I saw a meme illustrating how Satanists never steal Protestant Communion for their rituals. And this got me thinking. Isn’t Satanism (however one defines it) a form of protesting the Catholic Church?
Could one also say that most Protestants are not satanists, and most Satanists are protestant?
My answer: No. A Protestant, says the American Heritage Dictionary, is “a member of a Western Christian church whose faith and practice are founded on the principles of the Reformation, especially in the acceptance of the Bible as the sole source of revelation, in justification by faith alone, and in the universal priesthood of all the believers.” This does not describe satanists. A Protestant isn’t just anybody who disagrees with the Catholic Church. And I don’t think that satanists desecrate the Eucharist to protest the Catholic Church, even though they are against the Catholic Church. They desecrate it because (I think this is why) they believe in the Real Presence and out of hatred for God and the Church. But satanists are not Christians who have doctrinal differences (my short description of Protestants).