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The Satanic Temple

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I noticed there wasn't a TST Lemmy community. The Satanic Temple is a modern satanic religion that aims to promote human rights and compassion. Check out their about page on their official website at https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us. Note that this community is not an official affiliation. TST is also separate and not affiliated with the Church of Satan, who have a slightly different viewpoint of what satanism truly is. Dunno what to post in here, but maybe some will search for this and take part. Hello!

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What is The Satanic Temple? (self.thesatanictemple)
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Put simply, The Satanic Temple is a relatively new atheistic religion (without belief in an actual Satan) with core beliefs in the seven tenets as listed below:


I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III. One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.


Check out https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us for more info.

Hope all is well! Hail Satan!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here's my best understanding as an example!

You have the personal freedom to abort your own pregnancy for any reason. Christians say things like, "God doesn't like that!" or "my God's dead version said something once which, taken out of context, says you're a piece of shit and now I hate you!"

Without that seemingly oxymoronic statement, their offensive actions and words that come from them being offended could enable you to say "I'm offended by your offense and now our squabble shall escalate!" Instead, you implement a logical break so that when you living your life offends another to the point that they feel the need to offend you, you can deescalate the situation by saying "okay," and then going to get your rightful abortion.

Or kiss someone whose genitalia matches yours Or change your genitalia Or change your name Or try to stop a racism Or try to reduce sexual assault Or try to learn...