• Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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      The Satanic Temple is a non-theistic sect of Satanism. They don’t believe in an actual Satan, he’s more like a symbol for self-betterment

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        I know what satanism is.

        It’s not self betterment. It’s just selfish.

            • zeroday@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              Upper leadership is rife with predatory behavior, Lucien Greaves has said a lot of really problematic racist and white supremacist stuff, and there’s a difference between schools of Satanism within the temple. Basically, there’s an amoral, “might makes right” interpretation of Satanism that can act as an ideological framework to enable all sorts of abuse, and then there’s the “one’s own body is inviolable, support queer liberation” style of Satanism. The upper leadership (in my experience) is mostly the former type of Satanist, whereas the general membership are the latter. So the org has a lot of problems.

    • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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      That’s a great option, as they’re extremely welcoming to everyone. This is probably the wrong community for it, though!

  • Leviathan@fedinsfw.app
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    Or try no religion and no church at all. Just live life and enjoy your time without magical crutches.

    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The Satanic Temple isn’t a religion in the traditional sense. They also do a lot of activism. Here are their tenets:

      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.

      They’re different than the Church of Satan, associated with LaVey Satanism which is a bit more what people tend to think of, though that’s also still technically atheist