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.

  • @MR_GABARISE
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    -31 year ago

    Problem with them is while you can admire their core values, the shock value imagery and unnecessary allegories taint what would be an otherwise great idea.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      shock value imagery

      You mean imagery from the Bible? The majority of images that they use are symbols taken from Christianity. They are about as shocking as Halloween decorations or goth kids.

      Also, a big part of the reason TST uses the Satanic imagery is to fight for the separation of church and state. To give an example, Christians wanted to pass a law to make courtrooms display the ten commandments in the US. The Satanic Temple argued in court that they will have to be allowed to display statues of Satanic demons in courtrooms. This made the Christians repeal the law forcing religious imagery into the courtroom, which is what TST really wanted all along.

      There are many examples similar to this, too.

    • @Staccato
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      21 year ago

      It sounds perfect for teenagers for those exact reasons