Sorry bout your heart
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% per 100k? This person is making a valid point, but it's undermined somewhat by the fact they've clearly fucked up something.
Eh, the population difference is less than one order of magnitude and the difference in homelessness is two orders of magnitude.
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You know what would be funny? Dropping anonymous tips to the police that random churches are housing illegal immigrants.
ICE thugs are already staking out churches in immigrant neighborhoods and abducting people as they come out, and Trump has made it legal for them to barge inside as well. I don't care what you think about religion, it's not funny to sic the American Gestapo on folks just trying to live their lives.
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Japan also has a terrifyingly high conviction rate, something those Christians would cream themselves over.
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You know what would be funny? Dropping anonymous tips to the police that random churches are housing illegal immigrants.
Explain to DOGE how much would be saved by taxing churches at a 95% rate.
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So he’s not religious and doesn’t actually believe in Satan?
It’s like atheism with extra useless steps.
Sort of.
The satanic Temple chose their name because of the literal meaning of the word "Satan", which may be the name of the big bad from religious types but actually means "adversary" when directly translated from Hebrew.
Atheists can take all forms, and by no means do I assume what any individual believes, but by the very definition, atheists can be extremely passive in their belief, or more accurately, non-belief. The atheists I know are usually very live and let live, after a while because they realize that arguing the point with religious folks usually doesn't get you anywhere.
TST is dedicated to the fair use and representation of religions in society. They're obviously based in the USA where there is a separation of church and state, at least, there's supposed to be. So the state cannot show favoritism to any religion, but they often do. Usually with monuments like a depiction of the ten commandments placed on city owned land. This is a real and fairly recent issue that TST got involved on. They asked that a statue of Baphomet be placed on the same city owned land, forcing the city into a position of either allowing the statue to be placed along side the very Christian ten commandments, or admit that they are favoring Christianity, which they basically cannot do because it's a violation of their station.
Satanists are a bit more active, by default, than atheists. Not to say atheists are inactive or lazy, it's just that Satanists have a very specific target.
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So he’s not religious and doesn’t actually believe in Satan?
It’s like atheism with extra useless steps.
Trolling the politicians who try to violate the separation of church and state isn't useless.
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Naw, my religion is cool. I'm a Satanist. We accept reality as revealed by science.
Hail Satan!
Jokes aside, it's good to see more Satanists out in the wild. TST has been doing great shit, and I'm all here for it.
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I'm with you, but you're talking about something like the 6th commandment depending on how you're counting
Edit: the first one is the "you shall have no other gods before me" bit, with the lines drawn for exactly where each commandment starts and stops drawn in different places for different factions, but I digress. I still agree with your point and I'll stop typing more now.
So about the first commandment. The idiots have trump. I won't talk about revelations, because how many hundreds of years nerd to go by to write "yawehs" word.
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I just woke up, but I don't think the unit should be percentage per 100k people. Otherwise, I agree with the statement though.
Yes am I unaware of a strange way of displaying these metrics or did they just add the % sign for no reason?
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Being a Satanist while identifying as an atheist is often associated with a specific philosophical stance rather than a belief in a literal Satan or supernatural entities. In this context, Satanism can be seen as a symbolic representation of individualism, self-empowerment, and rebellion against traditional religious norms. Here are some key points to consider:
- Atheistic Satanism: Many atheistic Satanists do not believe in a literal Satan but use the figure as a symbol of freedom, personal responsibility, and the questioning of authority.
- Moral Framework: For these individuals, Satanism can serve as a moral compass that emphasizes personal ethics, critical thinking, and the pursuit of knowledge. It often promotes values such as individualism, self-determination, and hedonism, but within a framework that encourages personal responsibility.
- Philosophical Approach: This form of Satanism is more about philosophy and lifestyle than theology. It focuses on human experience and the material world rather than spiritual or supernatural beliefs.
- Cultural Critique: Atheistic Satanism can also be a critique of organized religion, particularly Christianity, and may advocate for secularism and the separation of church and state.
In summary, being a Satanist while being an atheist often reflects a philosophical and ethical stance rather than a theological one, emphasizing personal empowerment and a rejection of traditional religious dogma.
