I have recently done a degree in applied psychology, okay im not going to be a doctor anytime in the near future, but I have certainly been given some very good ideas and indeed a better understanding of the nature of humans.
Simple things such how we construct our own individual identities, how we behave in groups and things such as how we reason (or dont should i say) all give some idea of the nature of humanity and the process behind our behaviours. Religon now that it has ended its holy war against science and has decided to try and utilise it now instead will allways reach certain points where it cannot progress any further because to do so would dissprove or go against the fundermental religous structure and beleifs that the religon is founded upon.
whereas Satanism is flexable enougth to actually incorperate new found scientific research