Some definitions (of satanism) offered by scholars includeOh what tosh ...
- the worship or veneration of the figure from Christian belief known as Satan, the Devil or Lucifer;
- the “intentional, religiously motivated veneration of Satan” (Religion scholar Ruben van Luijk);
- Ruben van Luijk has also called Satanism an invention of Christianity, relying on a character deriving from Christian mythology, i.e. Satan.