It's fear. Some believe you should fear your creator (god(s)), some believe you should love Them. Some people have a habit or preference of operating more on the spectrum of fear than on the spectrum of love, the two of which it is said all of our decisions and feelings emit from.
There is something to be observed in the degeneracy of, correct me if I'm wrong, but what I've observed to be, the spectrum of fear. It seems to be a state which is always in subordination to something else.
Co-operation can exist out of love or out of fear.
“He who would live must fight. He who doesn't wish to fight in this world, where permanent struggle is the law of life, has not the right to exist.”
― Adolf Hitler,
Mein Kampf
Submissive and passive behavior generally had ought to be equated with sin, in our Spiritual Satanism. Unless it is a ploy in part of a plan to subvert someone or something with greater action following it. Pretending to be hurt or playing dead, or feigning compliance, may lead to victory in the ultimate outcome, if you play your cards right. But never should one "lay down like a dog" as it is said, or be trampled on, by anything or anyone - that is not as father intended us to be. We instead are to be bright, brilliant, and shining creations - reflecting the light of the gods, if I dare say.
Live the life you want, but giving up will not get you your dreams or the rewards awaiting to be reaped in this life.
Truly, it is easier said than done.. but when we can agree upon all of this, we have something to fall back on and build off of. We then know where we are going.
Sometimes we need to be reminded of things. They should be written, indicted, printed, painted, stamped, stained, hewn, cut, carved, marked and engraved on things movable and immovable, lest we forget them.
Good wisdom is good wisdom, regardless of who holds it. They may taint it, but you might purify it again. Take what is useful to you, from everywhere and everything, and add it to your collection.
May understanding follow,
Hail Satan.