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The Satanic Temple, an activist group based in Salem, Massachusetts, is threatening to sue Twitter for religious discrimination after one of its co-founders had his Twitter account permanently suspended.
Lucien Greaves, the Satanic Temple's co-founder and spokesman, said his Twitter account was permanently suspended without any notice after he asked his followers to report a tweet that called for the Satanic Temple to be burned down.
"We're talking to lawyers today," Greaves said Friday about whether he planned to take legal action.
Source: http://www.newsweek.com/satanic-temple-threatens-sue-twitter-over-religious-discrimination-780148
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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @09:15PM (6 children)
I am intrigued that this idea seems so foreign here.
Do you not know who Satan is?
(Score: 4, Touché) by edIII on Monday January 15 2018, @09:30PM
Saddam Hussein's submissive bitch if South Park is any indication, which is just about as authoritative as any other source....
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @10:15PM (3 children)
Well, according to the Bible (book of Job, specifically), the satan (it's not a name, but rather, a common noun) is sort of a prosecuting attorney in the court of heaven, who acts to tempt humans into abandoning their faith.
How the satan turned into Satan though is a strange matter, mostly tied up in the medieval period when The Devil got crafted out of a mishmosh of Samael, Lucifer, and mentions of the satan, among other, less Biblical sources, primarily with the aim of providing an archetypal enemy figure the Church could use to scare followers into doing their bidding. Considering how limited their ability to actually force people to behave was considering the lack of any modern technology, it was an effective ruse.
Religion of love...through fear. Or something. Ergot has a strange effect on people.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @10:28PM (2 children)
Very good. Yes, a fallen angel, cast down to Earth. In opposition to God, and tempting humans into sin.
Also equated with the serpent who beguiled Eve into eating of the fruit of the forbidden tree of knowledge, leading to mankind being cast out of the Garden of Eden.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @03:19AM
Are you trying to say that you believe this being actually exists?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by blackhawk on Tuesday January 16 2018, @02:14PM
Adam eats the fucking apple that "God" forbid him to eat, Eve get's the blame and the punishment (painful childbirth for all eternity). Every person born since then carries the blame for something none of them did.
Seems legit.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @10:27PM
"Satan" is past, like "Lucifer". It is now called "Allah".