Submitted 11 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/satanic-temple-vandalism-iowa-state-capitol
Archived version: archive.ph/bc3Un
Archived version: web.archive.org/…/satanic-temple-vandalism-iowa-s…
Sounds like someone let their passions get the best of them, and they got punished accordingly.
I hope they try to open up and try to understand what the satanic temple really stands for.
got punished accordingly.
Unless it gets treated as a hate crime, it’s not really.
I wonder if TST has any presence in the military. When I was active duty, there was very frequent and very blatant overreach of Christian bs into military functions; but there were also no shortage of edge-lords who entered their religion in basic training as “Jedi” or some shit just to have it stamped on their dog tags. There was also a small presence of non-Christian religions, and while you’d never see a Muslim group prayer or something at a change of command ceremony the way you would with Christian shit, the other religions were tolerated and at least surface-level respected.
…so, with the inclusion of non-Christian religions, and quantity of troops who acknowledge religion as a joke, you’d think the Satanic Temple would have a foothold in the military the same way they do everywhere else. It’d be fucking amazing if they ran services for trainees in basic!
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
White Christian terrorist participating in hate speech. FTFY
Could you imagine what people would be saying if a Satanist did the same thing to a cross or nativity scene? I have to drive by multiple eyesores churches everyday that take up valuable real estate. They all have giant parking lots that are partially used 2 maybe 3 times a week but with tow trucks ready to remove any cars that might park there outside of those times. Taking up all that space so they can extort the gullible out of some of their paychecks a few times a week. And yet I’ve never once destroyed one because I’m not a terrible person, AKA a large majority of people who label themselves as followers of Christ. Making sure homeless people can’t sleep in their cars in your parking lot while it’s not being used, just like Jesus would have wanted.