ImprobableJoe
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I'm not sure that's quite accurate... it certainly resembles a cult of personality in some ways, but it is more of an outgrowth of the same sort of national temperament that led to the growth of Scientology. It has that same sort of charismatic leader who completely rips off a bunch of established ideas, slaps a coat of crazy on it, and claims to provide an alternative to traditional behavior. In Levey's case, it was a combination of the nonsensical ideas of Ayn Rand, 1950s scary movies, and the Catholic Church. Also like Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard, much of Levey's biography seems to be fake, and there's certain behaviors that seem to hint that he was a con artist.Dirigoproductions said:In order to believe in Satanism you have to believe in good and evil which are terms associated with both deities and religion. Satanism is religion and worship "evil" which as noted, is based on religious doctrine.
But no, I wouldn't call it a religion.