• Mike D.@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    The Satanic Temple does not worship Satan so how are they satanists?

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      11 months ago

      The same way members of the Church of Satan are Satanists. What your probably thinking of is Devil Worship which is different. You can actually go to either of these organizations websites and they should be able to give you a good overview.

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      11 months ago

      The same way that most Americans say “praise Jesus”, I guess. Sure, the latter case might actually believe in Jesus, but they’re not worshiping him according to his beliefs.

      The satanic Temple is the same in reverse: they don’t believe in Satan, but they believe hat following certain tenets make you a better person.

      Edit: On a related note, I look forward to the day that voice to text can handle such “complicated” words as “tenets”. FFS.