I’m well aware of the history of the Temple. I’ve read Joseph Laycock’s Speak of the Devil, which is a chronicle of TST’s first decade. I recommend that you read it as well, because you have a lot of misapprehensions about TST.
Then stop appropriating the iconography of their central villain.
It’s not appropriation. Satan as a heroic figure also has a history that goes back hundreds of years into Romantic literature.
Besides, Christians didn’t invent Satan. He came out of Jewish mythology.
Oh, good grief. No, I’m not interested in “riling up Christians”, either! In fact, I would prefer to get along with Christians. Almost 100% of my religious practice I’ve been alone or with other Satanists and zero Christians.
If it was only a philosophy, then you’d have a point.
What gives you the right to tell Satanists that they aren’t sincere? And no, TST does not “attack religion”. We defend Satanism.
I know because I’m part of a TST congregation. We have ministers, we have rituals, we have holidays. We have tax-exempt status like any other church. If you ask anybody in my congregation, they’ll say the same thing: our religion is Satanism and TST is our church.
Buddhism? Satanism? Wicca? Any flavor of paganism?
The Satanic Temple.
You can be religious without magical thinking.
They didn’t even say “organized religion”. They said “all religion”.
It’s inevitable! Just like crypto and NFTs!
I’m still waiting for these AI assholes to “leave me behind”. Okay! Have a nice trip!
All of the boxes are KDE, except
Least favorite: GNOME
Current distro: Garuda
I think I’m gonna start calling this the atheist equivalent of “all lives matter”.
Poseur*
Ah, yes, the Republican campaign promise: “Government doesn’t work. Elect me and I’ll prove it!”
That hole was made for me!
I don’t think flat earth ever left.
So, is Linus just dictator-for-life? Does he have the final say on everything?
wary*
Wow, you solved mental illness! All we have to do is teach critical thinking!