Posted on 09/24/2020 10:14:26 AM PDT by TigerClaws
I am a 40-something attorney and mother who lives in a quiet neighborhood with a yard and a garage full of scooters and soccer balls. I often walk with my children to get ice cream and spend weekends hiking through a national park. I am not the type of person who would normally consider becoming a Satanist, but these are not normal times.
Like so many other women in the United States, when I learned of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, my first reaction was not grief but fear. I fear that American citizens are inching closer to living in a theocracy or dictatorship and that the checks meant to prevent this from happening are close to eroding beyond repair.
When Justice Ginsburg died, I knew immediately that action was needed on a scale we have not seen before. Our democracy has become so fragile that the loss of one of the last guardians of common sense and decency in government less than two months before a pivotal election has put our civil and reproductive rights in danger like never before. And, so, I have turned to Satanism.
Members of the Satanic Temple do not believe in the supernatural or superstition. In the same way that some Unitarians and some Jews do not believe in God, Satanic Temple members do not worship Satan and most are atheists. They are not affiliated in any way with the Church of Satan. Instead, the Satanic Temple uses the devil as a symbol of rebellion.
Just like other faiths, the Satanic Temple has a code that their members believe in deeply and use to guide their lives. These Seven Fundamental Tenets include that “one should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason,” that “the struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions,” and that “one’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.”
Reading through the Seven Tenets, I was struck by how closely they aligned with the unwritten code I had used to try to guide my own life for several years. I realized, happily, that these were my people and that I had been a Satanist for several years without even knowing it. When Justice Ginsburg’s death suddenly made combating the threats to reproductive rights and a government free from religious interference more urgent, I knew it was time to join them and support their conceptual and legal battles.
Even before Ginsburg’s death, the Supreme Court was unwilling to provide adequate protection for a woman’s right to choose and to control her body. The court was unwilling to keep church and state separate. Now, without her voice of reason on the court ― let alone her vote ― Roe v. Wade is in imminent danger of being overturned not based on legal arguments or scientific reasoning, but because of religious objections to what is a safe and necessary procedure for the women who seek it out after discussion with their physician. Ginsburg’s replacement is all but certain to be vehemently anti-choice, with one of the top contenders belonging to a sect that actually used the term “handmaid” to refer to some women until the popularity of the TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” gave the term negative connotations.
Sad that someone is so out of focus with decency and truth. The Justice was evil and full of hate.
Ah, The Church of Satan... That’s the one the got approved as a religious organization as a CHRISTIAN CHURCH by the IRS:https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=823404757&oldpage
Let me get this straight. This person is a lawyer. So there has to be some kind of ability to learn and think. But this person, who is afraid of a theocracy and/or dictatorship, goes and joins a satanic church to worship a theocrat and the ultimate dictator?
Then they should also be in favor of doctors and nurses not being forced to perform abortions, if that is their will ...
She now has her union card. I’ve heard the social events are exciting, but the dues are punishingly high.
“Satanic Temple”? Just another name for the Democrat Party.
How sad for this woman’s soul. How sad that she has never opened a Bible and is so very very ignorant of the state of her soul. Forever in the flames of Hell is not going to be much fun. Lord Jesus, hear our prayers for all those under satan’s delusion. May they be rescued from eternal Hell.
Wait ... what? O.o
Makes sense. It seems all these democrats care about is ensuring as many babies as possible are sacrificed on the altar to satan.
Now we know where Ruthies demons went when she croaked.
"when I learned of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing, my first reaction was not grief but fear. I fear that American citizens are inching closer to living in a theocracy or dictatorship and that the checks meant to prevent this from happening are close to eroding beyond repair."
What the hell is she talking about? How do you look around the country today and think this is what's happening? It's nuts.
Good for her. Hell always has room for one more.
This woman is neurotic
Her work at HuffPo should be studied by mental health experts
Actually that's a different organization. The Satanic Temple really a non-religious political organization that agitates for the separation of church and state.
“Pitiful Earthling. Who can save you now!”
Out of the frying pan into the furnace!
Wow. All I can say is, I hope this woman likes pineapple. (obscure movie reference)
This is a fantasist who believes that Margaret Atwood's imaginary world is real and that a living creature in her womb isn't. That no one should "control" her body but that she should control everyone else's. That all she has to do is wish for a thing to make it true. Such people drown because they're too stupid to swim; unfortunately they tend to drag everyone around them along for the ride.
I had the right Satanists; just used the wrong one in the post. My mistake. The Satanic Temple DID file for IRS tax exemption as a Christian church; that was one of the things the CoS used to separate themselves from the ST.
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