I am so plesed to be a part of this website and forum. After years and years of trying to walk the Christian faith with all the rules, restrictions, traditions, dogma, and most importantly lack of freedom, I took a leap of faith and investigated the "enemy". Although there is a plethora of varying beliefs in Satanism, I saw the defining thread that binds all Satanists together as brothers and sisters. That thread is FREEDOM. Personal freedom, religious freedom and most importantly, sexual freedom. I struggled under Christianity's weight of being accepted by those who were quick to criticize you and look down at you for straying slightly from the religious dogma and traditional religious thought. Not to mention that if you didn't attend this church or that church, you were NOT going to Heaven. They (whoever they were) claimed to have a lock on the truth. But hallelujah, I found my way out of the lies and the sense of dread that God would damn you for the slightest infraction, and found Satan. Most importantly I found FREEDOM. Freedom to be me and be proud of the person I am, knowing that Satan created me in His design. Still, it is up to me to pray and meditate and learn and grow closer to Father Satan to be the best me I can be. (I'm just a bunch of potential) I was taught that "Jesus loves me", but I learned that love had far too many conditions attached to it. Instead I found true love and acceptance in my Lord and Master, Satan. I am thankful for so many things, but I am most thankful for my Father, my Teacher, my leader, my Guardian, my Lord, my God, my Friend, my Truth, and my Savior; the Lord God Satan. Praise Satan!