#the Satanic Temple

[j0celynh0rr0r]

[ladycatashtrophe]

"Wow, you're so self-aware! It takes most people years of therapy and dedication to get to that point." Thanks, I constantly feel completely disconnected from my physical being and the material sensation of my body, brain, and spirit/soul is so overwhelming that I often have to see myself as an objective third-party instead of an integrated entity. Father son holy spirit and all that.

[merildae]

Olympia #1, 2024

18 x 12 in

Oil on canvas

[aliendeity]

while i’m at it though, and it’s been awhile since i talked about it: the satanic temple and the church of satan are both led by fucking edge lord losers, power-crazed white men who think they’re god and entirely miss the point of calling out the problems within organized christianity while falling into the exact same problems. the leader of the satanic temple, which is often purported as some folk hero and anarchist, is extremely antisemitic and is a sex abuser. he’s also an amazing scam artist like the televangelists of the 90s. both organizations prey upon people who have been abused by religious institutions, sell a promise of acceptance and freedom, then do the exact same thing

[queersatanic]

For years, The Satanic Temple has been a hub of abuse. This is the story of how that happened.

The video essayist Dead Domain (also @DomainDead) finally released the video on The Satanic Temple and its owners Cevin Soling (a.k.a. "Malcolm Jarry") and Doug Misicko (a.k.a. "Doug Mesner", "Lucien Greaves").

This might be the most ambitious project ever to detail the actual history and structure of The Satanic Temple (it's about two hours long), and why its owners' interests will make sure that the Temple will always pose the greatest threat not to the Christian right, but to its own members and the most marginalized people in this country.

The Satanic Temple is a threat to the earnest struggle for religious freedom and civil rights, and it must be stopped.

If you aren't already subscribed to Dead Domain on YouTube and/or Twitch, you might like their other stuff. But if you like their video, please also send them a thank you. It is highly  likely that TST will send them some kind of legal threat as well as a swarm of online harassment, and having people counter that could be much appreciated.

It was our pleasure and privilege to be interviewed for this piece and to be able to put some light on the predatory "religion" that we have spent four years fighting across as many courts. The creator has done a magnificent job pulling all these threads together in a way that we've never been capable of doing merely over text.

Check this one out as soon as you can.

[thrashkink-coven]

Hi! I saw your post about the appropriation of religious imagery by extremest hate groups (a good post, I share your feelings of frustration) at the end you made a vague statement about the satanic temple and was wondering if you could elaborate on what happened there? They are a group I admittedly only have passing knowledge of, but what I have seen has usually been pro LGBTQ advocacy or similar things. Not that I don't believe you- I don't really interact with large institutions because they tend to become inevitably corrupt and have inherent gatekeeping, but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind explaining what exactly or which extremist propaganda they have been aligning with recently? Or is it just because they are generally anti-theistic?

(I have, in fact, been almost literally living under a rock the past few years so I apologize if the answer is something obvious, but I couldn't seem to find anything with cursory searches so thought asking someone in the community would be a better source)

I couldn’t even begin to outline all of the terrible shit the leaders and founders of The Satanic Temple have done over the years. They are a group of alt white scammers using progressive ideology and leftist sympathy to fill their pockets. They use their image to pray on young women at sex parties and employ real cult tactics to isolate and abuse them. They are a company comprised of sexual abusers, manipulators, and fascists parading the name of Satan to manipulate actual Satanists and Luciferians into giving them money, despite never showing any real respect to those philosophies or religions. We all already know they’re not theistic satanists and they don’t really worship Satan, but they also have absolutely no relationship with Satanism or Luciferian gnosis. You cannot be a Luciferian or a Satanist and be friends with Nazis. Idgaf call me a gatekeeper. They just like to use the image of Satan for publicity stunts to ruffle the feathers of a few Christians. They do not embody the Luciferian spirit or the values of Satanism.

I have a deep hatred in my soul for Douglas Mesner and how much damage he has done to the image of Luciferianism and Satanism, not to mention the real world damage they have done to abortion advocacy groups. The strategic moves of opposing institutions that oppose LGBT rights has actually given a bad name to good faith organizations who already have enough negative stigma around them. Abortion advocacy groups don’t need the narrative that they’re sacrificing babies to Satan by being supported by the Temple of Satan on top of all the backlash they already receive by Christo-fascists.

They DO NOT use the money donated for abortion advocacy to help young mothers or to fight real cases of human rights abuse, they have never actually helped a real woman obtain healthcare. The leader himself openly admitted to taking money donated to the Satanic Temple to pay his personal bills.

