Posted on 05/21/2023 11:22:07 AM PDT by rod5591
Followers of The Satanic Temple (TST) say they have found a home in their burgeoning religious cult, rejecting religion in many cases by joining their own that suits their lifestyle.
"Satanism stands for everything I believe in, including bodily autonomy, compassion, respect, science. And Satan represents those who were cast out, those who think differently," Typhon Nyx told the BBC at the SatanCon in Boston in late April.
His story is like some of the 830 SatanCon attendees that descended upon the Marriott Copley Place in Boston. While members of the TST did not give their name, they did give their support and loyalty to the movement that they believe accepts them.
"As a gay child, being told you are an abomination and should be destroyed, warped a lot of my thinking," one told the BBC. "Finding The Satanic Temple has really helped me embrace logic and empathy."
But TST members say they go through hell struggling to exist because of those that consider the TST blasphemy.
"That's not wrong," Dex Desjardins, TST spokesperson, told BBC. "A lot of our imagery is inherently blasphemous.
"We've got folks who wear inverted crosses. And our opening ceremony did have the ripping up of a Bible as a symbol of oppression, especially oppression of LGBTQ folk and women, and also the BIPOC community, and pretty much anybody who's grown up with religious trauma, which is a tremendous number of our members."
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Exchanging the truth of Jesus Christ for the lies of the devil. Sad and foolish.
Satan Con. Aptly named.
There are churches that "identify" as Christian denominations that are the same, minus the spooky schtick cosplay.
Also at least two Jewish denominations in that mix.
But these Satanists are honest about who they follow even if they do not literally believe in a traditional folklore style personal Devil.
Is it really folklore? I thought the Bible and other writings say Lucifer is the crux of all that is bad. This is an example of why I don't believe in organized religion. Who has it correct? Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, the Vikings?
To me they all have a different take and is a mishmash of ancient writings when humans thought the world was flat, the Sun revolved around the Earth, and natural disasters were caused by their god or gods for made up reasons.
I am a Deist. I believe something threw out the dice with certain physical laws in place just to see what would develop. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and Monroe—practiced a faith called Deism. Deism is a philosophical belief in human reason as a reliable means of solving social and political problems.
The above said, I believe Jesus Christ existed and was probably the best person to ever walk this rock.
I refer to the goat like fellow with a pitchfork, not the fallen angel.
Yep, aside from the cosplay aspect they just sound like a bunch of Democrats.
Probably as good as any visualization. Personally, I don't believe in a Devil nor even Lucifer. I believe evil comes from a dark place within the hearts and minds of humankind. Many can suppress it, others not so due to a weakness in their character.
In 73 years and I've seen it all...the goodness that can evolve from some, and the bad that can spring from others. I have no answers other than to treat all I encounter with a phrase I've live by since a child. Do unto others...until they screw me over. Then it's on.
Riiiight. So you got the Drama Queen demographic going for you. With warped thinking. We can tell.
So, apart from tearing up the Bible during initiation, they're not really much into that religion thing. I see. Looks like I had them all wrong...
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