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[-] hellweaver666@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 9 months ago

Just the seven tenets of the Satanic Temple:

I 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. Crest image by Luciana Nedelea.

[-] qwrty@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Crest image by Luciana Nedelea.

Truly inspired words to live by /s

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

the fuck even is the satanic temple, a philosophy? a religion? what does it even identify as exactly and why pick satan as their mascot

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They're basically trolls who put pressure against blue laws. They're genuinely great and are a large reason why things haven't devolved into theocracy. Every time fundamentalists get a huge W passing an abusive law they come in to prove just how easy it is to turn it against them.

"If you think it's OK to merge the state with Christianity, then it is by your definition ok for us to build a satanic temple in the white house"

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It’s basically an atheistic philosophy. I’m not sure why they decided to theme around a rather controversial and unpopular semi-deity from a religion.

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

im gonna guess it came from a 'piss off the religious nuts' mentality

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago
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