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Nontheistic religious group based in the United States
LaVeyan Satanism is a nontheistic, materialist movement founded by Anton LaVey in 1966 that treats “Satan” as a symbolic archetype of pride, carnality and rebellion rather than a literal deity . Anton...
began as ’s theatrical, atheistic manifesto in 1966 and has since retained its core of secular individualism while fracturing institutionally and spawning ideologically distinct rivals; remains the pr...
State capitols that have hosted displays by or similar provocative satanic exhibits include Iowa, , , , and , with outcomes ranging from routine permitting and heated public backlash to , criminal cha...
Measured by historical scale, institutional reach, and documented episodes, with far more organized and large-scale violence than groups self-identifying as Satanists, whose documented history is nume...
is not a single, uniform faith and cannot be declared categorically "bad" without defining which form is meant; many modern Satanic groups explicitly promote secularism, individualism, and nonviolence...
States have taken a mix of courtroom enforcement, permit approvals, legislative proposals, and administrative reversals when confronted with attempts to place displays or gain access to public forums;...