Satanism
Satanism seems more common in the industrial and heavy metal scenes, but goths are often mislabeled as satanists. Contrary to popular lore, satanists do not actually worship the devil or believe in an after-life. They might be better categorized as occult hedonists, and maybe just hedonists. Satanists stress self-reliance and the principle that might makes right. In fact, they might have become a viable political party, but in this country, there was too much existing competition. (dark humor)

Nietszche appears to have influenced their philosophy heavily, although by far the greatest influence comes from Anton LeVay, author of The Satanic Bible. Nevertheless, most of the people seem to make up their own version of the religion as they go.




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