I think anyone can believe in Stan, or, God for that matter, as either a personification of am eternal power outside any physical matter that exists the outside the known universe; or as a state of mind that he worships because his own his own mind, being only human, cannot fathom its existence. I think Satanism is a belief in the power of one's own abilities and the freedom one can achieve in living, rather then the conventional human weakness of seeking direction and rules for living and thus following a religion. Left hand path needs no authority--Right hand path seeks authority. These are just my naïve thoughts possibly, but then again who knows, we are all only human. One choice is as logical as the other. It is just a matter what the mind is most comfortable with.