Stylish display of tenets (horizontal) from @darkartrandy on Twitter
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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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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I think so many will interpret 'the right to offend' as the right to say what they want without consequence. I also think the overuse of the pronoun 'one' is a silly attempt to make these tenets sound 'nobler' than they are.
I think these are very reasonable concerns.
"One" is instantly formal in an unapproachable way. But at the same time, also the right tone to take when the need is a legalistic juxtaposition to, e.g. the "10 commandments." Although, I think most folks tend to think of those in the legalistic KJV "thou shalt not" style too. Perhaps we need an "NIV" style translation of the tenets for the contemporary reader.
The "right to offend" seems to me to be very intentional. The Satanic Temple stands in direct opposition to mainstream religion (Christianity). If mainstream (Christian) voices are "free" to offend and be offended by other expressions of religion, it seems to stand to reason that it is important to redouble the freedom of expressing oppositional opinion.