A couple of things.

His lyrics don't really indicate that he isn't superstitious, merely that he is angry at religion and god. One can be superstitous and rebel against the status quo. I also notice that part of his name is 666. Now without knowing that much about this artist he may see himself as a satanist, which would preclude him from being an atheist.

He has a lot of pagan and demonic imagery in his videos. He comes across to me more like an occultist than an atheist. Atheists don't hold a belief in any super natural being be it a super hero or super villain.

I wouldn't put him under the "atheist" label because he rails against god/s. If he is really an atheist with who holds no belief in any deity, good or bad, he certainly, at least for me, did a poor job of conveying that.

I think it is not only ok to rail against gods, but manditory for the rational future of humanity. HAVING SAID THAT, only in the sense of challenging unproven naked assertions of disembodied beings. This guy comes across as having some sort of deistic belief.

Strictly from a music standpoint I thought he was tight and his imagery was fitting, but it did nothing to convince me that he is an atheist, just that he doesn't like the status of the world.

I will go back to check his channel again to check to see if I missed something, but I didn't really see much other than a message "join my channel" which doesn't tell me much.

You seem to be conflating satanism and devil worship. Satanism is actually a completely hedonistic form of atheism. It got it's name from the opposite of "Christlike". It is atheistic in the lack of belief in any deities, and as a mortal being who realizes their lives are finite, their self interests and pleasures become paramount. A devil worshiper is someone who buys into the whole religious shtick, but feels a connection with the antagonist(s) and thinks somehow they will get more out of it then the deluded "protag's". Satanism breeds self-centeredness and arrogance for the most part, and devil worship is just as silly as worshiping it's alter ego. But real "satanists" are atheists.

I don't know about TheDajjal666, but with the amount of religious imagery in the music, my bet's on him having a crazy religious upbringing and trying to attack it with it's own imagery. He might be a believer in some old religion and he might not be, I don't know.

I haven't missed a thing. I have heard these types of claims before, "do no harm, enjoy your life". Fine, have at it but attaching simple obvious morality to a word that has superstitious baggage is pointless. If he literally doesn't believe in a being with horns or the satan of the bible I find it absurd to attach himself to such needless superfluous labels.

I have the same problem with Sam Harris calling himself a Buddhist. Sure, they are atheists, that is possible, but not saying people don't do that. My point is WHY?

I think it is better to state the obvious without masking it in old packaging.

"Satan" is a mythological character which the word"Satanism" is derived from.

But if this guy picks up a "Satanists" book and recites it for ritualistic reasons he is no better than the superstitious people who do things, not because they are practical or true or even moral, but merely because they can and because it feels good.

Doing something because "it feels good" is certainly part of our evolution, but doesn't make everything we do true or moral, it merely means we act on our feelings.

To nutxaq: Before you post the embed url to the comment section of your post, click the "Switch to plain test editor" button below, then paste in in there.

To Brian37: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism

Don't forget to read this part of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism#Atheistic.2FDeistic_Satanism

I would agree with you, the superstitions imagery is unneeded and utterly ridiculous. I already stated satanists use the name "Satan" not as the mythological being itself, but as a term meaning the opposite of "Christ like". Yet I was just talking about the true definition of satanism, not the rapper. He could just like the imagery or he might be just as deluded as all the other faith heads, thinking that god(s) and the devil(s) are real and be a devil worshiper. To me I think that's the safest bet, but I don't know the man personally, so I couldn't say. All I can say is from my understanding about the philosophies of satanism and devil worship. Whether I agree with them or not doesn't effect my representation of their ideas. I think it's easier to show the faults in ideologies when you show them for what they really are, not by misrepresenting them. I don't agree with satanism for many reasons, like their self-centeredness, which can lead to hedonism and narcissism, or their use of stupid superstitious imagery, but I will try to make sure people understand it for what it is. Many satanists (I would venture to say a majority) would fall under the atheist tent, and like it or not, we will be lumped into some of the same categories.

Edit: Tits. Thanks.