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My daughter and her friends were saying they were Satanists to piss off the "normal" kids. So I had her look up TST's 7 fundamental tenets. Now she really is one. (lemmy.world)
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For those unfamiliar, The Satanic Temple is an atheistic organization. Here are its tenets. I often ask people what they disagree with and get very little in the way of meaningful response.

THERE ARE SEVEN FUNDAMENTAL 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.

https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/the-satanic-temple-tenets/there-are-seven-fundamental-tenets

DO YOU WORSHIP SATAN?

No, nor do we believe in the existence of Satan or the supernatural. The Satanic Temple believes that religion can, and should, be divorced from superstition. As such, we do not promote a belief in a personal Satan. To embrace the name Satan is to embrace rational inquiry removed from supernaturalism and archaic tradition-based superstitions. Satanists should actively work to hone critical thinking and exercise reasonable agnosticism in all things. Our beliefs must be malleable to the best current scientific understandings of the material world — never the reverse.

https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/faq

She's 13. Does anyone know if she's allowed to become a member? The website isn't clear on that.

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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

My understanding, though it may be totally wrong, is TST is atheist and TCoS is theist. Everything else derives from that. TST is humanist.

[-] Saint_of_Illusion@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

CoS is 100% atheist and always has been. The "magick" people reference is mostly mentally manifesting your hopes and dreams to come true. There's no supernatural anything involved.

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

So, “law of attraction” type bs?

[-] Saint_of_Illusion@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Like, "Man, I really hope I get that raise. Let me think about it really hard and focus on how to earn it," type bs.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah that's "the secret" law of attraction junk

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Do you think that’s how people get raises? By thinking about it really hard and focusing on how to earn it? And not, you know, by jumping ship and moving to another company where you can earn a 40% raise?

[-] Saint_of_Illusion@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I'm sure brainstorming about how to earn more money would provide a few different options, yes. Expecting a raise to just miraculously appear certainly isn't the way to go. It's not like just thinking about getting a raise will make it happen. It's about setting it as your prime directive and thinking about HOW to make it happen. Your destiny is your own hands.

[-] dipshit@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

your destiny is in *your employers hands.

ftfy

I just don’t want people going around thinking that they are the reason their boss didn’t want to pay them what they are worth, you know. It’s a trick employers do to try to put the onus on the employee, not on the employer who is responsible for paying a competitive salary. Information is power!

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