Wonderfully written answer, my discovery of TST was very similar. Hail Thyself 🤘🏽
I had heard about them originally during the attention they had gotten for some political activism a few years ago. Like any other person, I thought they genuinely worshipped or believed in a Satan, which wasn’t compatible with me as an atheist. I don’t think I took the time to learn more about them from there.
Then more recently, I came across them again. I began to read into what and who they are, and I aligned with their values. I spent a long time just reading and reading, watching ‘Hail Satan?’ and member testimonials. It’s basically atheism 2.0 for me. A way to do, be, and represent more. I am from Iowa, so the desecration of the display also caught my attention further.
🤘🏽 Hail Satan, Hail Thyself 🤘🏽
is there a difference between lucifer and satan?
phew, thank you for giving a straight forward answer. i love this answer, exactly what i was looking for.
Maybe what you’re asking is: When did you consider yourself a TST Satanist?
This is literally what I asked. That's just "When did you officially consider yourself a member of TST?", my question, in slightly different wording. I feel like I am on reddit right now.
You can consider yourself a member once you’ve filled out that form and given them your email address
That may be when you did, which is a valid answer to my question. Some may have different answers. I am interested in all answers.
Guys, I just picked a term to mean member of TST, that's all. Nothing too deep. My question is just asking when someone would consider themselves a member, not just someone interested or aligned.
I'm well aware, that's just a term used for a member of TST lmfao. Not everyone uses it, but many do. Satanist doesn't need to mean belief in Satan, it just means member of TST.
what is your interest in this community?
hate crime all the way. imagine if this was a statue of jesus? they'd flip their fucking shit. donate to the gofundme to rebuild the display: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-and-rebuilding
ty 4 ur contribution to the discussion lol
if it were to ever get to a point where the core values are betrayed, i’d simply leave. this isn’t christianity, i’m not going to watch figureheads rape children and stick around. and anyway, with TST, there is a central guiding council for the many dozens of congregations around the world to make sure they’re doing good things and aligning with the right message, there is NO central authority. there is hardly leadership roles. there is no pope, there is no idols.
TST is defining what I am, atheism defines what i am not. I am not a believer in the superstitious or any gods. I am a empathetic person who believes in justice, bodily autonomy, acceptance, and equality for all. TST is that to me, and if it ever weren’t that, than I simply wouldnt be a member. but no one person defined what it is, there isn’t a reality where it is “infiltrated” and suddenly the tenets are changed to evil things. if there’s an asshole who joins, they’re removed. there was one sector leader who began to get extreme and call for hostility and violence, they were fired, unlike priests who rape children and are protected.
it’s 5 am and i just woke up so i hope these rambles make sense lol