• kreskin@lemmy.world
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      Ever heard of the satanic temple? An atheist religion. Heres their 7 tenets

      • 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 willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.

      • Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care 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.

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        • One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

        Why aren’t they all vegan?

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          Agree, we really should-- and theres great vegan food. But have you tried bacon? I think its a minor miracle that human beings do anything besides masturbating and eating bacon all day.

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            But have you tried bacon?

            Of course. I loved bacon before going vegan. Well, the umami I got from animal bacon I still get from vegan bacon so 🤷🏻

            And even if I didn’t, I also saw pigs being put into literal gas chambers and the choice between personal pleasure and not putting intelligent, feeling individuals in death factories was pretty easy.

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          That’s because they’re from two different sects. The Rules of the Earth come from the Church of Satan, and the 7 Tenets come from The Satanic Temple.

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            search out eleven-rules-of-earth

            They’re not necessarily horrible; a number of them are good advice, some are a little strange

            When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.

            If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.

            There’s one about magic.

            Honestly, the 7 Tenets are so based, I think the entirety of humanity would do well to use them as their default.

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              Right. Those have nothing to do with The Satanic Temple.

              The Church of Satan and the Satanic Temple are not two sects of the same “religion,” they are two completely different (I would say almost entirely incompatible) belief systems.