# Why would someone worship Satan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 1, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561 "2009-04-01T10:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/141 "2013-09-28T01:31:41Z")
> [@ruben4ruben](#): > > If you are confused it is because you don’t read the whole thing. If one selects bits and pieces to form an opinion it will be a misinformed opinion. (confused) :rolleyes: A lie is a lie. You can try to justify it however you want. There are options between doing nothing, sending someone back into slavery, and stoning someone to death or drowning the world. > [@](#): > > Furthermore the Nephilim walked the earth and their demon fathers were polluting the human race. And who allowed that to happen? Hint: Any other answer than your god is incorrect. In any case, the flood is a myth, the same as demons, devils, satan and god(s). The Jews were never enslaved in Egypt etc. You have no proof of any of your claims. ---
**Author:** ![ruben4ruben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@ruben4ruben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruben4ruben)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/142 "2013-09-29T22:31:19Z")
At least i can read more than one paragraph of a page at a time. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/143 "2013-09-30T01:21:30Z")
> [@Imjoosh](#): > > Does worshipping the devil really give you “powers”??? I asked my wife once, if worshiping Satan was so rewarding, why do so many Satanists live in double-wide trailers? “Maybe they used to live in single-wides and this was a step up.” > [@pravnik](#): > > Why would someone worship Satan? Have you _heard_ Black Sabbath and/or Slayer? That shit’s _awesome!_ Most of the theology I’ve heard in Black Sabbath’s lyrics was solidly Nonconformist Protestant. YMMV. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > OTOH, there was also a recognized category of [“cunning folk”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk) – folk-magicians who were believed to have real powers but not use them for evil. They sometimes hired out as witch-hunters. And if they speak in tongues are they “cunning linguists?” ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/144 "2013-09-30T01:30:27Z")
> [@ruben4ruben](#): > > At least i can read more than one paragraph of a page at a time. Which goes to show that reading and reasoning can be a mutually exclusive activity for you. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/145 "2013-09-30T02:39:58Z")
EVERYONE: Knock it off with the snide remarks and less-than-subtle digs. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/146 "2013-09-30T03:00:45Z")
What? I thought I was known for my subtlety!☹ I do apologize for the ‘for you’ part of my comment. It was inappropriate. It deserves a much broader audience and to be rephrased. I do believe that many people read their holy texts with filters on, rather than critically as someone looking at it for the first time might. They fail to understand that someone not indoctrinated into their system is unlikely to agree with their conclusions and then get all butt hurt when challenged on them. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/147 "2013-09-30T03:00:52Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > EVERYONE: Knock it off with the snide remarks and less-than-subtle digs. > > [/Moderating] And off-color puns? Or are they acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/148 "2013-09-30T03:57:54Z")
> [@ruben4ruben](#): > > Furthermore the Nephilim walked the earth and their demon fathers were polluting the human race. Under that influence the Earth became filled with violence so much so that it had to be cleansed. Genesis 6:13 But God gave it decades. Not on a whim. Why do you think the Nephilim had demon fathers? Their fathers were the “sons of God.” Heaven needs women! ---
**Author:** ![ruben4ruben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@ruben4ruben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruben4ruben)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/149 "2013-09-30T15:40:45Z")
Some of the snide remarks were actually quite good this time… Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/150 "2013-09-30T17:11:51Z")
The bible is heavily larded with goofy, mystical nonsense and questionable object lessons (Job, anyone?), Satan seems more more straightforward and sensible. Though I personally have a hard time understanding why anyone would worship _any_ deity. I mean, as powerful as a superbeing is, it is just doing its job, you might as well worship your 747 pilot. Neither of them are going to offer you anything you could not get on your own. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561/151 "2013-09-30T20:36:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What you describe is completely unlike the traditional concept of reincarnation. What he describes _rarely_ corresponds to anything anyone else would call ‘reality’. Why did you expect this one post would be different? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-someone-worship-satan/491561.md?page=7)