Actually @devilsadvocate, Lavey was a Satanist, he was a gentile soul sent here from Hell to accomplish a mission for Satan which he did successfully. Obviously someone couldn’t put up a 100% legit Satanic Temple without it being viciously attacked by the enemy. They would of been destroyed. He put out some of the underlying theme of Satanism in some ways but again it was corrupted. If you don’t believe me, go ahead and search on the subject on the groups search engine, the High Priests and High Priestesses have talked about this several times stating the above.
High Priest Don has mentioned that Lavey personally did believe in Satan as a real being.
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