“We are offering an alternative,” Everett said. “And ultimately, we believe in the separation of church and state, but we also believe in religious pluralism and religious freedom.”
The origin of the Pastafarian Religion was an effort to protest teaching "Creationism" as a legitimate alternative to Evolution in Kansas schools. If you can teach bible myths, why not a ball of pasta creating the Universe?
And after that it became an internet phenomenon. So if Satanists are interested in a separation of church and state and don't stab anyone with a pitchfork...cool!
Here's a bit of meat on Satanic Temple. Seems it might be a blend of Ayn Rand inspiration and a secular stand on the culture war against Creationism. Tax exempt status. Confess to not quite my " cup of coffee" which i'm having right now. As for FSM, that's a satirical spoof I believe.
I love the new religions!https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-24/after-school-satan-club-is-coming-to-orange-county-its-not-what-you-think-organizers-say
Thanks for the link :)
From the article.
“We are offering an alternative,” Everett said. “And ultimately, we believe in the separation of church and state, but we also believe in religious pluralism and religious freedom.”
The origin of the Pastafarian Religion was an effort to protest teaching "Creationism" as a legitimate alternative to Evolution in Kansas schools. If you can teach bible myths, why not a ball of pasta creating the Universe?
And after that it became an internet phenomenon. So if Satanists are interested in a separation of church and state and don't stab anyone with a pitchfork...cool!
Yeah! the LA Times didn't block me because I didn't join...
"The Satanic Temple was granted tax-exempt status by the IRS in 2019."........??!
This article explains the details: https://abovethelaw.com/2019/05/irs-grants-tax-exempt-status-to-satanic-temple/
Here's a bit of meat on Satanic Temple. Seems it might be a blend of Ayn Rand inspiration and a secular stand on the culture war against Creationism. Tax exempt status. Confess to not quite my " cup of coffee" which i'm having right now. As for FSM, that's a satirical spoof I believe.
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/church-of-satan-vs-satanic-temple