Hi Batty,
Interesting thread you don't see every day. I'm going to go out on a limb and show my ignorance, but I was under the impression that Satanists worship Satan, who in the Bible was a sort of renegade angel who became a rival and enemy of God. While I understand the philosophy of Satanism is a radical selfishness, I thought that Satan was still the supernatural "top dog" to be worshipped like Christians worship God. And if not from the Bible, where do Satan's teachings come from? I'm interested in your take on all this.
Maybe I just listened to too much Black Sabbath in my day - who it turns out were actually Christians opposed to Satan. Their adoption of upside down crosses and similar dark imagery was actually foisted upon them by their record producer who thought it would sell records. And it did!