Post AB032MISORZQkFhXNI by avalos@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AAzzlm0nESVbiIq54q by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-03T22:53:18Z
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I just joined The Satanic Temple. If you don't know what it is, you should definitely check it out. It's not what the name indicates, trust me, it's more like a satirical nontheistic counter-religion. It has nothing to do with Satan. It has to do with liberties, empathy, freedom and science. They advocate for a lot of good stuff such as reproductive freedoms and probably LGBTQIA+ community as well.https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/faq
(DIR) Post #AB00R0Ys2eUwiARO3U by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-03T23:00:44Z
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They don't force anything on you. Registration for the Temple and mailing list is completely free (both as in free speech and free beer), and only requires your e-mail address, full name, country and state or province, but there's no verification, so you can fake the data.
(DIR) Post #AB00go5KCHAAeK9d3o by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-03T23:03:36Z
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Another cool thing is that, whenever Christian people come and legally force things on you because of “religious freedom” (i.e. you can't do this because my religion says so), you can defend yourself in the name of the same religious freedom by saying you are a member of The Satanic Temple, so you can do things that you wouldn't otherwise be able to do if not were for stupid religious freedom laws.
(DIR) Post #AB00i0TfbgbfNG77HU by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-03T23:03:49Z
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Another cool thing is that, whenever religious people come and legally force things on you because of “religious freedom” (i.e. you can't do this because my religion says so), you can defend yourself in the name of the same religious freedom by saying you are a member of The Satanic Temple, so you can do things that you wouldn't otherwise be able to do if not were for stupid religious freedom laws.
(DIR) Post #AB02bD2eh7vCDsMeaO by lorabe@floss.social
2021-09-03T23:24:58Z
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@avalos sounds like libertarian stuff
(DIR) Post #AB02tDkAp7q7c1JAMC by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-03T23:28:15Z
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@lorabe I hadn't thought of it like that. I agree with many aspects of libertarianism, and I might be somewhat left-libertarian in many ways.
(DIR) Post #AB032MISORZQkFhXNI by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-03T23:29:54Z
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@lorabe But I don't think I'm a libertarian per se. I'm against many forms of power, but I support taxes and strong regulations for capitalists, for example, and I oppose most aspects of capitalism.
(DIR) Post #AB034to6lzAvFsiX0S by lorabe@floss.social
2021-09-03T23:30:20Z
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@avalos you always learn something new.I have never heard the combination of leftism and libertarianism. Leftism and anarchism sounds more fitting.
(DIR) Post #AB03GyXL0xnrOldDM0 by lorabe@floss.social
2021-09-03T23:32:31Z
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@avalos you know the modern satanic church originated in america, there has to be some "small government" ideology in there.As long as they don't try to force politics in their religion... satanism looks fine.
(DIR) Post #AB07N3v6JPy5eGu7xQ by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-04T00:18:27Z
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@lorabe Well, the only politics they advocate for are human rights, separation of State and Church, religious freedom (not the forcing things on others kind of pseudo-freedom), etc. There are politics, but thry're mostly neutral to many things, it seems. However, as soon as I don't agree with them on something, I can easily exit from that religion, I don't owe them anything. It's not something too serious for me anyway.
(DIR) Post #AB07UhZXHiMQeeSb9U by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-09-04T00:19:50Z
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@lorabe It's more like a matter of self-identification, sense of belonging, advocacy and rebellion. Nothing sacred, nothing spiritual, nothing supernatural.