They were founded in 2012 and exist primarily to challenge US laws that are overtly religious. If a governor passes a law saying public schools must teach Bible study, atheists can’t legally object under US law. You can only object if a law violates your religion, not your lack of religion. So what if you made atheism a religion? That’s the Satanic Temple.
It’s Satanic themed on purpose because “court rules schools must provide children Satanic literature” makes for a funny headline when in reality it’s just a paragraph about critical thinking.
As a former Christian, I don’t know how Christianity is even a thing. You sit in church and listen to pastors or priests read passages from a book that are Jesus saying “Love everyone, but don’t worship me” and then look around and realize everyone is doing the opposite of what he is saying.
Have you read their collection of folk tales and hallucinations (or “Bible”)?
He comes off as the good guy more often than not!
That Jehovah dude, on the other hand, comes off as a petty tyrant prone to hissy fits and overreactions of catastrophic (and often genocidal) proportions to anyone who doesn’t RESPECT HIS AUTHORITAH or treat his favorite people as precious snowflakes that have first dibs on everything and everyone.
(Capitalized italics to be read in the voice of Eric Cartman from South Park America)
-looks up ST beliefs-
I dunno, this all seems pretty reasonable to me…
They were founded in 2012 and exist primarily to challenge US laws that are overtly religious. If a governor passes a law saying public schools must teach Bible study, atheists can’t legally object under US law. You can only object if a law violates your religion, not your lack of religion. So what if you made atheism a religion? That’s the Satanic Temple.
It’s Satanic themed on purpose because “court rules schools must provide children Satanic literature” makes for a funny headline when in reality it’s just a paragraph about critical thinking.
That’s not true.
At least one atheist organization has already had their display in the Iowa Capital.
They opened the capitol building as a public forum, therefore they have to allow any group that wants to send a message.
Turns out that all Satan had to do was to let Christians go apeshit on their own to win souls
As a former Christian, I don’t know how Christianity is even a thing. You sit in church and listen to pastors or priests read passages from a book that are Jesus saying “Love everyone, but don’t worship me” and then look around and realize everyone is doing the opposite of what he is saying.
Yeah. That Satan guy just suffers from bad marketing.
Seriously!
Have you read their collection of folk tales and hallucinations (or “Bible”)?
He comes off as the good guy more often than not!
That Jehovah dude, on the other hand, comes off as a petty tyrant prone to hissy fits and overreactions of catastrophic (and often genocidal) proportions to anyone who doesn’t RESPECT HIS AUTHORITAH or treat his favorite people as precious snowflakes that have first dibs on everything and everyone.
(Capitalized italics to be read in the voice of Eric Cartman from South
ParkAmerica)That’s because the Bible is a compilation of older myths and stories that they adjusted to fit their purpose, and in those Satan is the good guy.
One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s will alone