Satanists don't really believe in 'sinning', per se, as they don't have a god to sin against. They don't really believe in Lucifer or Satan, just the spirit they embody. (No not 'evil' what ever you term that to mean) They believe ultimately in individualism and believe that Lucifer, as the story goes, was the first individualist as he choose not to follow God. They believe in finding out the truth for themselves and following their own path. Before the Church was created in 1966 the only 'Satanists' would have been those who believed in Satan, so they were mostly Christians to begin with, or Christians rebelling. In fact, the Christian wing of study called 'demonolgy' help produce a few of these people.
The 'cults' that all sorts of nasty things got blamed on were mostly myths or even outright lies to try and railroad certain groups, much like witch burnings throughout the ages. There were of course a few crazies that believ in such evil things, but you can find that all over the world, in any religion, in any country, etc.
So as far as having a Satanist guard my back in war well I'd look at it this way. They are highly determined people who do whatever it takes to succeed and don't let the moral trappings of many hold them back. That could be very useful in war if it comes down to 'do or die' or 'survival of the fittest'. Of course, if it came to a situation where they had to risk their own life to go 'above and beyond the call of duty' or just out of the goodness of their heart to save someone, they probably wouldn't. So it could go either way, but just like it would with anyone else. At least they wouldn't be waiting for someone else or SOMETHING else (se god) to deliver them from danger.
Of course, these are if the ideas are followed to the letter. As with any religion, there are many MANY (usually the majority even) that fall within some middle ground of the teachings. I would have no problem if the guy guarding my back was a Satanist. And I definitely don't think hey should be discriminated against based on religion. Let me put it this way...
People killed in the name of Christianity?
People killed in the name of Islam?
People killed in the name of Satanism?
Even if you were to average it out per capita, the first two would have a HUGE lead.
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