What led you to your beliefs?

I grew up in a family of believers, but we weren’t heavily religious, we didn’t regularly go to church. What changed my mind was actually debate.org. Although I was a believer, I didn’t really participate in religious debates. It was just a thing I believed but never really questioned why.

Then I came across a debate that blew the hole wide open. The debater made the argument that if any person deserved to go to hell, it would have to be God himself, because he is ultimately responsible for the suffering caused in hell.

This debate made me realize that I knew deep down inside religious ideas were silly, but what kept me from questioning them (which is why I avoided the religious forum) was the fear religion installed in me to never question God. Once I realized what it was that was keeping me from applying the same critical thinking towards religion as I did towards everything else in life, that disappeared.

And here I'd always said that online debate was primarily recreational and never really changed anyone's minds. I guess you never really can tell. Maybe it doesn't change minds so much as catalyze a reaction or realization that was already subconsciously baking.

I had no job. I couldnt work for 10 hours due to back pain, and all jobs available demanded that long work time. I was depressed. I had no life plan. I was muslim, then atheist, then muslim again, then Christian. Nothing seemed to improve anything in my life. So then I started praying to Satan. I thought it wont do anything for me. And for first few times, it didnt do much. So then I suddenly started getting these ideas, ideas I didnt have before. Idea to start a chicken buisness and generate consistent flow of income was definitely something I never thought of before. I thought it would fail, but Satan and polytheist religions made it work. they gave me knowledge and confidence so I learned about investments, I learned about trade, I learned about cost vs income in buisnesses and advertising, I learned about reducing personal expenses to minimum even tho I never went to economics school, I combined chicken buisness with gold investments, making savings and reducing expenses so any future hole in income can be covered for quite some time. I also learned land gains value over time and can be sold gradually to maximize income if ever needed. So in a way, I have more free time and I still have guaranteed money.

My depression likewise went away. It just went away. Like it was never there. I gained this surprising will to learn and will to advance. I gained this confidence I never had before. And I remained with Satan ever since, only expanded my belief to many other ancient Gods and new modern Gods.

It is true that belief changes your internal thinking, and also affects your external actions then.

Glad you found something that works for you. Henotheistic Satanism, if I'm assessing that correctly, is a pretty unique choice though. What is it about Satan that clicked over other deities?

What is it about Satan that clicked over other deities?

I was muslim for 14 years and Christian for a year or so, cant even remember. But it was only Satan and other Gods who worked for me, not Jesus or Alah.

Satan is described as the "ruler of this world" or "god of this world" in a spiritual sense. This is often explained as referring to his influence over the world's current sinful system and opposition to God, not as a literal king with complete dominion, but as a powerful adversary.