JUST IN: Satanic Temple member found guilty of possession of 'very disturbing' child pornography in Idaho: police. "Numerous files of very disturbing child abuse and child pornography were found in Russell's possession during the investigation. Russell is a member of the Idaho chapter of The Satanic
(thepostmillennial.com)
🤢 FAGGOT-GATE 🤢
I’ll be completely honest. Many years ago, when I heard about the Satanic temple, I thought it was a goof. When some Christian group wanted a religious statue in a public park, the satanists put a goat thingy in the park too. I thought they were trolling, even though the word “trolling” didn’t exist yet. I never, ever, thought it was serious and real. Turns out it is. I thought it was a bunch of goofballs laughing it up over a case of beer, trying to mess with people. I thought they were more about separation of church and state, and using a goat demon to make their point, while also making themselves chuckle. Nope.
The Satanic Temple is indeed a troll group. They're mostly agnostics and atheists who push back against what they see as religious people (mostly Christians) violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
This is just The Satanic Temple, though. The Church of Satan and other Satanic groups are different and are "real" Satanists.
The people in The Satanic Temple don't believe in Satan as he/it is portrayed in the Bible. Their definition of Satan, from their website: "Satan is a symbol of the Eternal Rebel in opposition to arbitrary authority, forever defending personal sovereignty even in the face of insurmountable odds."
They got classified as a religion in order to get the same benefits as other religions, like tax exemptions. They also demand to be able to do whatever other religions do, like put religious material up in schools.
I'm not a big fan of hypocrisy, so I don't have a problem with them. And I still don't have a problem with them, even with one of their members potentially being a pedophile. Because, like I said, I'm not a big fan of hypocrisy.
Because I'm pretty sure there's been a pedophile a time or two amongst members of pretty much every denomination of Christianity. And then you have the entire Catholic Church, of course.
The very fact that this was posted, and a point being made of it being a member of the Satanic Temple that did it shows exactly why the Satanic Temple does what it does in regards to trolling Christians.
Unless I've missed posts here about a member of some Christian church being suspected of being a pedophile, and the main point of the article and posting it was that he was a member of that Christian church. But I doubt I missed any post like that.
I have always felt this way as well. Though, I assumed they were basically legislative auditors; much like the people challenging public buildings with video. It’s insufferable at time how they approach it, but the freedoms we DO have are often directly tied to their tactics. The satanic temple keeps church OUT of public school. I also believe that Christianity would win the day among all other religious groups in a public school setting, but I disagree with it having the “legal” opportunity. First amendment rights and all were supposed to challenge our faith; Christ wants that. I wholeheartedly believe the power of the Almighty, so I don’t need the public battle as my form of discipleship, that’s all.
I just noticed this part of your comment. That's the first time I've heard that idea, that the Establishment Clause is a good thing because Christ wants our faith challenged. That's a really interesting viewpoint and one I'll be bringing up in conversations about the Establishment Clause in the future. Thanks for sharing it.
My personal viewpoint is that it's difficult to find two people in the same church who agree on all the big ticket items in life, much less people from different denominations and religions.
While many religious people may agree that God needs to be put back in schools, they certainly don't agree which God needs to be put back. And even those who believe in the same God can have drastically different ideas on what God wants. A Southern Baptist will have much different beliefs than a Catholic, for example. I doubt Baptist parents would be happy if a Calvanist teacher told their child free will doesn't really exist. And I can imagine what a Lutheran parent would say if a Pentecostal teacher sent their daughter home for wearing pants and advocated snake handling.
So that's why I believe religion should be kept out of schools and should be taught by the parents and their church if they go to one.
I doubt all of them are agnostics or atheists, but they seem to be the vast majority. I'm sure many of them are 1st Amendment hawks and such.