Yahoo - ABC News - Satanists Use Hobby Lobby Decision to Play Devil's Advocate
Lets start with some simple facts. Firstly, the "Satanic Temple" is anything but, in fact (as I previously reported and linked to their own website) are Atheists, they do not believe in a real Satan. Why doesn't the media tell you that? Are they too stupid to go to the "Temples" own website or do they have a different agenda? I know the Satanic Temples agenda, they don't want religion in the world and their publicity stunts are to prove the hypocrisy of many believers. Why is the media being so misleading on this issue and who the temple is and what they believe?
The problem with the Satanic Temple is that they are insincere; but, they make a good point. I do not believe in teaching religion in public school or promoting it. I don't want a Muslim teacher teaching their religion to my granddaughter and don't feel it is freedom of religion if I require the Muslim students to pray to the Christian definition of God. I grew up Catholic, I went to public school and then afterwords went to a Catholic school that focused on only religion, a choice, not a legal requirement.
Now lets talk about animal sacrifices. After some tribes in America would kill an animal they would say a prayer for the animal and thank it for feeding them. Jews and Muslims say their prayers while killing the animal. Cultists frequently do not eat the animal and kill it just for ceremony. Some want to be Satanists use their religion as an excuse to torture the animal; but, not all do that.
All true Satanists believe in ritual and animal sacrifice; but, not all of them believe in discarding the body. Atheists are frequently opposed to all forms of animal sacrifice. I will bet dollars to donuts that the "Satanic Temple" would be against animal sacrifice because they are not truly Satanists. Read their tenents for yourself, from their own website.
A quick quote from their website, "It is the position of The Satanic Temple that religion can, and should,
be divorced from superstition. As such, we do not promote a belief in a
personal Satan."