 The ONA are strongly critical of larger Satanic groups like the Church of Satan and the Temple of Set , whom they deem to be " sham @-@ Satanic " because they embrace the " glamour associated with Satanism " but are " afraid to experience its realness within and external to them " . In turn , the Church of Satan has criticised what they alleged was the Order 's " paranoic insistence that they are the only upholders of Satanic tradition " , with Kaplan stating that these comments reflect " the intramural tensions " that are common within " the world of Satanism " , and about which criticism Anton Long wrote that the ONA does not " claim to be a peer organization with a claim to some kind of authority ... When in the past we and others like us have said things that others interpret as being against the [ Temple of Set ] or La Vey , we were simply assuming the role of Adversary – challenging what seemed to be becoming accepted dogma . " 
