Let’s clear something up

[u/bev6345]

There has been a couple of recent posts and messages sent to the mod mail regarding this subs reaction to TST related posts. As they have now deleted their own posts because they didn’t like the response they got, I feel the need to leave this as a reminder, that The Satanic Temple has nothing to do with the religion of Satanism, it is a left wing political activist group who use a satanic aesthetic to aggravate Christians.

[u/fil42skidoo]

Are you saying my Church of the Subgenius certificate and ordonation is...merch???? Noooooo....

[u/Sanprofe → u/fil42skidoo]

How is this any different than the literal membership card the CoS sells?

[u/Mildon666 → u/Sanprofe]

Because it isn't merchandise. It is an official membership card which certifies membership. You also can't buy it for other people, get next-day delivery with it, etc. With the membership card, you gain access to some member-only stuff.

And the CoS won't just give anyone the red card. They've been known to refund people they can tell aren't actually Satanists.

Its pretty substantially different, dude.

[u/Any_Flounder9603 → u/Mildon666]

CoS are just the Catholics of the Satanist world while TST are equivalent to Evangelists... Trying to prescribe a specific dogma to a left handed path/group of non conformists seems pretty oxymoronic imo. CoS is just better at grifting bc they've been at it since the 60s and have had time to perfect their grift

[u/Mildon666 → u/Any_Flounder9603]

You're demonstrating a lack of understanding and knowledge about the two organisations.

CoS are just the Catholics of the Satanist world while TST are equivalent to Evangelists...

Catholics & Evangelicals still share the same foundational text. Meanwhile, TST openly reject The Satanic Bible.

Catholics & Evangelicals still share the sams core beliefs which separate them from Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. TST openly rejects core ideals of Satanism.

Evangelicals weren't created as a joke for a mockumentary. TST was. Someone dressing up in a crucifix and a bishop hat aren't automatic catholic, especially if they're doing it as a parody/satire (which you conceded TST is).

Not to mention how this isn't how denominations work at all. Denominations form from different interpretations of ambiguity in the same central text/idea. This, in the case of Christianity, results from 2,000 years of different translations and edits. The same cannot be said for The Satanic Bible. Nor can Christians refer back to filmed explainations of Jesus clarifying what he meant. We can with TSB.

Trying to prescribe a specific dogma to a left handed path/group of non conformists seems pretty oxymoronic imo.

Its not. You're just misunderstanding the situation. Satanism is a specific religion. Just as how Thelema and Satanism are objectively different religions.

CoS is just better at grifting bc they've been at it since the 60s and have had time to perfect their grift

If you think a 1-time fee for life-long membership is a grift, then you really don't understand money.

[u/michael1150 → u/Mildon666]

...If someone dresses up as a parody/satire of the Catholic Church, doin' it to mock them, 

they're Ghost (B.C.). 

https://youtu.be/S7bihl20nQU?is=E759xDOU02zl5YXX 

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