, “I ain’t buying it!” Why? Because the Bible tells us that Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14).

Now, let me be clear, most Christians don’t like talking about the Satanic. Some are even scared to mention Satan’s name. But Satan is real. In fact, most Christians know that he is “prowling around like a roaring lion” always looking to devour us (1 Peter 5:8). We also know, that there is a war being waged for our souls, for the holiness of God’s people (Ephesians 6). Therefore, we must be informed and stay on the alert!

Satan, the devil, employs many different strategies in his “game of thrones.” At times he makes himself invisible, lying about his existence so people believe that is is harmless, that he is simply not anywhere to be found. Other times he disguises himself as being “sexy.” In other words, he uses lust to promote sins of debauchery, rebellion, sexual immorality, and more. And, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, Satan also tries to scare people. One the one hand he disguises himself as an angel of light, while also attempting to scare the weak into thinking he is so scary that we should fear him.

Satan is the biggest promoter of death through abortion. Are you surprised? He is responsible for tempting Adam and Eve into thinking that death is better than life if they simply just attempted to become their own gods (Genesis 3:1-4). One of the tenets of TST is that “One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.” Does that not sound like one of his old-age lies? It also sounds like the “mantra” of post-modernism. It sounds like the principle that underlies the promotion of abortion.

Reason #2: Satanists Are Erecting Actual Idols in America

Satanists are actively promoting satanic endeavors. For instance, The Satanic Temple is engaged in ongoing campaigns on the following issues:

If you don’t think Satanists are interested in indoctrinating our children with satanic ideals, think twice. Let me give you 3 examples:

Example #1: The Satanic Temple claims they are for “religious freedom.” So, they give away a guide for parents to influence their children into the satanic. The TST speaks out of both sides of its mouth. While saying they try to stay away from the macabre, they promote their stuff by using satanic symbols, promote killing children in the womb through satanic rituals, and attempt to normalize satanism as something fun and not scary while using images of goats, skulls, and demons. The after school Satan Club for children has a motto, “Educatin’ with Satan.” But don’t worry, it’s harmless, they say.

Example #2: The Baphomet has long been the most prominent Satanic Symbol used by its adherents. Its main feature is the image of a goat headed figure, which originally had the Hebrew letters that spelled the name “Leviathan,” a biblical serpent that represents the devil. The Baphomet of TST is featured flanked by two smiling children looking up at the Satanic goat-headed creature, in an attempt to normalize Satan as a non-scary figure. (For more on what each symbol of the Baphomet means CLICK HERE).

Example #3: The Baphomet is supposed to represent two spectrums. Lucian Greaves describes it saying, “It contains all these binary opposites – above and below, part animal, part human. Male and female. It embodies opposites and celebrates contrasts.” Isn’t that what Satan tried to represent to Adam and Eve in the garden in order to make them sin? He tempted them to embrace both good and evil (Genesis 3), two spectrums.

“NOW,” that is the name of a Baphomet-like statue that has been erected on the top a NY city courthouse. A replica of this weird looking abortion statue (or idol) is scheduled to be shipped to Houston, Texas…Do they really want to mess with Texas? I guess so. Here’s what Kim Schwartz reported on this bizarre display of ungodliness,

“A golden statue with satanic imagery was installed atop a New York City courthouse in January to honor abortion and memorialize the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Its next stop is Houston. The idol, named, “NOW,” is an 8-foot tall naked female figure emerging from a pink lotus. The woman’s braids are shaped like goat horns, her arms are tentacles, and her judicial lace collar mirrors Ginsburg’s recognizable style. NOW stands upon the Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York” – From Texas Right to Life

Again, one of Satan’s main strategies to destroy our children is through the use of abortions. NOW is a celebration of abortion. Furthermore, TST is simply a tool to accomplish that goal. Currently, TST is championing ritual abortions under the guise of “reproductive rights.” In a recent letter issued by TST they touted, “In February, 2023 TST announced it would open a medical clinic in New Mexico offering medication abortion. Operating under the name TST Health, the clinic will offer free medical consultations and prescribe abortion medication, delivered by mail.”

