When your antagonist is more moral than your protagonist, you really need to rethink your priorities.
Apparently the Church of Satan is receiving record interest.
It would be a shame if that was true, because even though they don’t believe in a literal Satan, the Church of Satan does think actual “magic” is real.
Outlined in The Satanic Bible, LaVey defined magic as "the change in situations or events in accordance with one's will, which would, using normally accepted methods, be unchangeable."
Unless you’re perhaps confusing it with The Satanic Temple, which is the rational one, and actually does stuff like contest Ten Commandments monuments.
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From a longer treatise:
With unfortunate regularity, The Satanic Temple is confused with an earlier organization, the Church of Satan, founded by Anton Szandor LaVey in the 1960s, to the apparent chagrin of both. The Church of Satan expresses vehement opposition to the campaigns and activities of The Satanic Temple, asserting themselves as the only “true” arbiters of Satanism, while The Satanic Temple dismisses the Church of Satan as irrelevant and inactive.
On the surface, some differences between the two organizations are immediately apparent: the Church of Satan fashions itself the inheritor of LaVey’s legacy, paradoxically claiming his philosophy of individualism a collective achievement for which they rest upon the laurels. Aside from an active Twitter feed, whereon the Church of Satan posts catchy memes and commentary upon popular culture references to Satan, the Church of Satan is otherwise inactive as an organization, arguing that as individualists, it is upon the individual merits and achievements of their membership that their collective reputation should be measured. The Satanic Temple, on the other hand is very active in public affairs. Unlike the Church of Satan, The Satanic Temple has a physical headquarters with weekly congregations in Salem, Massachusetts, and numerous regularly-congregating chapters throughout the world.
If you’ve seen any pictures from the Church of Satan’s site, or anywhere else, you’ll notice the deep, abiding irony in the way their professed staunch individualism manifests in a very stereotypical, narrow and conformist group identity. Like every hipster ever, non-conforming in a very predictable, clichéd manner.
“Conversely, the aroma and taste of the strong, cheesey Roqueforts, blue cheese, oil and vinegar, etc. is similar to the male scrotal odor and reminiscent of a locker full of well-worn jock straps. This is naturally subliminally appealing to predominantly heterosexual females, passive males and males with homophile tendencies.” - Anton LaVey, founder of Church of Satan, “The Satanic Witch”