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Queer Satanic · @QueerSatanic

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Queer Satanic - Anton LaVey was worse than you think

To the #ChurchOfSatan's credit, they've never sued ex-members for criticizing them and don't promise pregnant people they can help them get abortions with religious liberty loopholes.

Folks who support them generally *do* understand accurately that they aren't getting anything special in return.

But does that make them the "good ones"? Not exactly, and when it comes to the things #AntonLaVey, #PeterGilmore, and other key figures have said and done when forming and representing #CoS, the history with open #neoNazis and #fascists is quite awful, before even getting into the dogwhistles.

This article goes thru some of that Church of Satan history & provides sourcing for anyone to check for themselves if they believe there is some exculpatory context being left out or some passage omitted changes what is included means.

Note that none of this is a defense of The Satanic Temple, tho.

https://queersatanic.com/anton-lavey-was-worse-than-you-think/

#churchofsatan #AntonLaVey #petergilmore #cos #neonazis #fascists

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Ashwin Dixit · @ashwin

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The Church of Satan should shadow the Xtian church very closely. Keep them very close, and hug them tight, whether they like it or not. When they demand religious freedoms, prayers in schools, or whatever else, support them. Then be equally visible and vocal and present at whatever prayer and march events they organize.

Prayer in school?
Sure! As long as we also pray to Lord Satan.

Teach the Controversy!

#Science #ChurchOfSatan #Satanism #Atheist #Atheism #Church #God #Religion

#science #churchofsatan #satanism #atheist #atheism #church #god #religion

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Queer Satanic · @QueerSatanic

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@jlowenwrites @inbadfaith The #ChurchOfSatan influence shows up in all of the aesthetics that #TheSatanicTemple picked up whole (black) cloth since — for all of the talk about a return to Romantic #Satanism — TST did not try to reincorporate the more angelic, Luciferian strains of Romantic and then Political Satanism of the 19th century (e.g. "Lucifer the Light-Bringer")

LaVeyan Satanism did also show up in "The Satanic Temple 2.0" — that is, the people the prank documentary film version of TST brought in after the first stunt in Florida failed

https://queersatanic.com/what-the-hell-is-the-satanic-temple-ep-3-united-federation-of-churches-llc/#the-satanic-temple-2.0

The point of Shane Bugbee, Brian Werner, and Zach Black seem to have been they had bona fides of #satanism the Temple could exploit around naive/lazy media until they were no longer needed

And such people were still very reactionary as of 2013-2014 and beyond

https://queersatanic.com/why-you-havent-left-the-satanic-temple/#brian-werner

#churchofsatan #thesatanictemple #satanism

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Boudica · @Boudica

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Church of Satan and the ACLU. This is going to get very interesting.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/update-saucon-valley-school-district-doubles-down-won-t-let-after-school-satan-club-meet-in-schools-despite-aclu-threat/ar-AA18kNbc?cvid=e1de714c9247494df436a0a681c39151&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=9

#witch #pagan #churchofsatan #occult

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Queer Satanic · @QueerSatanic

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=NO, NOT THAT SORT OF SATANIC CHURCH=

By now, most people have heard *something* about "The Satanic Temple," and many believe they have a good idea about what it is already.

These people are wrong.

So, before getting into what #TST *is*, let's establish what it is *not*

The Temple and its members do not worship or believe in a literal, supernatural devil.

Likewise, TST members do not conduct animal sacrifices, ritualistically abuse children, etc.

#TheSatanicTemple is not the same thing the "#ChurchOfSatan," another atheistic organization founded by Howard "#AntonLaVey" Levey in San Francisco in 1966.

TST's foundational text is not #TheSatanicBible, which LaVey published in 1969.

The Satanic Temple is not a leftist or even progressive organization.

The Temple does not have a history of legal victories taking advantage of "religious freedom loopholes".

The Satanic Temple is not a federally recognized religion; however, one of its half-dozen corporations did get IRS approval as a tax-exempt church.

https://queersatanic.com/what-the-hell-is-the-satanic-temple-ep-5-the-satanic-temple-inc/

#tst #thesatanictemple #churchofsatan #AntonLaVey #thesatanicbible

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