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[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why do these organizations exist?

[-] Fish@midwest.social 28 points 9 months ago

I don't know about the Church of Satan, but the TST exists to mock religion, expose the hypocrisies of the religious, and promote human rights.

[-] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

From their tenants, they exist for a bit more than that. Their tenants are all about self empowerment.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago
[-] Fish@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I was oversimplifying a bit.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Because they piss off the snowflakes

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That makes sense

[-] Papergeist@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago
[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't have anything against it, just wondering about their motives.

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Like another comment said, your best source is going to be their own websites. But from an outsider's perspective, their motive seems to be taking the good ideas from the Abrahamic religions (love your neighbor, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, etc) and replacing some of their worse tendencies (close-minded devotion to YOUR interpretation of God and anything less will send you to Hell) with their polar opposites: "Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world" (Tenet V from The Satanic Temple's website)

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why should Christians have a monopoly on fellowship and community? TST can be a secular, humanist way for people to be part of a community without all the baggage of religion and dogmatic thought.

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

They shouldn't, nor any religion should. Again, I don't have anything against it I just wanted to know how it formed and what are it's beliefs, most religion have a god or some shit I just asked what are theirs.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

See the post you're commenting on for clarification.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Do you have any idea how many variations of Christianity there are? Do you question why there are so many? Or variations of Islam? Or Buddhism?

It's just a silly question.

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know them all but I know a few. Yes I do question why there so many and it most likely has to do with money, power or some idealistic bullshit. Again, I have nothing against the organization I was just wondering abouttheirr beliefs

[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Wtf u mean why? Lmao

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