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I don’t see many any anarchist punks around…

I’ve started out as catholic, then agnostic, then agnostic atheist, and the thought of converting to satanism, whether that be theistic or atheistic has had me feel a little… conflicted.

On one hand, while I do believe the tenets of TST are pretty favorable rules to apply to one’s life, I’m having a pretty hard time trying to call myself a “Satanist”.

I completely respect other people’s religious freedoms and one of the things that makes me want to convert is TST’s philosophy that if lawmakers can put religious statues and other symbols of divinity, why shouldn’t satanists also have that for them?

I definitely have a lot of criticism of organized religion and religious dogma itself, but the thing is, I’ve been around people who’s lives have found meaning, community, and even lifelong relationships and fulfillment from religion. I just don’t believe religion and theology in itself is inherently evil. I’ve always believed that the religion isn’t the problem, but the people using religion are the ones who are to blame.

This could all just be me overthinking random stuff and nobody’s forcing satanism onto me thankfully, but I just want some fellow members of the temple to tell me how they converted and why somone should consider converting.

Thanks for reading my ramblings. 😅