For those unfamiliar, The Satanic Temple is an atheistic organization. Here are its tenets. I often ask people what they disagree with and get very little in the way of meaningful response.
THERE ARE SEVEN FUNDAMENTAL TENETS
I
One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
II
The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
III
One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
IV
The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.
V
Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.
VI
People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
VII
Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/the-satanic-temple-tenets/there-are-seven-fundamental-tenets
DO YOU WORSHIP SATAN?
No, nor do we believe in the existence of Satan or the supernatural. The Satanic Temple believes that religion can, and should, be divorced from superstition. As such, we do not promote a belief in a personal Satan. To embrace the name Satan is to embrace rational inquiry removed from supernaturalism and archaic tradition-based superstitions. Satanists should actively work to hone critical thinking and exercise reasonable agnosticism in all things. Our beliefs must be malleable to the best current scientific understandings of the material world — never the reverse.
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/faq
She’s 13. Does anyone know if she’s allowed to become a member? The website isn’t clear on that.
Pretty sure there’s no such thing as a meaningful relationship with a person who would judge you based on your religion, and she’s better off finding out early who her friends really are.
We’re talking about 13 year olds here, not 30 year olds. I have one. They judge each other based on the absolute dumbest shit. The site they got their Jordans from, how many followers they do/don’t have on whatever platform, whether someone’s text message bubble shows a certain color.
Don’t get me started on the ‘shooters’ that worship Satan and don’t even own a pair of Jordans.
Thankfully mine is aware that none of that stuff matters, and I try to convince them not to get it any thought, and always be friendly to everyone regardless, but they’re still heavily judged by their peers for all of that, they feel it and to them societal rejection is still one of the worst emotional pains they’ve experienced so far, so we still get constant requests to buy this thing or that thing for them because it’s what’s cool this millisecond.
Kids aren’t the brightest, their brains are still developing until they’re in their 30s, and the emotional turmoil it takes is still incredibly real to them, regardless how little thought you want to give it.
Just because to you “it’s just middle/high school” and “it won’t matter to them in 10 years” doesn’t negate the tears and heartbreak that are so very raw and real to them, right now.
There is a tremendous amount to unpack here. I’ve got my fingers crossed that this is satire.
When you are able to think for your self, school is always going to suck. Best you can do is encourage them to find a friend or two on the fringes.