⛧ First Church of Hypocrisy, Blasphemy, and Self-Righteousness ⛧

3. Solipsism—Can be very dangerous for Satanists. Projecting your reactions, responses and sensibilities onto someone who is probably far less attuned than you are. It is the mistake of expecting people to give you the same consideration, courtesy and respect that you naturally give them. They won’t. Instead, Satanists must strive to apply the dictum of “Do unto others as they do unto you.” It’s work for most of us and requires constant vigilance lest you slip into a comfortable illusion of everyone being like you. As has been said, certain utopias would be ideal in a nation of philosophers, but unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, from a Machiavellian standpoint) we are far from that point.

The issue I have with this is, that is not what solipsism is. Solipsism is the belief that all of reality is just a delusion, "I'm the only one who exists and I made everything." What LaVey is describing here is called "Projection."

I think this entry should replace "Solipsism" with "Projection," and a 10th entry added for the real definition of solipsism. In fact, I'll do it soon.