This following statement was taken from an article written on 02-18-03 by journalist Eric Gillin, in an interview with The Church of Satan.  Peter H. Gilmore, high priest in the Church of Satan, states...

"America is absolutely a Satanic nation, by our definition. Iraq is yet another spiritually oriented nation that is ruled by a despot — business-as-usual considering the history of the governments on this world. We see the U.S. as being very unique in history, the world's first Satanic republic, and so it is important to many Satanists."

It is interesting that Satanists would declare America as an "absolutely Satanic nation."  Is America a Satanic nation?   What is even more disturbing is why they consider America a Satanic nation.  Eric Gillin makes the following statement: 

"What they [Satanists] essentially believe, is that life should be lived in the pursuit of pleasures, and we only get one chance to do it.  Sounds like America to us."