Satanism Vs Atheism - Be Your Own God

I have thought long and hard on the subject of which to call myself. Do I call myself a simple Atheist with a mission therefore making me a Satanist? Well if you have read the Satanic Bible you would surely know that Satanist are in fact Atheist. Now we are talking Modern Satanist (as always, I am) Not these kids with their dark clothes and dead animals. Hail Satan! But did you know I believe in my self as the Only Satan to exist, and the only God??? Satanism may seem scary or weird, or even childish, but until you actually speak to a Modern Satanist you probably have the completely wrong idea of what the religion is made of . . . if it is a religion at all ;)
- Me. I have, as of now Four Satanic Tattoos, along with animal tattoos that remind me day in and day out that I am simply an animal, no more and no less. This is one of the main principals in Modern Satanism. We believe in ourselves as both the good and the bad, and the natural ANIMAL! but I'm getting off topic . . .
The question I get most of the time is "Why call yourself a Satanist if you do not believe in a God or Devil or Heaven *chuckle* or Hell or any type of religion?
Well THAT took me a while to construe an adequate answer. I mean I knew why, I read the Satanic Bible, I had, in passing, met other LeVay Satanists who I then drew upon for feedback, I looked back at those individuals and realized they were the happiest, though very much solitary people. Never once had they tried to indoctrinate any of their beliefs into my fragile mind (age 16)But I know now why. You see their are no churches for the Modern Satanist. We stand behind the backbone of the Satanic Bible and laugh at those who think we worship the fictitious "Satan" of what other religions assume is bad, evil, what have you. The name itself is actually a giant joke on Christianity. Why? Read the Bible, Satan (in the end) got what ever he wanted (be it by the standards of good or evil) and his OWN KINGDOM! . . . just like God. Again I'm off topic and I hope that you read far enough into this to get to the good stuff. People need something to keep them motivated. Anything. Be it a stick with candy hanging from the top, we need something to live for. It's a simple fact. If we did not, we would all kill ourselves. Tonight an interesting conversation came up, when I slipped up and said something very discriminatory but not meant to harm others as I was surrounded by Atheists. I said "Atheists are the most depressing people I know" end sentence. -----silence---- Then from a friend of mine "Why?" in a shy little charming voice.
My answer. If everyone needs a purpose to be alive then Atheist out of all us have the hardest time finding that purpose. They do not believe in a higher power, yet they do not believe themselves as THE higher power. One must have a purpose in mind at all times. It is only natural and that is what being a Satanist is all about. Natural feelings, natural reactions, natural purpose. Do you think rabbits pray to Christ? nonsense Atheists first off where not always born atheists, most of the time they come from a religion that they grow to resent. So first you have a sense of lost, when dropping a religion and moving on to the next. And second you have a sense of betrayal because someone told you something you simply do not believe is real or feasible accurate. And third and most important is that Atheist believe in nothing. If you don't see yourself (at least) as the most important person in your life then what is your purpose??? Because sorry to break it to you Atheists but when you die, so does the world.
-J