"How can you call yourself a Satanist if you don't worship Satan"

I've had this question asked before. An understandable question for the uninitiated. Christian dogma dominates so much of western culture so new ideas are often difficult to understand. But the answer is simple once one understands. I hope to clarify today.

Satan, the word is simply "Adversary" in Hebrew. In the Tanakh, also known as the Old Testament, the word "Satan" did refer to an individual, but it also referred to enemies and opponents of characters. Satanists do not believe the stories of the bible, and reject many of the so called "moral" teachings. Accepting a self defined code that is subject to revision when new information is presented. This however does not excuse the Satanist from responsibility. So we take an "adverse" few to the religions of what we call the "Right Hand Path". That is, the paths of the spiritual.

What we call "Satan" is a symbol for everything many are taught to reject about themselves. To reject lust as "sinful", to suppress our hatred, to suppress the love of a person because they are the wrong gender, are abhorrent to us. We allow ourselves to feel any and all emotions.
We love, we hate.
We laugh, we cry.
We allow fantasies into our minds because we disregard words almost 2000 years old from a proven lier. We do not hate ourselves because we are broken toys of a malevolent and non existant creator. We are the products of billions of years of trial and error in the game of survival. We are animals, and we are not afraid to admit it.

To the Christian who still thinks we worship one of their myths. So he who still does not understand how we can be called Satanists if we don't worship Satan. I wish to remind you of something. You endevour to be "Christ-like". To be like your messiah. The Bible makes a number of references of Jesus worshiping your god as you do. A Satanist could be said to be "Satan-like". Who did your Satan worship? Himself.

The Mission

In the movie Class of 1999 2, a poem was recited which seemed to be an inspiration to the villian. I was able to get it down and thought I'd share.

The enemy is before me
Around me
And yet no fear will I have until
My mission is met
The night will bring so much death
So many horrors born
On a river of blood
Called duty by men whose
compassion is scorn
The life I have
Wasn’t mine to choose
But death will always
Be the shoes I walk in
I will stride the path
In death’s shoes
Until the mission
I conclude
No sorrows or regret
My mission is death
My mission is met