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Utter Rubbish!
Meet the woman who wants to make The Satanic Temple seem normal
“Meet Penny Lane, director of Hail Satan, playing in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. https://www.sundance.org/projects/hai…“
The documentary initially focuses on co-founders Lucien Greaves – not his real name, though he’s pictured on camera and has essentially become the spokesperson for TST – and Malcolm Jarry, whose face is never shown. Many members, in fact, are pixelated in footage, and quite a big deal is made of the threats to members from people opposed to their views, despite the fact that many detractors have no idea what TST members actually believe. READ MORE
The Satanic Temple has seven clearly laid-out tenets – guidelines that would, perhaps, surprise many who think they know what Satanism is. They are:
- One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason;
- The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions;
- One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone;
- The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To wilfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s one;
- Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs;
- People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused;
- Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
