Lint6 t1_jediasd wrote
Reply to comment by BamitzSam101 in ACLU suing Saucon Valley School District over district's decision not to allow After School Satan Club by LeaveThatCatAlone
> Good, I'm not a Satanist
Well then its a good thing The Satanic Temple isn't a Satanist organization.
hobbykitjr t1_jee9052 wrote
Yeah, Christian groups can do Christian things..
But you're not allowed to have a group with the word Satan in it that does nothing religious?
I live in HELLertown, where this is too.
CarbonGod t1_jeedcjs wrote
Hell....er...town.....in the Sucking Valley!
I'm allowed to make fun of Hell. I grew up in Lower Sucking.
Weird_Back1026 t1_jeet3ep wrote
Why does this state have such silly town and region names pittsburgh has moon Mars and Apollo
IWantAStorm t1_jeeu2ua wrote
You'll see the same names repeated all over the country. There are two Philadelphias. And probably 948 Hanovers and 367 Exeters.
trans_pands t1_jeewg7d wrote
There’s like 9 or 10 Denver’s even though the one everyone thinks of is in Colorado
IWantAStorm t1_jeeyzmw wrote
There are also phased out names of places or they got shifted.
Like there is an area that was once mapped as beaver pass near me that isn't called that anymore.
Plus a huge part of PA was once called Westmoreland which disappeared.
It's something you just kinda move with through history I guess.
Weird_Back1026 t1_jefdrma wrote
Well before it was all Westmoreland half the state was Bedford
Weird_Back1026 t1_jeexoy3 wrote
Ok but how many towns are named pillow or panic or blue ball
IWantAStorm t1_jef0fev wrote
Intercource
Weird_Back1026 t1_jef35b1 wrote
Hazard
IWantAStorm t1_jefq6p2 wrote
The state of Wyoming is named after a poem inspired by a massacre that happened in Wyoming sponsored by the British.
What a great time it must have been back then
Weird_Back1026 t1_jefx0v8 wrote
Look up the origin for Massachusetts and what happened to those people just as messed up
Unfetish t1_jegc2uv wrote
It takes almost twenty minutes to get to Intercourse from Blue Ball, but less than ten to get from Intercourse to Paradise. Pennsylvania knows what's up.
malkith313 t1_jegd76m wrote
and lets not even start counting Springfields....
fatherofallthings t1_jef5b2w wrote
Lol ever notice the exit of 78 is mile marker 66.6?
TidalJ t1_jefhp5v wrote
There’s a street in Pen Argyl called HELLer avenue
BamitzSam101 t1_jedjh2q wrote
Yeah duh. No one said they were? My point was religious equality for all. Most people on reddit know they don’t actually follow/believe Satan. Still doesn’t make me a Satanist. Being non- religious doesn’t make you inherently a member of the Satanic temple. Which is btw, a federally recognized religion.
Lint6 t1_jedk358 wrote
Sorry, you saying "I'm not a Satanist" made me think you thought they were.
I'm not a member of TST, but I am wholly aware of who they are, what they stand for, and yes, that they are Federally recognized as a religion
BamitzSam101 t1_jedkb6g wrote
No problem 😊 I find it’s mentally better for me to just avoid religious/spiritual labels. I don’t even like using atheist.
Thecrawsome t1_jeeccql wrote
I'm no Eng major, but you read it wrong.
Good, I'm not a Satanist but
Good is in reference to the news.
ho_merjpimpson t1_jef1ss8 wrote
he already apologized. There is no need to break out into detail the reason he read it wrong.
Baladas89 t1_jeeq6bo wrote
This didn’t sound right to me, so I did a tiny bit of “research” and ended up on Wikipedia (because of course I did.)
It looks like classifications of Satanism include both theistic and atheistic Satanism, and TST can be considered a type of atheistic Satanism.
So I think it’s better to say they are a Satanist organization, but that doesn’t mean what most people think it does.
WikiSummarizerBot t1_jeeq7t0 wrote
>Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan. Contemporary religious practice of Satanism began with the founding of the atheistic Church of Satan by Anton LaVey in the United States in 1966, although a few historical precedents exist. Prior to the public practice, Satanism existed primarily as an accusation by various Christian groups toward perceived ideological opponents, rather than a self-identity or valid religious belief. Satanism, and the concept of Satan, has also been used by artists and entertainers for symbolic expression.
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Bargeul t1_jef54a9 wrote
>So I think it’s better to say they are a Satanist organization,
They say so, too.
Baladas89 t1_jef6yhz wrote
Hey look at that! Straight from their website:
> The Satanic Temple has become the primary religious Satanic organization in the world…
And
> The rise of The Satanic Temple has been met with an increase in commentary regarding what Satanism is…
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