Gotta love the Satanists. They're fighting the good fight.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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And best of all, they’re not even satanists. They just call themselves an edgy name
Christians don't understand that. Apparently the satanic panic never ended.
Satanic panic is their whole life. I really pity them. They live in constant fear of not only their god who supposedly "loves" them, but another deity who also doesn't exist.
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Yep! "What do you call someome who believes in a literal Satan?" .. "Christian."
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I'm not for any religious discrimination.
They should all be worshipped privately and have no governmental supporting.
They should all be worshipped privately
Pretty sure the bible specifically mentions that too.
Hey, don't you go bringing the Bible into this discussion about religion!
Yeah, Republicans hate when you do that because they're completely unarmed!
These people are not actual religious worshippers though. This is activism. There’s a difference between the two groups
Edit: here’s some additional information, should you be interested - https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/faq
That's why the ~~Church of Satan~~ Satanic Temple is trying this, they know it will cause outrage and people will be far more likely to ban all religion from schools than allow satanism.
the Temple [...] named a telehealth abortion clinic after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s mom.
This is a beautifully poetic insult and I love it.
That’s my religious organization! Proud to be a regular donor. Highly recommend everyone joins and donates, they’re truly doing great work
I'm Christian, but have given them money.
Separating church and state makes better government AND better churches.
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I'm a Satanist and affiliated with neither CoS or TST. The leadership of TST are not good people. One of them tried to make himself the god of a cargo cult and the other has a history of making racist, antisemitic and ablist statements. He also owned a website about eugenics until 2018.
That video I linked to is long but it is very well sourced and I hope might give you a bit more insight into who you're supporting if you choose to join or donate to them. There's a lot of comments under the video from ex-TST members, including Ministers and Chapter Heads who've been badly burnt by TST.
Sorry to ask, but could someone summarize the video? Cannot watch it rn, and will probably forget later.
That said, all organizations face this kind of “what’s the orgs vision or character” challenge. Thats why good leadership is important. Sometimes it’s best to cut loses and reorganize, and also market how you’re different now.
Supporting eugenics in any form is unconscionable, but people make mistakes and can grow from them. There are examples of KKK members who became activists in other direction, and we shouldn’t lock people in to their past bad decisions. I encourage the idea of “reformed racists”.
As asinine as I think the idea of “Satan” is in general, I see value in contenders and challengers to established religious authorities. As a rule, we should remove religion from policy making.
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Satanist don't actually want in, they want religion out
Correction, they want equal religious rights for everyone
Satan was the good guy.
Good. Hail Satan and teach kids about all religions or none.
Bet cuckservatives would rather allow satanism into their schools if.. it was suggested that Islam too should be included.
Prosperity Gospel is so close to LaVeyan Satanism that it barely makes a difference.
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As someone who recently completed work on an 8 and a half tall demon statue in his living room, I approve.
8 and a half tall demon statue
My high school math and science teachers eyes are twitching....
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FUCK YEAH!!! PRAISE SATAN!!!!
Fair is fair right? Or let me guess, not like that?
"'Freedom' of religion!"
"No wait, not like that!!!"
And Pastafarians?
As a Satanist, I absolutely think schools should welcome your bountiful deity with open arms, so long as they feel it's important to discuss religion in school. Preferably, we should leave that kind of personal discussion at home. That being said, I think people could really benefit from learning about "The seven I would really rather you didn'ts."
Ra'men.
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Don't really need the Satanists. Just tell conservatives that anything they want to mandate that is Christian can also/ will be done for Muslims. Notice how the war on Chirstmas always heats up around the time Ramadan coincides with it?
We absolutely need the satanists they are the ones that are doing things. What are the other religions doing?
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The Satanic Temple doesn't not worship Satan. It even says so in the article. They are not "satanists".
That Baphomet statue is totally awesome!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
When conservative lawmakers in Florida and Texas won the fight to allow religious chaplains in public schools, they swung open the door to ministers from other faiths — including the Satanic Temple.
It offered the Hellions Academy as an alternative to Christian studies during school hours and named a telehealth abortion clinic after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s mom.
The proposals, which vary slightly, would have chaplains of various denominations serve in similar capacities as school counselors, in some cases with on-campus offices or salaries paid for by the districts.
A federal court sided with the Temple in a legal challenge last year, and there are currently seven clubs nationwide, where children make arts and crafts, learn about animals and do science experiments.
One of the Temple’s first actions was to perform a “pink mass” in which gay couples made out over the grave of the mother of Fred Phelps, founder of the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, and declared her a lesbian.
The Temple has protested corporal punishment of children and sued states to argue that abortion restrictions violate their religious rights.“It is a poignant way of pushing the idea of what these governments really care about,” said Jay Wexler, a Boston University law professor who studies church-and-state issues.
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One of the Temple’s first actions was to perform a “pink mass” in which gay couples made out over the grave of the mother of Fred Phelps, founder of the homophobic Westboro Baptist Church, and declared her a lesbian.
This is delicious.
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