Hail Satan?

Originally posted by Eon Blue
Rob: I’m fully aware of the nuances of this “religion “ and find it rather pedantic and childish to be strutting around in a self-righteous manner and expect society to just accept it. It’s not healthy to give the socially disturbed crowd a platform on which to showcase their insufferable emotional frailty. This is just a parade. Why would you go along with this charade, Rob?

You must be as looney as this group.

Rob is for anything that trolls Christians. For the life of me what did Kesus do to anyone to deserve such hate.

*Jesus

Originally posted by Robtard
Do you feel this way towards all religions?

Not all. The Satanic movement specifically has very little substance to its actual tenants of faith other than “do right by your neighbor”. At its core it’s all about trolling actual and real religions by putting on a show. We both know it. Other well established religions have actually played a part in the evolution of mankind on far more drastic levels than little trolls in horns and makeup wearing all black.

On an objective level, these types of satanists are akin to protesters holding up antiquated signs with ridiculous notions; they are but mere specks of dust in the grand machine that is western culture and to pander to them is to dress up insignificance in a box with a tied bow.

They don't believe in Satan though...they see Satan as the ultimate figure of free will and rebellion.

The Satanic Temple is essentially an updated version of the Church of Satan...which was first created in the 1960s when the counter culture was in full swing.

Weak people look for excuses to be “different” to troll normal people. Running around with horns and screaming hail satan is just a pathetic attempt to get attention.

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Weak people look for excuses to be “different” to troll normal people. Running around with horns and screaming hail satan is just a pathetic attempt to get attention.

Yeah they were the 1960s version of edgelords.

I’m aware they aren’t theistic satanists. Even more of a reason why their shoddy religion is a joke. These people need serious help.

Satanists are really just Atheists that take their religious hate up to Internet Troll Levels.

Adam goes to a satanic temple no wonder

He really just goes for the snazzy outfits.

Adam is a wannabe satanist. He’s admired the shoddy lifestyle all his life. This film is his dream come true.

I’m going to gather as many associates of mine to boycott this trash they call a film.

🙄

Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Adam goes to a satanic temple no wonder

For a second I thought this said Adam Sandler. I was gonna say...he should seek out the actual devil in order to make a deal with it. Something along the lines of "Erase 'Jack and Jill' from the minds of the entire planet"

No Adam here

Originally posted by Robtard
Not at all. But it seems like you don’t know what the Satanic Temple is actually about? It’s not about actual Satan worship, these people don’t believe in Satan. (no, I’m not a member)

As far as the people who dress up, I ask why does that matter? Furries don’t bother me. Cosplay people don’t bother me. People who dress in fashions I wouldn’t dress in don’t bother me. If someone wants to wear plastic horns, who cares.

And yes, I’m sure if you scoured around you could find me a Satanic Temple member here and there that is legit mental, but that goes with any large enough organization. Look how many lunatics subscribe to any given religion.

Bingo. Voluntarily wearing horns and robes, etc is akin to body piercing at worst. Which is anyone's right.

Originally posted by Eon Blue
I’m fully aware of the nuances of this “religion “ and find it rather pedantic and childish to be strutting around in a self-righteous manner and expect society to just accept it. It’s not healthy to give the socially disturbed crowd a platform on which to showcase their insufferable emotional frailty. This is just a parade. Why would you go along with this charade, Rob?

All baseless claims. Clearly you are not aware of the nuances of what they're doing. Because several of us have explained some of said nuances and you continue to demonstrate your ignorance. Let's contrast these Satanists with Islam/Christianity. People in a free society expressing themselves is perfectly healthy. What's not healthy are Muslims that force women to completely cover themselves from head to toe. That's not voluntary. It's compelled with religious dogma and social pressure. Similar things could be said for the way Christians and Muslims ostracize or discriminate against homosexuals purely for religious reasons. That's not healthy in a free society because you are free to practice your religion as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others, something Satanists understand, but Christians/Muslims do not. That's why fighting theocracy is important.

Get it?

Once again...

Shut up already Satan

Originally posted by Emperordmb
No interest in this edgelord shit personally. If it's to your taste, you do you, but as a Christian with zero interest in pushing my religion through law or harassing people who aren't Christian, I have no interest in a movie that wants to give me the middle finger for something I don't do.

Sure, there's plenty like you who live and let live, and that's great. But you do have to recognize that there are plenty associated with your religion that do want to push their religious ideas through using politics and laws. And you shouldn't want that representing your religion.

I'd 100% worship Satan if it was proven he was real.

Leech: Your entire argument is based around the principle that satanism has an underlying altruistic motive when in reality it’s failing to accomplish much of anything short of elementary school pranks. LeVeyan satanism is such a niche and obscure “religion” that people are automatically going to lump it in with theistic satanism; the inherent sub-structures of western society will, by default, push this ideology to the rungs of social acceptance, therefore nullifying it before it reaches a true mainstream. Satanism and religions like this in general will always exist upon the fringes of culture, hence why movements like this will never bear fruit.

To address your other points: while I do agree that other religions have done their part to leave their marks upon history, you’re completely ignoring the benefits of these already institutionalized belief systems and the positive impact they make upon millions of individuals. No one is arguing on the wrongs of theocracy, merely the way it should be fought and handled. These edgelords will accomplish a zero sum of nothing and are tantamount to protestors carrying useless signs.

Originally posted by Eon Blue
Leech: Your entire argument is based around the principle that satanism has an underlying altruistic motive when in reality it’s failing to accomplish much of anything short of elementary school pranks.

This is a baseless assertion that doesn't make sense. How does whether or not they're generally altruistic have anything to do with the fact that they're successfully combating the encroachment of theocracy? (Which is really my only point)

Every religion thinks it is altruistic. Muslims think throwing homosexuals off of rooftops and imprisoning free-thinkers and apostates is doing right. You know, "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.” -Steven Weinberg

Originally posted by Eon Blue
LeVeyan satanism is such a niche and obscure “religion” that people are automatically going to lump it in with theistic satanism; the inherent sub-structures of western society will, by default, push this ideology to the rungs of social acceptance, therefore nullifying it before it reaches a true mainstream. Satanism and religions like this in general will always exist upon the fringes of culture, hence why movements like this will never bear fruit.

Lol, it's not fruitless if they're successfully battling theocracy. Again, that's really my only point. You're acting like I'm arguing for Satanism to have temples on every corner like Christian and Catholic churches... haha

Originally posted by Eon Blue
To address your other points: while I do agree that other religions have done their part to leave their marks upon history, you’re completely ignoring the benefits of these already institutionalized belief systems and the positive impact they make upon millions of individuals. No one is arguing on the wrongs of theocracy, merely the way it should be fought and handled. These edgelords will accomplish a zero sum of nothing and are tantamount to protestors carrying useless signs.

Would love to address this because it actually is a favorite topic of mine, but it's not really relevant and certainly not particularly relevant to the thread. But for the record I'm an atheist, not a Satanist.