Posted on 03/01/2017 1:33:59 AM PST by Morgana
It's become increasingly apparent that Donald Trump's administration wants to make religion inescapable, even for secularists. Education secretary Betsy DeVos has donated millions of dollars to private religious schools and once described her education reform as a mission to "advance God's kingdom." Vice President Mike Pence, a born-again evangelical Christian who cast the tie-breaking vote in DeVos' Senate confirmation, also has a history of using politics to advance his religious agenda; last month he became the first vice president to speak at the annual anti-abortion March for Life, and has long waged war against Planned Parenthood in his home state of Indiana. Then there's Ben Carson, nominated as secretary of Housing and Urban Development — a creationist who once said the theory of evolution was encouraged by Satan.
Perhaps Carson wasn't entirely wrong, at least, not when you consider the Satanic Temple, a nontheistic activist organization that has for years worked to champion science — notably evolution and climate change — as a counterpoint to religious teachings pushed by public institutions nationwide. Contrary to its name, the Satanic Temple is not composed of the kind of devil worshippers Carson evoked during his speech at a Seventh-day Adventists gathering in 2012. Rather, these Satanists identify as justice-oriented atheists, using the symbol of Satan not just as parody but also to challenge religious groups that use the mantle of God to justify their actions. At a time when religious advocates hold tremendous power in the White House, the Satanic Temple's mission may become more important than ever — if its would-be supporters can get past all the demonic imagery.
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I love it, I absolutely love it.
One month in and this is all they have left.
You shall know a tree by the fruit it bears...
Matthew 12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
Freedom OF religion and not freedom FROM religion....
From the sounds of the article, they seem to be advocating for Satan.
Let me summarize the opening theme of this article: “OH NO!!!! There are CHRISTIANS in the Trump Administration!!!!!!!!”
It is pathetic that these ‘science centered’ humans are incapable of seeing their foolishness ... they have rejected God The Creator and chosen to worship as their god the creation and the prince of the powers of the air who rules, currently. They are not non-theists, they have a god ...
Why post ridiculous crap like this?
The Satanic Temple isn’t “mainstream”? It’s called the Demonic Party...
Tell me, is there really a point in reading any further than this? There's unhinged, and then there's UNHINGED...
This is when the Democrats admit who they are.
In past there have been ‘religions’ so devoted to chastity that they refused to mate, and so died out. Others where males were castrated. Again, no longer very popular after a time.
While the Democrats have seemingly adopted the Seven Deadly Sins, extended version, as their platform, most of their fractions just focus on one or two at a time. To do otherwise is so exhausting and debilitating that few of them have the strength to go whole hog.
But paganism for them is pretty unavoidable, be it an adherence to Moloch-Baal, Mammon, Dionysus, etc. Outright Satanism is more a manifestation of their utter, burning hatred of Christianity, to the point where the manifestations and symbols of Christians are causing them physical pain, a “vampire effect”, like Dracula cringing before the cross.
In practical terms, Satanism becomes an expression of self hatred and self destruction, preferred by those who are sickened by their reflection in a mirror. Whether self destruction by excess, or a more direct approach, doesn’t really matter, I suppose.
OK, you win the Queen of Gaslighting title.
Shows whom the left serves.
Bill and Hillary received lifetime achievement awards.
Just the opposite. Trump will bring our nation back to Christianity.
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