When juxtaposed with the pragmatic philosophy that Satanism is purported to be founded on, the question that the curious are prompted to ask is: “well, if you don’t believe in the Devil, why all the demonic imagery?

There are as many Satanists — myself not included — that believe Satan is as real as you or me, as there are Christians that think God and Jesus are real. However, Anton realized the power of iconography and openly admitted that the use of Baphomet and rituals is all for show since people identify with icons much easier than hard-line philosophies written on paper or espoused from pulpits alone. He knew that the masses could more easily identify a philosophy if it had an icon or figureehad other than himself, he learned that from his days in the circus.

I would think more visitors to the CoS site would be repulsed by the awful vomit inducing color combination than anything else.