The Satanic Temple is taking on the Christian right. It may be effective – it’s definitely fun | Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
Recognized as a religion by the IRS, the group uses the religious right’s tactics, and their victories, against them
    • NatakuNox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      17 days ago

      I mean he was an angel that was kicked out of heaven for his don’t tread on me tee shirt…

      But in all seriousness, the religious right has more in common with Satan than God. Pick one Good aspect of the Bible and the right does none of those things.

      • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        17 days ago

        Lucifer was kicked out of Heaven for rebelling against God, which he did because he was jealous of humanity.

        Or so the Paradise Lost goes. None of that shit is in the Bible.

        • nzeayn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          16 days ago

          was such a weird experience as a kid having a catholic preiest try explaining that, the devil rebelled because he was jealous of our free will. and lacking the language to engage that. “buddy the moral of your story is a big red flag for me when considering my accociation with this room full of people” was not a collection of words and concepts i had available to me as a small child. a desire for autonomy i got pretty easy though.

      • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        16 days ago

        religious right has more in common with Satan than God

        I disagree, Satan seems like a pretty reasonable dude from what I can tell. If anything, Old Testament God and conservatives line up fairly well.

        Jesus on the other hand was a hardcore leftist.

        • jerkface@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          16 days ago

          The teachings of Jesus, the moral example of Jesus, is totally irrelevant. You can’t get into heaven by emulating Jesus. You can’t get everlasting life by treating people with compassion and respect. Those sermons and shit, that was just a hobby that Jesus engaged in that has no bearing on his purpose on Earth or what a Christian needs to do to be a Christian. The only way you can get into Heaven and see your mommy again is by unquestioningly accepting the dogma of Christianity, which is completely amoral by any humanist standard.

        • NatakuNox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          16 days ago

          Holy Trinity my dude. Jesus is also his father and the ghost thing… Idk I never paid attention during church

      • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        17 days ago

        God’s a petty asshole throughout much of the Bible. I’d say they have a lot in common with him.

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.comEnglish
      184·
      17 days ago

      From what I remember, they don’t actually believe in Satan. But under American law you can’t be recognized as a religion without claiming a deity or god

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        17 days ago

        That second part is not accurate at all. There is no requirement for worship of any deity to have the full protection of the first amendment, nor is there a requirement for a deity to be eligible for tax exempt status.

        There are multiple religions that are protected under the constitution that worship is not a part of the religion at all.

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.comEnglish
      151·
      17 days ago

      Some Christians groups have ideals that violate some of the things they consider their rights and such. They’re fighting for their rights. Bonus: with the protections imposed on religions in the usa, they can offer more freedom to people already living in the country of alleged freedom

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    16 days ago

    Abortion is a religious right 🤣 Pure gold. Tearing down the shield of “but my religion says so” is great.

  • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    617·
    17 days ago

    TST sucks ass though. Their leadership is all abusive right wing hierarchical assholes and all they actually do is profit off of an image that they fight for abortion rights and such, when in reality they’ve never won a court case and have been time and time again completely incompetent in their litigations. Theres a huge community of grassroots actually leftist satanists and after being deprogrammed from TST they all try to come out about the abuses they suffered at the hands of TST leadership only to be sued into silence. There’s a ton of info about this, but a good place to start for those curious is the group Queer Satanic.