Reason #3: Satanism is Promoted by the Famous

The Church of Satan promotes itself as harmless. They want you and I to believe their ideals are merely philosophical in nature. However, they promote things like “Unbaptism.” They believe “unbaptism” empowers you “to shed those binds and take control of your life as you choose.” Furthermore, here’s how they promote their own wedding ceremonies: “Would you like to work with your Minister of Satan to develop a custom Satanic Wedding Ritual? Different ministers have different areas of their specific practice. For example, one of our ministers offers Wiccan-inspired Handfasting Ceremonies with custom cords that he creates himself.” But don’t worry … TST does not believe in the occult, so they claim. But all one has to do is look into the practices of Wicca Pagan religion to realize they practice the occult, witchcraft, and worship demonic beings.

While claiming that “knowledge is the greatest gift” to mankind, TST still worships the demonic. For instance, if you’d like to have a wedding ceremony they will perform a “Black Mass.” In a typical Black Mass the following phrase is used: In nomine magni dei nostri Satanas, introibo ad altare Domini Inferi“, which translated is, “In the name of our great god Satan, I will go up to the altar of the Master of Hell.” This phrase is an alternative to the Roman Catholic Church’s “In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, introibo ad altare Dei” (“In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, I will go unto the altar of God”). The Latin expression “Ave, Satanas!” is also used in Black Mass — Meaning either “Hail Satan!” or “Welcome, Satan!”

These rituals are meant to normalize Satanism as a harmless religion, just like pop culture is trying to do. Lil Nas X, a famous rapper, just released his “Satan shoes” in 2021 in celebration of the Satanic. A couple of days ago someone asked me, “Did you watch the Grammy’s”? To which I replied…uh…no!

Now the reason they asked me was because of the outraged response to Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ performance, which was a full embrace of the Satanic. The performance was riddled with sexual immorality, debauchery, and satanic themes. Their performance reminded me of Romans 1, which is a prime example of the way in which idolatry, paganism, and worship of false gods unveils itself. Men and women were given over to shameful lusts, and exchanged “natural sexual relations for shameful ones” (Romans 1:26). Sound familiar?

Prior to his performance Sam Smith tweeted “This is going to be SPECIAL.” CBS let the cat out of the bag (or should I say “goat out of the bag”), when replying to Sam Smith’s tweet, “….you can say that again. We are ready to worship!”

Smith and Petras’ performance of the song “Unholy” is meant to elicit sexual immorality, debauchery, and uncontrolled sexual indulgence. The main line of their song explains it all, “Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot at the body shop doing something unholy.” While outlets like NEM mocked people for being conspiracy theorists who think their performance was a Satanic ritual in front of millions of people, other people pointed out the act was a blatant satanic spectacle.

Whether you agree with whether or not Smith and Petras’ performance was a satanic ritual, they indeed perpetuated the Satanic by using cultural satanic caricatures like Smith’s hat horns, wearing red, cages on stage, dark lighting, and more. Smith and Petras are a prime example of “counterfeit glorification,” the glorification of Satan and the satanic.

Ben Shapiro hit the nail on the head when he Twitted, “The elite in our society are fully in line with the ideology of Satanic fealty expressed by Smith and Petras, absurdly of the red-tinged performance on Sunday. “So what’s the story with Satan and the transgressive ideology? For most of religious history, Satan was the great villain, an emblem of rebellion against the Good and the True, a symbol of resistance to the Holy.”

Satan remains mankind’s greatest villain. His goal is to deceive. Paul, wrote in 2 Corinthians 11:3, “Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” We must protect our minds from his schemes. We must stay alert to how he is advancing his evil kingdom through things like the promotion of godless entertainment, false idols, and organizations like TST.

Remember the words of the Apostle James, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Though many want you and I to remain neutral on these matters, labeling our supposed “outrage” as unfounded, we must resist the devil and his minions. We must not remain silent against Satan’s societal advances.

Be sober-minded! Stay alert!

Written by Daniel Messina