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Atheism simply means you don't believe in a god. It makes no other claims. Satanism encompasses more than that simple perspective.It's pretty commendable that you're trying to educate that person. I wouldn't have even bothered since it's clear that they're asking questions in bad faith.
Paraphrasing it:
So you believe in Satan? That's stupid.
And
So you're atheist? With useless extra steps, too.
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I just woke up, but I don't think the unit should be percentage per 100k people. Otherwise, I agree with the statement though.
Not only that, 07 > 5.7, I assume missing a decimal point. Their heart is in the right place, their keyboard is all over the place.
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A Japanese guy used a 3d printed gun to undermine a christian cult in Japan.
The Moonies are so wacky that calling them “Christian” is a stretch. Definitely not aligned with the Nicene creed, and I think once the founder/prophet claims some sort of divinity it’s better to refer to as Christian derived.
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Why would they be Christian 🤨? Guessing this is from an American?
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Eh, the population difference is less than one order of magnitude and the difference in homelessness is two orders of magnitude.
It's not about that, it's about "% per 100k" making no sense as a unit. It's either just %, or an absolute number per 100k. Mixing both together like this makes it seem like you've clearly messed something up and don't quite understand what you're actually talking about.
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Being a Satanist while identifying as an atheist is often associated with a specific philosophical stance rather than a belief in a literal Satan or supernatural entities. In this context, Satanism can be seen as a symbolic representation of individualism, self-empowerment, and rebellion against traditional religious norms. Here are some key points to consider:
- Atheistic Satanism: Many atheistic Satanists do not believe in a literal Satan but use the figure as a symbol of freedom, personal responsibility, and the questioning of authority.
- Moral Framework: For these individuals, Satanism can serve as a moral compass that emphasizes personal ethics, critical thinking, and the pursuit of knowledge. It often promotes values such as individualism, self-determination, and hedonism, but within a framework that encourages personal responsibility.
- Philosophical Approach: This form of Satanism is more about philosophy and lifestyle than theology. It focuses on human experience and the material world rather than spiritual or supernatural beliefs.
- Cultural Critique: Atheistic Satanism can also be a critique of organized religion, particularly Christianity, and may advocate for secularism and the separation of church and state.
In summary, being a Satanist while being an atheist often reflects a philosophical and ethical stance rather than a theological one, emphasizing personal empowerment and a rejection of traditional religious dogma.
TL;DR
Atheism simply means you don't believe in a god. It makes no other claims. Satanism encompasses more than that simple perspective.Here are some key points to consider
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Not only that, 07 > 5.7, I assume missing a decimal point. Their heart is in the right place, their keyboard is all over the place.
Probably this person studied in america /j
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The US is really just a big social experiment trying to prove a point.
I'm not sure what that point is, but it's definitely out there.
Well, the best times in American history were when corporate and wealth taxes were high and opportunities for the unwashed masses were greatest, and the worst were when the rich were allowed to run rampant, so I think the point America is trying to make is kill the greedy along with their parents and children.
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It's not about that, it's about "% per 100k" making no sense as a unit. It's either just %, or an absolute number per 100k. Mixing both together like this makes it seem like you've clearly messed something up and don't quite understand what you're actually talking about.
Literally 5.7 per 100 per 100,000.
Neither had cake nor ate it
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Japan also has a terrifyingly high conviction rate, something those Christians would cream themselves over.
If you measure the us conviction rate the same way the commonly quoted 99% conviction rate in Japan is calculated ours is actually higher.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate scroll down to the Japan entry for the source. Sorry don't know how to link it directly lol
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I do not trust any stats that come out of Japan in terms of homelessness. If there's a statistic that's embarrassing for Japanese society, you know damn well they're gonna try to cover it up with technicalities.
In Japan, the legal definition for someone who is homeless is: "those who use city parks, riverbanks, roads, train
stations and other facilities as their place of stay in order to live their daily lives."So that doesn't include living in your car, living in insecure housing, living in shelters, or living in internet cafés, of which in 2020 there were about 15,000 'net café refugees' in Tokyo alone.
Sooo yeah, Japan can claim to officially have a super low homeless population, because they've narrowed the definition so much that you have to literally be sleeping on the street for it to count.
