I was going to buy a book and sticker from The Satanic Temple, but shipping to Norway is 40 USD! Sorry, but that's just too much, man. I wish they sold e-books. #TST

In my time within The Satanic Temple, I reached out to and interviewed probably hundreds of people interested in #TST membership and local involvement.

Many, many people applied because they didn’t have any other community and wanted, if not activism, then refuge — especially after the 2016 election.

It is absolutely my experience that of those who stayed, the ones who spoke up the loudest about wanting to make The #SatanicTemple better than it was (better at serving its most vulnerable members) were the ones with the most to lose when TST failed — or — to live up to its own values.

Those people ultimately left because raising concerns through “the proper channels” was ignored, or they were purged from membership because their “negative commentary” was declared proof of a conspiracy to harm #TheSatanicTemple. (Or because they were friends with someone making that commentary.)

And that’s not unique. That has happened again, and is going to keep happening.

Why?

Think of the people who most resonate with The Temple's purported message about reason, compassion, and escaping #ChristianNationalism — the people who are compelled to seek TST membership in the first place.

In my time within The Satanic Temple, I reached out to and interviewed probably hundreds of people interested in #TST membership and local involvement.

Many, many people applied because they didn’t have any other community and wanted, if not activism, then refuge — especially after the 2016 election.

It is absolutely my experience that of those who stayed, the ones who spoke up the loudest about wanting to make The #SatanicTemple better than it was (better at serving its most vulnerable members) were the ones with the most to lose when TST failed — or — to live up to its own values.

Those people ultimately left because raising concerns through “the proper channels” was ignored, or they were purged from membership because their “negative commentary” was declared proof of a conspiracy to harm The Satanic Temple. (Or because they were friends with someone making that commentary.)

There’s one other part of the FAQ worth highlighting:

“Some people join TST just to claim to be former members.”

It really encapsulates the ethos that we think makes The #SatanicTemple an immediate threat to people who get involved with #TST in the present day.

The Satanic Temple's statement is despicable for a couple reasons, not least for how much it echoes pro-cop and union-busting rhetoric portraying organizers and #whistleblowers as “third party interference” or “outside agitators” whose repression is justified in the pursuit of “pragmatism.”

#TheSatanicTemple failed that claim for many reasons.

But rather than take the L and spend its resources on actual threats to #humanRights, they’re appealing the dismissal, trying to establish precedent that would make it easier for churches to retaliate against critics.

The Satanic Temple is making a pro-theocracy argument to bind over 62 million people within the #NinthCircuit.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66805454/united-federation-of-churches-llc-v-david-johnson/

Or, more bluntly: #TST is staking its legitimacy as a #religion on the extent to which it can redefine the law to marginalize its own politically convenient targets in turn.

Longtime followers of #TheSatanicTemple’s legal history will know the Temple is, by design, a far greater threat to its own members than it has ever been interested in, or capable of, posing to the Christian Right.

It’s still *WILD* to see #TST explicitly confirming this in its own FAQ 🧵

I can appreciate that Satan created dinosaurs and a fossil record to trick us into believing that the Earth is older than 5000 years old.That trick is very creative and flawlessly executed. Thanks, Satan, I'm impressed!

#religion #tst

The Satanic Temple Finland ry lähetti aarteita pientä korvausta vastaan. Taide à la Kissakalapuikko (Milla Hovivuori)

#tst #tstfinland #satanism

@nudiebodhi @EverMama8_
Not sure if we have it in the US.

I tend to align with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and The Satanic Temple.

#Jedi #jediism #pastafarian #FSM #TheSatanicTemple #TST

Fuck #TST, and #HailSatan

#Thailandia
Il nuovo governo prevederà la presenza dei due partiti dei generali autori del colpo di Stato, oltre che di quasi tutti gli altri che hanno ottenuto almeno un seggio alle elezioni di Maggio.
A restarne fuori saranno solo #MFP|Centro-sinistra, #DEM|Centro-destra, #TST|Centristi anti-militaristi e #FP|Centro-sinistra.

@OsservatorioEsteri

#Thailandia
Il nuovo governo prevederà la presenza dei due partiti dei generali autori del colpo di Stato, oltre che di quasi tutti gli altri che hanno ottenuto almeno un seggio alle elezioni di Maggio.
A restarne fuori saranno solo #MFP|Centro-sinistra, #DEM|Centro-destra, #TST|Centristi anti-militaristi e #FP|Centro-sinistra.

@OsservatorioEsteri

This is another one of those, "Y'all must just make stuff up because y'all hate #TheSatanicTemple so much, huh?" things, but no. No, this comes straight from one of #TST's own court filings.

I'm just loving my Sunday. I didn't have to get going early to go listen to a funny man talk like stories from bronze age shepherds are real. I hope you make the most of your time if you're lucky enough to not to have to work today. It is so nice and quiet here #SilentSunday. #tst

#abortion is #healthcare. Your religion prevents *you* from having an abortion, in mine it is a ritual. #TST

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/nebraska-teen-illegal-abortion-jail-sentence-1234792543/

#Facebook , #religions, and #corporations are cancerous in society. If you're not using Signal for your private messages, it isn't private.

"#HailLuciferTheLightBringer" - a Queer Satanic benefit show at #LeftBankBooks in #Seattle

DETAILS
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the #anarchist book store in #PikePlaceMarket
92 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101
https://leftbankbooks.com/

BANDS
#HurryUpSnuffkin
#DeadSonics
and #MolotovJuicebox are all set to perform

We're also working on having some local artists present, such as #KellyDeanVerity

Proceeds from the benefit fundraiser go to paying the legal defense bills of the #QueerSatanic Heretics, four former members of #TheSatanicTemple who have been sued by #TST for more than three years now in three different courts as part of an ongoing #SLAPP suit designed to exhaust our finances and intimidate other critics of that abusive religious organization into silence.

Menstruatin' With Satan 2023
July 15th - August 31st 2023

https://www.thesatanictempleillinois.com/campaigns-events/tstil-campaigns/menstruatinwsatan23

#tst #woman #satanism #satanic #menstratin #menstruation #donation #collection #mutualaid

Why did #TST lose its federal #abortion case in #Texas?

Because #TheSatanicTemple is very bad at court cases.

We've said it before, and we will no doubt have many occasions to say it again in the future.

https://queersatanic.com/why-did-tst-lose-its-federal-abortion-case-in-texas/

This article goes through the judge's opinion in some depth to show why that judge is *not* a "doddering old fool", as TST's owner claimed in response to the judgement against, but rather how the #SatanicTemple fails its donors and supporters again and again with sloppy or intentionally threadbare legal work.

I feel bad for folks that have to spend an hour (or more!) every Sunday listening to things that are obviously not true. Practice makes perfect when it comes to self-delusion. That is why kids ask a lot of questions when things don't make sense and the adults have stopped. Go to #brunch instead. It isn't too late to re-program and start living a life free from superstition. It can be scary at first, but then it's not, and then is all seems so silly (which it is). #faith #TST

#Thailandia
Sudarat #Keyuraphan (#TST|Centro anti-militarista): “Noi parlamentari del #TST ci prepariamo così per partecipare alla cerimonia di apertura del parlamento.
Siamo pronti a fare il nostro dovere per tutelare al massimo gli interessi delle persone.”

Nota: È prassi, in presenza di eventi che rivestono grande importanza per il Paese, che i parlamentari indossino un’uniforme militare.

@OsservatorioEsteri