Asides from the plethora of real accusations of sexual assault and violence against female members of the church itself, the leader Douglas Mesner has actively supported abusers and suppressed victims from WITHIN THE CHURCH!! (kicking them out, harassing them, threatening them lawsuits etc) from obtaining justice. They have never made any actual strides in the fight towards liberation and have actively supported real fascists for years now. Douglas Mesner has advocated for eugenics and made horrible anti semitic and racist comments in the past and continues to support alt right nationalists who actively spread hateful rhetoric. The lie they promote of wanting to protect women’s and LGBT rights is a well crafted marketing scheme to give them a good image while they abuse and manipulate their own members behind the scenes.

This is a fantastic video essay that dives deep into the history of the members and their controversies:

Genuinely, from the bottom of my heart,

FUCK THE SATANIC TEMPLE

There are of course members who are great people who truly take the philosophy to heart, who have seriously fought for liberation and have sadly had their empathy hijacked. But I don’t like cops and I don’t like people who support Douglas Mesner and his band of freaks. They cannot be trusted and they have done far more harm than good. Actions speak louder than words.

[sonofsatansworld]

SONZ OF SATAN UNITE!

[aleck-le-mec]

I’ll say it, satanists for Palestinian should be a given.

Tenent 2 of the satanic temple

“The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.”

The 9th rule of the church of Satan

“Do not harm little children”

The 6th rule of the church of Satan

“Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved”

[guccikitty404]

So like, I didn’t think taking Spamton to the satanic temple was something I was going to do, but it was.

[spookingstand]

The sulphur ash fills your lungs and stings your eyes.

Lake of fire, by me, 2023 (based off of the painting in terraria)

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[valentinoappreciator]

Strongly considering reaching out to The Satanic Temple to hear if I can start a congregation here in Denmark 🤔

[j0celynh0rr0r]

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[sophieinwonderland]

Hey, anon... while I don't know if calling people with psychosis "psychotics" is actually ableists, I DO think you're ableist for running to somebody who doesn't believe in RAMCOA and cites the ableist Grey Faction as their source. A group which believes DID is purely caused by therapists, and has gone out of their way to discredit the disorder and trauma survivors.

The Grey Faction is a branch of The Satanic Temple. It has a vested interest in discrediting anything that reflects badly on their church.

Your "reliable source" is literally a church pulling anything it can to drag doctors through the mud and discredit abuse accusations.

I don't know the exact context for this.

But I suspect this was because The Grey Faction is taking its talking points straight from The False Memory Syndrome Foundation. A foundation that was founded by a father who was accused by his daughter of sexual assault, and is dedicated to defending other accused child molesters.

This group and their invented syndrome managed to single-handedly shift support away from trauma survivors in the 90s to the accused child molesters. This is what The Grey Faction is supporting.

If you doubt that The Grey Faction is arguing against DID as being related to trauma, here is their opinion in their own words:

I think it's very fair to say that support for The Grey Faction is both ableist against DID systems and yes, is supporting accused child molesters.

[merildae]

Painting done!

[hellgirl666xx]

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🦇 Morninggg hope everyone has a fabulous day!🦇

[queersatanic]

(A Case Against) Identifying with Satanism in the Modern World

First, let’s make sure there’s no misunderstanding.

Most Satanists do not worship or even believe in a literal, supernatural devil. It is absolutely not the norm for Satanists to abuse or ritually harm children or animals; if anything, less than the general population, even. Satanists do not have much institutional power or influence in the world; most of what you hear along those lines eventually ends up being thinly-veiled antisemitism, frankly.

So who are Satanists, really? Mostly we’re just regular folk with some religious trauma.

If you’ve been raised by Christian reactionaries and particularly if told that you personally are evil because you have typical intrusive thoughts and human feelings, it’s going to mess you up. Or maybe you have an understanding of your own body, gender identity, and/or sexuality that your Christian family and church disapprove of. It can be quite natural to abandon trying to live up the expectations of those who will always hate you. When you notice that family members can justify abuse, rooting for genocide, and calling rank cruelty the way of heaven, it’s not surprising if you are one of so many who echo Huck Finn in saying, “All right then. I’ll go to hell.”

When you have watched those who say they are of-God make for years a convincing case that Satan is the logical and compassionate choice, why would a thinking, caring person not say, “Yes, I am of the devil. Be Gay, Do Crime, Hail Satan”?

Yet you should resist this temptation.