k0njur3rDec 25, 2022
Tracing Owls

Bel, a #satanic Temple member, discusses civil liberty and social justice through #satanism Yes, for today's Christmas episode, we have decided to embrace fellow #weirdos and the religiously-oppressed, as we share a thoughtful discussion about religious freedom, women's rights issues, body positivity and need for community.

To all of our listeners who helped us grow throughout this year we wish a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays... and an honest Hail Satan!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a41TsGViPvaKjyj7eZgtO?si=WCQHweSEQaWaxArq37Z1Xw

Hells Bel: A Worthy Adversary

Listen to this episode from Tracing Owls on Spotify. Bel, a Satanic Temple member, discusses civil liberty and social justice through Satanism! Yes, for today's Christmas episode, we have decided to embrace fellow outcasts and the religiously-oppressed, as we share a thoughtful discussion about religious freedom, women's rights issues, body positivity and need for community. Bel also shares the wonders of moving to New Orleans and how a person's social surroundings greatly affect quality of life. To all of our listeners who helped us grow throughout this year we wish a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays... and an honest Hail Satan! ====================== Huge THANK YOU!!! to Bel for openly sharing her struggles with religious oppression and providing the most positive discussion on Satanism I ever heard! Follow Bel on Instagram @hellsbel1331 as well as her podcast @GOTHandBougiePodcast Check out her podcast Goth and Bougie Podcast HERE Check out Bel's OnlyFans at onlyfans.com/hellsbel1331 ...and Hail Satan! ====================== Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected] Follow us on Instagram @tracingowls or Twitter @TracingOwls Check our Linktree: linktr.ee/darwinsdeviations Outro music obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

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Show threadQueer SatanicDec 30, 2022

@tracingowls There are a lot of really good people in The Satanic Temple, and some of them even do some good work. Your desire to want to speak to just a regular member makes sense.

However, the organization is not grassroots; just the opposite, it is incredibly hierarchical, authoritarian, and abusive.

More than one person has compared it to Scientology ("scientology for mall goths") or a business cult. It is, among other things, a for-profit corporation owned by two men.

TST has threatened to sue former leaders who criticized it under the pretext of "violating NDAs". TST claimed to be a "private figure" when suing Newsweek and its reporter for defamation. TST claimed a TikToker defamed it and forced her to record a retraction under the threat of a lawsuit. Then sued her anyway after the retraction.

Hells Bels couldn't talk about any legal successes because they don't exist.

https://the.satanic.wiki/index.php/The_Satanic_Temple#Lawsuits

But unlike actually effective organizations such as the #ACLU or #TexasEqualAccessFund, #TheSatanicTemple doesn't have transparent finances. For-profit corporations can have private finances but they're supposed to pay taxes. Nonprofits are not taxed that way but have to have public, transparent finances.

TST is not a federally recognized religion; so what they mean is one of their corporations is a tax-exempt church, which both doesn't have to pay taxes and is not required to publicly disclose where money is coming or going.

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Show threadQueer SatanicDec 30, 2022
@tracingowls if you want a lot of this same material in video form the #iillumminaughtii video essay in her #CorporateCasket series covers a lot of it, and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHxu_fMXHNI
Is The Satanic Temple Really An Arbiter for Justice? | Corporate Casket

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Show threadQueer SatanicDec 30, 2022

@tracingowls But when it comes to The Satanic Temple, there's always more and it's always worse

https://kolektiva.social/@QueerSatanic/109244116883746639

Queer Satanic (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image In short, The Satanic Temple is: - ineffective at what it promises to do - opaque in regards to its finances - structured to be internally authoritarian with unaccountable leadership; and - its two owners have troubling interests that show up in TST's work repeatedly But when it comes to The Satanic Temple, there's always more and it's always worse. https://queersatanic.com/why-you-havent-left-the-satanic-temple/

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Show threadTracing OwlsDec 30, 2022
@QueerSatanic Thank you. As you said, I wanted to speak to a regular member, not necessarily about the Temple but about the person's reasoning and beliefs. My show is about beliefs and the paranormal, and how they shape people. Organizations and legal drama are not my cup of tea, and not the focus of my show. I do not personally need to agree with a person's chosen religion, but I do want to talk about how it influences them personally. She has a positive experience, and that is her story.
Show threadQueer SatanicDec 30, 2022

@tracingowls Understood, but try to imagine if you had on a rank-and-file Scientologist to talk about their positive experience with Dianetics.

"I don't get involved with Scientology's legal drama" would not be much of an excuse to promote and allow the regurgitation of their propaganda, esp. for people stalked, harassed, and otherwise targeted by that group

Because when #TheSatanicTemple threatens to financially ruin you and your family because you spoke critically about them, it's something a bit worse than drama
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesatanichousewife/video/7110277942231534891

It's your show. You get to decide what kind of tea you serve. But you can't say now that no one ever tried to tell you.

Show threadTracing OwlsDec 30, 2022
@QueerSatanic I am glad you shared this so I may be aware in the future.