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Hi all. I know there is no one here at the moment, but for anyone that decides to pop in, I'd love to hear your story.

Hope all is well and hail Satan!

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[-] SneakyWeasel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Was into the original COS back in the day but was never a formal member. Wasn't until my mid 20s that I found TST and by then I had mellowed out a lot, and TST appealed a lot to my humanist side, along with my partner. It was mostly causality than anything else, but it's been great so far.

[-] WhiteBreadBuddha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, and I don't mean this to sound rude at all, but I went through a kind of edgy phase in highschool that lead to TST. Which, as it turns out, is very different than the theatrics it puts on in name and symbol lol.

To be clear, I don't consider it to be an "edgy" group, I understand the point of referencing Satan, and all that, just that my discovery of it was the result of other dabblings that one might consider edgy.

[-] Ozma_of_Oz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I live in Denver and in 2020 there was a proposed bill to limit abortion access. I had a vague idea of what TST did so my desperate googling landed me on their membership page. Now I keep my religious abortion ritual card in my pocket, just in case.

[-] BlankSix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd been following TST since it first popped up in the news, and eventually just decided to join. I love the community and am glad to see some of that porting over here. Hail yourself :)

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I had heard about them originally during the attention they had gotten for some political activism a few years ago. Like any other person, I thought they genuinely worshipped or believed in a Satan, which wasn’t compatible with me as an atheist. I don’t think I took the time to learn more about them from there.

Then more recently, I came across them again. I began to read into what and who they are, and I aligned with their values. I spent a long time just reading and reading, watching ‘Hail Satan?’ and member testimonials. It’s basically atheism 2.0 for me. A way to do, be, and represent more. I am from Iowa, so the desecration of the display also caught my attention further.

🤘🏽 Hail Satan, Hail Thyself 🤘🏽

[-] MRPP@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Tst as an org around the time they started trying to erect Baphomet statues, satanism as a young fella working out existential questions and being interested in philosophy, literature and the occult. I dont't practise or follow any tenents aside from those that arise from my own morality, but I do appreciate the counter-movement against christo-fascism.

[-] pitninja@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My story starts with becoming an atheist about 15 years ago, hearing about TST fighting to put a Baphomet statue on the state capitol grounds in Oklahoma, and then not thinking about them much for the next 9 years except when they'd pop up in the news and I'd laugh my ass off at whatever antics they were engaged in. I legitimately didn't realize it wasn't an elaborate troll for a long, long time.

That all changed last year when the draft Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v Wade was leaked. I saw that as a call to action. I went to protests and looked for any organizations I could find that are fighting for reproductive rights. Naturally, atheists on reddit at the time reminded me about the Temple, so I gave it a hard look for the first time ever and realized it was a serious religion. And, not just that, one whose core tenets I agreed with wholeheartedly. I was officially a Satanist by that month's end and haven't looked back!

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Wonderfully written answer, my discovery of TST was very similar. Hail Thyself 🤘🏽

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I noticed there wasn't a TST Lemmy community. The Satanic Temple is a modern satanic religion that aims to promote human rights and compassion. Check out their about page on their official website at https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us. Note that this community is not an official affiliation. TST is also separate and not affiliated with the Church of Satan, who have a slightly different viewpoint of what satanism truly is. Dunno what to post in here, but maybe some will search for this and take part. Hello!

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