The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism as codified in The Satanic Bible. The Church of Satan was established at the Black House in San Francisco, California, on Walpurgisnacht, April 30, 1966, by Anton Szandor LaVey, who was the church’s High Priest until his death in 1997.[1] In 2001, Peter H. Gilmore became the high priest, and the church’s headquarters were moved to Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan.
The Church of Satan describes its structural basis as a cabal that is “…maintained as an underground cell-system of individuals who share the basis of [our] philosophy”.[2] Membership to the Church of Satan is available on two levels: registered membership and active membership.[3] Registered members are simply those who choose to affiliate on a formal level by filing out the required information and sending a one time registration fee of two-hundred dollars, wherein an individual will receive an “…embossed crimson card” declaring them a member of the Church of Satan.[4] Active membership is available for those who wish to take a more active role in the organization, and is subject to the completion of a more comprehensive application.[5]
The Church of Satan also provides wedding and funeral services to members if they so choose. Such ceremonies are performed by a member of the church’s priesthood.[6][7]
The Satanic Wedding Ceremony and The Satanic Funeral Rite were first made available to the public when published in The Satanic Scriptures.[8]
The Church of Satan states that there are a number of Satanists around the world, including both members and non-members. It often rejects the legitimacy of any other organizations of Satanists, dubbing them reverse-Christians, pseudo-Satanists or Devil worshipers.[9]Today, the Church of Satan promotes itself as the only authentic representation of Satanism, and it routinely publishes materials underscoring this contention.[10]
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though this was the first official church of satan that was made public, satanism has been going on since man decided to believe satans lies and do abominable things to others in worship of him .The bible itself tells of what the different pagan tribes would do in honour of him in the Old Testament times. Many think cause of this church that worshipping satan is a new thing. God showed us that our family genealogy of worshipping satan as god, went right back to the middle ages. Anton Lavey and his people also have denied that sacrifices etc go on . No doubt why they dont want to own up to what really goes on in these rituals, since its all a huge crime. There are even websites for satanists on the comp, which claim they are atheists and don’t even believe in the deity of satan. But that they still call themselves satanists Go figure that one hey. That’s an oxymoron if we ever heard one. Funny thing is they are still worshipping him anyway, just by the belief system they do have. because that comes from satan Here is what they say .http://churchofsatan.com/faq-fundamental-beliefs.php