 The Book of Lucifer contains the majority of the philosophy of The Satanic Bible . It details how Christianity has taught that God is good and Satan is evil , and presents an alternate view . It describes that the concept of Satan , used synonymously with " God " , is different for each LaVeyan Satanist , but that to all it represents a good and steadying force in his or her life . Believers have been called " atheistic Satanists " because of this lack of belief in external gods , but others identify as antitheistic . Satan is seen to LaVeyan Satanists not as " an anthropomorphic being with cloven hooves , a barbed tail , and horns " , but as a force of nature that has only been described as evil by other religions . Satan is viewed as a metaphor or a symbol , not as a being to be worshipped . 
