• Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m not for any religious discrimination.

    They should all be worshipped privately and have no governmental supporting.

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        I think it’s both. The Satanists I have known had sincere belief in the tenants of the Satanic Temple and built community and ceremony around their participation in it, just like any other religion.

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          Mmmm… when I say religion, I mean traditional/common religion. I know religion is a broad term, and its easy to get into the weeds. But for all intents and purposes, Satanism is not devoted to worshipping supernatural, texts, etc. It has tenants, and some other features so as to grant them the role as a religion, as part of the activism. Very different from what you see with Judaism, Islam, Christianity, etc.

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            Ehhh, I hear what you are saying but it’s coming from a very specific view of religion. Confusionism is considered a religion, as is Taoism, and they are more about tenents than supernatural beliefs (although that may be present).

            I think Satanism is a bit confusing to talk about because they do sincerely believe in the tenents, but self freedom is such a strong value that it’s not going to look the same as the big religions that are more about following authority.

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              I think we’re on the same page ultimately. Just didn’t want anyone to confuse traditional/popular religion with what the Temple seemingly seeks out to do - thats all.

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                I think we are mostly, but I think that where I may disagree is that the Temple’s political aims are not it’s primary reason for existence. They’re most well known for their political strategies because … their whole strategy is to gather attention, but there are people who are involved who are not involved in the activism. I think this is something that is not obvious from TST’s online presence, but something I have observed in local community (San Francisco - which I admit may be a huge outlier given SF’s history with LeVeyan Satanism).

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                  Right, there are chapters and one chapter may differ slightly from another’s

                  What do you believe your chapters primary reason for existence is? Do they lean more heavily on the religious/ideological side?

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                    Not sure, I’m not involved, just have friends who are! They talked about the national activism but never talked about being involved with that, only rituals, so I think for them it’s about having a space to participate in ritual activities that are ideologically aligned as they are very much atheists.

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      That’s why the Church of Satan Satanic Temple is trying this, they know it will cause outrage and people will be far more likely to ban all religion from schools than allow satanism.