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Yes and no, I don't believe there's anything inherently illiberal about Christianity as Jesus practiced it, but I think that's besides the point. If I as a Christian am following the tenets of satanism as defined in the OP, what's the actual complaint? These tenets are basically be a good person, which is not exclusive to any one ideology.
But as many others have noted, the fact that this is very troll-like is hard to ignore. But I'm fine with criticisms, it just seems to me that there are some contradictions in letting people do what they want, while at the same time complaining that they believe in God. Ultimately it depends on what the OP is suggesting we do to "stop" religion. If he just wants to criticize, I'm fine with that.
Since Christians seldom act Christ-like it'll have to be beside the point. lol
Satanism as per LaVey is very humanist. I've never taken it as looking to destroy the church, but rather be free of its influence. You can call live and let live contradictory, but pretty much all philosophies are going to have others that they resist. Jesus wants people to choose him but would certainly frown upon rape, murder, slavery. Live and let live has its limitations.