NEW: We sent a letter to Texas public schools warning them not to implement a new curriculum that promotes Christianity over other religions.
State-sponsored religion is a violation of the First Amendment.
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Member of The Satanic Temple; Michigander; vinyl record collector; gamer; forever GM. Science over superstition. "Knowledge seeks no man."
NEW: We sent a letter to Texas public schools warning them not to implement a new curriculum that promotes Christianity over other religions.
State-sponsored religion is a violation of the First Amendment.
One of the many things I love about my church.
27.01.2025 19:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Satanist or not, the are just a solid set of guidelines to live one's life by. I have serious misgivings about anyone who has a problem with the content of the Tenets.
27.01.2025 19:34 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0ONE SHOULD STRIVE TO ACT WITH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY TOWARDS 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. 1O WILLFULLY AND UNJUSTLY ENCROACH UPON THE FREEDOMS OF ANOTHER IS TO FORGO YOUR OWN. BELIEFS SHOULD CONFORM TO OUR BEST SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD. WE SHOULD TAKE CARE NEVER TO DISTORT SCIENTIFIC FACTS TO HIT OUR BELIEFS. PEOPLE ARE FALLIBLE. IF WE MAKE A MISTAKE, WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST TO RECTIFY IT AND RESOLVE ANY HARM THAT MAY 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 @THESATANICTEMPLE WWW.THESATANICTEMPLE.COM
Not an atheist, but an agnostic. However, I really like the tenets of the Satanic Temple.
27.01.2025 04:09 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 4 π 0Yeah, I got a couple weird messages in the last few days, from different accounts, all worded the exact same.
27.01.2025 19:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0TST Co-Founder and Spokesperson Lucien Greaves & attorney Matt Kezhaya explore how TST's legal battles are confronting entrenched religious favoritism within the court system.
The [1/24/2025 update] is available now on TSTTV ππΊππ½ thesatanictemple.tv/programs/tst...
Great doc!
27.01.2025 19:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Then that's between her and whatever she believes in.
23.01.2025 23:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No worries. I believe that people are fallible, and we all make mistakes or say/do things we might regret. As long as you've taken steps to at least try and make amends, that's what matters.
23.01.2025 22:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Be that as it may, her words in this case are true. I don't know her, but agree with her at least on this. It's a overwhelming time right now, and it can help to focus on one thing at a time rather than be bulldozed by all the bullshit happening out there.
23.01.2025 22:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I can't stress enough how much I need to see and read things like this sometimes, for perspective.
23.01.2025 21:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for this, I'm sure I'm not the only person who needed to hear it.
23.01.2025 21:47 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well said!
23.01.2025 21:47 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0IC 434, known as the Horsehead Nebula, is a dark nebula located in the Orion constellation. Its iconic horsehead silhouette is formed by dense interstellar dust that stands out against the reddish glow of ionized hydrogen illuminated by the nearby star Alnitak.
#Astro #Astrophotography #IC434
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23.01.2025 02:54 β π 39 π 11 π¬ 2 π 1The Milky Way. Taken from New Zealand's South Island. #photography #stars #nightskys #darksky
23.01.2025 19:11 β π 2518 π 270 π¬ 44 π 5Nope. I eat a lot of questionable things, but pickled anything is basically a big nope for me.
23.01.2025 21:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Wait, is people using ChatGPT to write their social media posts really a thing? You've got to be kidding me.
23.01.2025 21:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Image of a large galaxy on the right, with two smaller companion galaxies to the left. The large galaxy is ring-shaped, with an oval outer ring, and a small, off-center oval inner ring. The rings and space between are lit with blue plumes and dots. The companion galaxies to the left, one above the other, are much smaller than the main galaxy, and about the same size as each other. The galaxy above has similar coloring and many of the same features as the large ring galaxy, but more of a disturbed s-shape, with no distinct rings. The galaxy below is brighter with a whiter tinge. It has a diffuse spiral shape with a white core similar to that of the ring galaxy, but with a smoother texture. The background is full of more distant, orange-red colored galaxies of various shapes and sizes.
At the center of the image is a horizontal orange cloud known as Herbig-Haro 46/47 that is uneven with rounded ends, and tilted from bottom left to top right. In the middle of this cloud is a yellow-white blob with 8 reddish pink diffraction spikes piercing through it. The left lobe of the cloud is thicker. Just off the edge is a tiny red arc that curves in the opposite direction. The right lobe is thinner, and ends in a smaller orange semi-circle that has a faint purple outline. Just off the edge of this lobe is a slightly smaller orange sponge-like blob. A delicate, semi-transparent blue cloud known as a nebula drifts toward the top of the image and peters out toward the left of the frame. Toward the right and bottom, the nebula ends in a soft ridge set off in a translucent orange. The background is filled with stars and galaxies. Two foreground stars with blue diffraction spikes, seen in the bottom right corner, are especially prominent.
A field of galaxies on the black background of space. In the middle is a collection of dozens of yellowish galaxies that form a foreground galaxy cluster. Among them are distorted linear features, which mostly appear to follow invisible concentric circles curving around the center of the image. The linear features are created when the light of a background galaxy is bent and magnified through an effect called gravitational lensing. A variety of brightly colored, red and blue galaxies of various shapes are scattered across the image, making it feel densely populated.
Red dual opposing jets coming from young stars fill the darker top half of the image. At bottom center is a glowing pale yellow, cave-like structure, its top tilted toward two oβclock, with a bright star at its center. The dust of the cave structure becomes wispy toward eight oβclock. Above the arched top of the dust cave, 3 groupings of stars with diffraction spikes are arranged. A dark cloud sits at the top of the arch of the glowing dust cave, with one streamer curling down the right-hand side. The dark shadow of the cloud appears pinched in the center, with light emerging in a triangle shape above and below the pinch, revealing the presence of a star inside the cloud. The largest jets of red material emanate from within this dark cloud, thick and displaying structure like the rough face of a cliff, glowing brighter at the edges. At top center, a star displays another, larger pinched dark shadow, this time vertically. To the left of this star is a more wispy, indistinct region.
another timeline cleanse from all the doom and gloom π
23.01.2025 06:07 β π 7614 π 870 π¬ 94 π 34Have truer words ever been spoken? Err... Typed?
23.01.2025 21:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
Itβs the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
Here's what a lot of "us" don't realize though, and unfortunately I only know it because my family are too far gone into all this crap:
The people who voted for Trump will look at this entire list and SEE NOTHING WRONG. That's why P2025 didn't scare them, they WANT all of these things.
On our brand new episode of Black Mass Appeal:
The only thing that burns hotter than Hell is a question without an answer, so once again weβre uploading the most loaded questions about Satanism from the unsuspecting public.
blackmassappeal.com/2025/01/23/b...
"Radical ideology." For fuck's sake, these people.
23.01.2025 19:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Haha seriously? Crazy.
23.01.2025 19:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Stay safe and keep us updated as you can please.
23.01.2025 19:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Every star may be a sun to someone.
~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos