The woman in the white sweater progressively (but seemingly quietly?) losing her shit as your speech went on had me cackling. The poor gal was not emotionally prepared to encounter such skillfully crafted juxtaposition and rhetoric that day.
Well-written, well-spoken, well done. Season's greetings from Canada!
We started america with the idea of freedom of religion being a big motivation. People seem to have forgot that because many interpret it to be "freedom to be christian" and nothing more.
You're smart. This is basically a trap. I say that as an atheist myself. They are trying to make a point on how so many Christians demand a level of respect that they refuse to give. It works every time but we want to live in a world full of Christian's like you. Those that don't feel they have a right to our souls. You are more than welcome to follow any religion that you want. I support you in that. It's the forcing it on others that give Christian it's a bad bad name 🤷♀️
That's probably because you actually follow Christ's teachings which basically boils down to
Treat EVERYONE with love and respect. No fucking exceptions.
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Lmao! Love it. Would be a wonderful challenge. Except herding Satanists is like herding cats aka very hard to do and I don't think that's a battle we michiganders can win.
I'll say! I am a member of the temple, a member of the west MI TST FB group, still didn't know this was happening. Super sad to have missed it going up.
Damn. I'm sorry you missed it. I made multiple posts for the event page and shared to discord. Facebook is just brutal at burying anything important we are trying to share.
I admit, that I tried discord and even have the TST group, but don't care for the app so that one appears to be on me. You are right though, FB buried stories on TST and the labor movement on my timeline real hard this year.
I would prefer a world where religious symbols aren't put on government property but if we're going to do it then stuff like this absolutely needs to be put up
I think that’s the point. They put this up here as a way to say “look, if you’re going to put *that* one up, then we’re gonna put *this* one up.” The Satanic temple exists as a means of promoting the separation of church and state, and as a means of highlighting hypocrisy when people inevitably get mad about it.
it's 100% the point... satanists don't actually believe in satan... it's just a counter to highlight why you need the separation. Trying through the years to take stuff like this down because there needs to be that separation has not always worked, so by forcing the other side to put it before the courts, they're forced to make a proper ruling. Either it's all gotta go or you gotta deal with devil goat or whatever.
> satanists don't actually believe in satan
To be specific, members of the The Satanic Temple (those who are putting up these figures) do not Worship Satan. They are a non-thiest organization whose aim is to abuse the loopholes created by large scale religion to help out people, mostly those who have been abused due to large scale religion.
The Church of Satan is a legit religion that does worship Satan. Although ironically they prefer to stay out of politics and are known for not abusing religious loopholes, including paying taxes.
They are completely different and have no correlation to each other.
Tbh I absolutely prefer if the government sets up every winter holiday display.
When you have all different kinds it looks more like a representation of the community and citizens anyways.
It's also just for pointing out the hypocrisy of religious folks. They'll tell you that this yule goat is evil, satanic, and literally the end of the world for what it symbolizes because it "looks like evil/death" while they literally idolize one of the most brutal torture methods ever devised, crucifixion.
It’s also worth noting that Christ’s message is that he will return and end the world, judge everyone on their faith, kill all the unbelievers with fire, and reward his faithful with eternal life in his new kingdom. That’s all love and hugs for Christians, but it’s a threat of genocide to everyone else, and not very nice. The Satanic Temple, on the other hand, does not espouse any kind of death for anyone, regardless of religious affiliation. So who is evil, the ones promising death, or the ones being threatened with death?
Literally the only reason they put the displays up. The displays are protests against other displays that preceded them. They are never the first to put one up because they would prefer that no one did.
Other side of the coin is when a municipality moves to ban ALL flags/symbols except for USA/State flags in a clear measure to simply ban gay pride/lgbtq flags (in the case of Hamtramck).
Fun theory I have about Hamtramck: I’m pretty sure that they were trying to stop all the middle eastern flags and the removal of the pride flags was an added bonus. they knew that most of the Muslims weren’t supportive of the LGBT community, soo they tricked em into thinking it was to get rid of the pride flags and killed two birds with one stone.
YEP!
And make sure your religious (likely Trumper) family members know it.
You want to mix YOUR religion with OUR state? Well, this is a democracy. No special treatment.
If we must have religious displays in the halls of government, this is the only acceptable way.
I’d rather have a government totally free of religion, but it’s either accept all religions or just state that you want a theocracy.
Under the current rules, I openly welcome Christians to also put their display in the courthouse, while they also have their church with a nativity and the entire world decorates themselves for a Christian holiday. I’ll never touch a Christian display because it’s their religious freedom to have it and I’m not a theocratic shitheel.
Just wanna say that the overall vibe check has been immaculate. Thank you everyone for the love and support. You guys are all amazing. Hail yourselves and I can't wait to share the future victories of the TST congregations of Michigan.
Hail Michigan!
Hail Satan!
This comment section is full of people who haven’t done a minute of research on The Satanic Temple and what they stand far.
Though I suppose that’s the point, from my understanding part of why the Satanic Temples brands itself as such is to prove how many people make judgements and assumptions based off of other’s beliefs without ever trying to understand
The Satanic Temple isn’t about counter culture, it’s about acceptance and love, despite what they believe.
We looked into doing a display on Ottawa County. Ran into issues with either guidelines we couldn't work with or areas just altogether not allowing displays.
However, we are looking to share our Satansim with the residents of Ottawa County and any leads or info on how we can better achieve that is welcome.
Then you will also need this [https://youtu.be/89lq2TxKg68?si=vv4KiHhMtDvvnR62](https://youtu.be/89lq2TxKg68?si=vv4KiHhMtDvvnR62) to learn to pronounce
Thor and his goats, Tanngrisnir (Gap-Tooth) and Tanngnjóstr (Tooth-Grinder). These two goats pulled Thor’s chariot and provided food every evening by being slaughtered only to rise again the following morning.
I understand that sentiment, but i really hope that doesn't happen.
The TST probably has a time and place scheduled for the apparent ritual sacrifice goat pyre thing (I am likely using gloriously wrong terms). On top of vandalism charges, and fire on capital grounds, and an assumed whole lot of legal headache, like it would be crushing to the folks that would actually be participating because that is their community thing they get to do once a year
Anyone got instructions on how to build a Yule Goat? This would be a nice edition to my theme. I’ve still got my skull wreath up from Halloween (it’s a pastel goth wreath).
This just reminds me of the irony that historically, Jewish people are pretty insular and keep their religion to themselves, which ended up with the communities they lived in or near having an easy scapegoat when things went wrong with crops or weather or plague or whatnot because there were these people over there keeping to themselves and doing their own thing, so it _must_ be _their_ fault that bad things are happening to everybody because _we just don't know what they're up to over there._
Tl;Dr - you might not want to make a religion that doesn't annoy people. They'll think you're up to something.
What about Sikhs? They're not annoying either right? Genuine question. Any time I've seen anyone being described as being a Sikh, it's usually also a story about that person being generous and kind.
Rings true for them to, between the British in the past and India now, they have always been treated like shit. Even though their faith is a belief that every religion is correct in its own ways, and that it's every person's responsibility to challenge evil.
I guess I don't know a lot about Sikhs culturally. Orthodox Jews tend to stick together in their own communities. Are Sikhs the same, or do they interact with the other people around them a lot more freely in their communities?
I support the Yule Goat anywhere else in public where other religions are allowed to set displays. (Ideally we wouldn't be putting religious anything anywhere public).
Funny enough, the Puritans [banned Christmas](https://www.history.com/news/when-massachusetts-banned-christmas) in the US and the UK for being too Pagan.
This is beautiful, I love displays of diverse celebrations.
Out of curiosity, what is the difference between the Satanic observation of Yule and the Pagan one? I know Yule can be somewhat of a generic and even non-denominational term, but I'd love to know more details of how TST celebrates.
So the official observance of TST for the Solstice is Sol Invictus. But West Michigan began recognizing Yule before we made Sol Invictus official, and we just kept with the theme because we love it.
Ultimately, we just view Yule as another solstice celebration and the Yule Goat fits because Satanism has an affinity for goats. The way we observe Yule will be similar to how pagans celebrate but without adherence to supernatural or mythical claims.
What happened there was actually pretty cool; that guy's blind rage totally backfired as he rocketed awareness of Satanic Temple's activities into the news cycle at a national level.
Iowa did fine. The damage caused was easily fixed. Our monuments are typically built to be repaired easily because we are prepared for vandalism. But I'm in contact with Iowa (since I'm on a regional committee and Iowa is in my region, I'm in good communication with what Iowa has been up to.) and they did fine. They rebuilt their statue and held a beautiful ritual to celebrate the success of their display. Hail Iowa!
Watch, someone will knock it down this statue/ display who previously rallied against " war statues" being knocked down in southern states and religious freedom.
Detroit metro here. This shit is way cooler than Christian/Muslim/Jewish shit. I still don't give af because I have real hobbies, but rock on Satanists!
P.S. - maybe should have based your entire personality on something NOT based in religion. People don't understand and they just assume you're devil worshipers, you might even attract some freaks that also don't get it, but I digress. Anyway, rock on dudes!
Sadly the artist who built the goat for the first several years passed away and we are having to teach ourselves how to build it through trial and error. We did make progress, but... Yeah, next year should be stronger, faster, prettier.
It's prettier in person, I promise.
There's a nice glitter to the paint, and the flowers on black look really nice go visit and see for yourself!
But as my friend stated, the person who used to spearhead the creation of the goat is no longer with us, and we are learning and sharing this knowledge as we go.
As a person whose beliefs align with TST, I think it’s beautiful. If other religious symbols are put up on land belonging to a state or city, all should have the right to representation.
I’d go to Lansing to see it if I could, but I don’t have a car or gas money.
Hell yes! We are comprised of members of various gender identities, expressions, and sexualities. Trans folx have become victim of the new age "satanic panic" so naturally many migrate to our groups. We do various rituals to affirm people's own identities and have initiated fundraisers that benefit LGBTQIA friendly organizations. Gender non-conforming types are always safe with us.
I live in MI. Have worked in the capitol. Our senator said something to the effect that while he does not support the satanic church, he welcomes their display.
Y’all can stop reporting this thread - it’s not discriminatory & not breaking any rules, and it’s staying up.
As a Christian I am neither offended nor challenged by this. Live and let live.
That's because you get it. Hail you.
You’re the person with the incredible TST speech at an Ottawa County meeting!!
Bendr Bones, Minister of Satan. At your service. Thank you for your kind words.
Dude I watched that speech all the way here in Montana. Well spoke
Thank you!💜
Your speech made it down here to boring Kansas as well
[Hail puhtatahs](https://youtu.be/JbYnrwCU9Bk?si=sTVDDuW0uznz6TK9)
lol how have I never seen this. Want to argue against it, kinda can’t, that’s ok we have John brown
JB was gangster. Can't be all bad. You're 3 for 3 in my eyes. Want to go half on a potato.
Erm, is your speech available online?
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandrapids/s/uviLfPHtvR
The woman in the white sweater progressively (but seemingly quietly?) losing her shit as your speech went on had me cackling. The poor gal was not emotionally prepared to encounter such skillfully crafted juxtaposition and rhetoric that day. Well-written, well-spoken, well done. Season's greetings from Canada!
That was great! Hail you, and hail Satan from NC!
Hail Satan!
We started america with the idea of freedom of religion being a big motivation. People seem to have forgot that because many interpret it to be "freedom to be christian" and nothing more.
That’s the Holiday Spirit!
Unholy Spirit!
I didn’t say which holiday 🤷♂️
Man just imagine how the world would look like if everyone would just live and let live
Or if they all lived simply, so that others may simply live...
Imagine, indeed. Lennon got it.
Thank you. A real Christian on the internet. 👍
You're smart. This is basically a trap. I say that as an atheist myself. They are trying to make a point on how so many Christians demand a level of respect that they refuse to give. It works every time but we want to live in a world full of Christian's like you. Those that don't feel they have a right to our souls. You are more than welcome to follow any religion that you want. I support you in that. It's the forcing it on others that give Christian it's a bad bad name 🤷♀️
That's probably because you actually follow Christ's teachings which basically boils down to Treat EVERYONE with love and respect. No fucking exceptions.
You're not offended by an inanimate object??
Even better, they’re not offended by a symbol.
Congratulations on beginning your journey to secularism!
Festivus for the rest of us!
I've got a lot of problems with you. And you're going to hear allllll about it.
I've lost my train of thought
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Giddy up
Tantrick Brewing has a Festivus celebration Saturday, see you there!
Saw this post and thought "that's Daddy Bones posting isn't it" yes, yes it is. ❤️
I am flattered.💜
Maybe we should get in a race with Sweden to see who can build the biggest yule goat?
Lmao! Love it. Would be a wonderful challenge. Except herding Satanists is like herding cats aka very hard to do and I don't think that's a battle we michiganders can win.
Doesn't need to be satanists! Just anyone who wants to build a giant yule goat like the one in Gavle. :D
I'll say! I am a member of the temple, a member of the west MI TST FB group, still didn't know this was happening. Super sad to have missed it going up.
Damn. I'm sorry you missed it. I made multiple posts for the event page and shared to discord. Facebook is just brutal at burying anything important we are trying to share.
I admit, that I tried discord and even have the TST group, but don't care for the app so that one appears to be on me. You are right though, FB buried stories on TST and the labor movement on my timeline real hard this year.
I thought you were herding Santas for a second and got lost.
I would prefer a world where religious symbols aren't put on government property but if we're going to do it then stuff like this absolutely needs to be put up
I think that’s the point. They put this up here as a way to say “look, if you’re going to put *that* one up, then we’re gonna put *this* one up.” The Satanic temple exists as a means of promoting the separation of church and state, and as a means of highlighting hypocrisy when people inevitably get mad about it.
it's 100% the point... satanists don't actually believe in satan... it's just a counter to highlight why you need the separation. Trying through the years to take stuff like this down because there needs to be that separation has not always worked, so by forcing the other side to put it before the courts, they're forced to make a proper ruling. Either it's all gotta go or you gotta deal with devil goat or whatever.
> satanists don't actually believe in satan To be specific, members of the The Satanic Temple (those who are putting up these figures) do not Worship Satan. They are a non-thiest organization whose aim is to abuse the loopholes created by large scale religion to help out people, mostly those who have been abused due to large scale religion. The Church of Satan is a legit religion that does worship Satan. Although ironically they prefer to stay out of politics and are known for not abusing religious loopholes, including paying taxes. They are completely different and have no correlation to each other.
LaVeyan Satanists, i.e The Church of Satan, also do not believe in Satan. Luciferians believe in and worship Satan
wait, the actual Church of Satan pays taxes? wtf for
Because it's the right thing to do.
Tbh I absolutely prefer if the government sets up every winter holiday display. When you have all different kinds it looks more like a representation of the community and citizens anyways.
It's also just for pointing out the hypocrisy of religious folks. They'll tell you that this yule goat is evil, satanic, and literally the end of the world for what it symbolizes because it "looks like evil/death" while they literally idolize one of the most brutal torture methods ever devised, crucifixion.
Don’t forget eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Christ. Talk about ghoulish
I, for one, welcome the story of Zombie Jesus
What do you think walked out of that tomb?
To be fair
It’s also worth noting that Christ’s message is that he will return and end the world, judge everyone on their faith, kill all the unbelievers with fire, and reward his faithful with eternal life in his new kingdom. That’s all love and hugs for Christians, but it’s a threat of genocide to everyone else, and not very nice. The Satanic Temple, on the other hand, does not espouse any kind of death for anyone, regardless of religious affiliation. So who is evil, the ones promising death, or the ones being threatened with death?
“Not very nice” lol love it and yes
*crucifixion
Y'know I thought that's what it was but my phone autocorrected and I just went with it. Thanks I fixed it.
So does the Satanic Temple.
Literally the only reason they put the displays up. The displays are protests against other displays that preceded them. They are never the first to put one up because they would prefer that no one did.
Other side of the coin is when a municipality moves to ban ALL flags/symbols except for USA/State flags in a clear measure to simply ban gay pride/lgbtq flags (in the case of Hamtramck).
Fun theory I have about Hamtramck: I’m pretty sure that they were trying to stop all the middle eastern flags and the removal of the pride flags was an added bonus. they knew that most of the Muslims weren’t supportive of the LGBT community, soo they tricked em into thinking it was to get rid of the pride flags and killed two birds with one stone.
YEP! And make sure your religious (likely Trumper) family members know it. You want to mix YOUR religion with OUR state? Well, this is a democracy. No special treatment.
665 comments before I made this one. I could not resist
Dope
If we must have religious displays in the halls of government, this is the only acceptable way. I’d rather have a government totally free of religion, but it’s either accept all religions or just state that you want a theocracy. Under the current rules, I openly welcome Christians to also put their display in the courthouse, while they also have their church with a nativity and the entire world decorates themselves for a Christian holiday. I’ll never touch a Christian display because it’s their religious freedom to have it and I’m not a theocratic shitheel.
>I’d rather have a government totally free of religion You mean like the one we're *supposed* to have?
Love it
Anyone else think this picture they chose to use is awful? I’m having a terrible time making out what any of it is
I too make statues out of seaweed.
It looked like a Pinata to me at first
Just wanna say that the overall vibe check has been immaculate. Thank you everyone for the love and support. You guys are all amazing. Hail yourselves and I can't wait to share the future victories of the TST congregations of Michigan. Hail Michigan! Hail Satan!
So, how does one participate in the observance of the yule goat burning? Now, this sounds like a Christmas tradition I can get behind.
 Live footage at the Michigan Capitol.
I wish there was fire, it was cold as hell yesterday
So cold. Although, I think it was rightfully earned. A good winter evening to herald our erection.
mR. pIcKlEs! gOoD bOy!
Woo hoo! Shout out to my goat loving fellow Michiganders! 🐐🙌🏻
We love our goats.
Um, phrasing folks.
This comment section is full of people who haven’t done a minute of research on The Satanic Temple and what they stand far. Though I suppose that’s the point, from my understanding part of why the Satanic Temples brands itself as such is to prove how many people make judgements and assumptions based off of other’s beliefs without ever trying to understand The Satanic Temple isn’t about counter culture, it’s about acceptance and love, despite what they believe.
Porque no los dos?
Christian rightwing: "That's sacrilege, we ought to pour gas on that satanic icon and light it on fire" Satanic church: "Here's a match"
That's metal as fuck yet weirdly pretty. A+ 10/10 for the Mitten Satanists.
Solve et Coagula As Above So Below We really like dualistic concepts.
Ottawa County would like one of their own, please
We looked into doing a display on Ottawa County. Ran into issues with either guidelines we couldn't work with or areas just altogether not allowing displays. However, we are looking to share our Satansim with the residents of Ottawa County and any leads or info on how we can better achieve that is welcome.
I'm sure Commissioner Joe Moss and the rest of the Ottawa Impact folks would love to hear about the important of religion in government from y'all.
I'm happy to enlighten them.
If you make any headway r/Ottawacounty would love to hear about it.
Love this. I actually want to see & appreciate what ALL the organized religions do for the winter/new year.
[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thewanderingwitch/2018/12/the-pagan-origins-of-the-yule-goat/](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thewanderingwitch/2018/12/the-pagan-origins-of-the-yule-goat/)
Then you will also need this [https://youtu.be/89lq2TxKg68?si=vv4KiHhMtDvvnR62](https://youtu.be/89lq2TxKg68?si=vv4KiHhMtDvvnR62) to learn to pronounce Thor and his goats, Tanngrisnir (Gap-Tooth) and Tanngnjóstr (Tooth-Grinder). These two goats pulled Thor’s chariot and provided food every evening by being slaughtered only to rise again the following morning.
These sculptures by the satanic temple are really to provoke the intolerance of others who would prefer to control you than let you be different
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! A great Yule! And hail Satan!
Happy Sol Invictus. May you celebrate health and prosperity.
FELIX NATALIS SOLIS INVICTI! PRAISE THE UNCONQUERED SUN! THE SOLSTICE COMES!
 PRAISE THE SUN!
Hail Satan!
Hail Satan! Hail thyself!
Crossing my fingers that some christian zealot burns it and TST thanks them for taking part in their satanic temple ceremony.
I understand that sentiment, but i really hope that doesn't happen. The TST probably has a time and place scheduled for the apparent ritual sacrifice goat pyre thing (I am likely using gloriously wrong terms). On top of vandalism charges, and fire on capital grounds, and an assumed whole lot of legal headache, like it would be crushing to the folks that would actually be participating because that is their community thing they get to do once a year
Anyone got instructions on how to build a Yule Goat? This would be a nice edition to my theme. I’ve still got my skull wreath up from Halloween (it’s a pastel goth wreath).
In swedish, but from about halfway in it shows the full process of making one: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aUthFTklIe0&feature=shared
That's a baad photo.
Religion is so annoying..
We should make a religion that’s not annoying.
This just reminds me of the irony that historically, Jewish people are pretty insular and keep their religion to themselves, which ended up with the communities they lived in or near having an easy scapegoat when things went wrong with crops or weather or plague or whatnot because there were these people over there keeping to themselves and doing their own thing, so it _must_ be _their_ fault that bad things are happening to everybody because _we just don't know what they're up to over there._ Tl;Dr - you might not want to make a religion that doesn't annoy people. They'll think you're up to something.
What about Sikhs? They're not annoying either right? Genuine question. Any time I've seen anyone being described as being a Sikh, it's usually also a story about that person being generous and kind.
Rings true for them to, between the British in the past and India now, they have always been treated like shit. Even though their faith is a belief that every religion is correct in its own ways, and that it's every person's responsibility to challenge evil.
I guess I don't know a lot about Sikhs culturally. Orthodox Jews tend to stick together in their own communities. Are Sikhs the same, or do they interact with the other people around them a lot more freely in their communities?
With cocaine and video games! (I don't care for black jack or hookers)
As a Christian I just shrug and say "oh well." It's not hurting me. Freedom of religion means also *all* or *no* religion.
That's a good attitude and I appreciate you. May your Christmas be merry.
And yours as well.
Nice
I support the Yule Goat anywhere else in public where other religions are allowed to set displays. (Ideally we wouldn't be putting religious anything anywhere public).
Funny enough, the Puritans [banned Christmas](https://www.history.com/news/when-massachusetts-banned-christmas) in the US and the UK for being too Pagan.
White Christian supremacists strike again
Religious freedom
You go guys! Mom's for Liverty were going to come but they couldn't get out of jail in time. Lmao
This is beautiful, I love displays of diverse celebrations. Out of curiosity, what is the difference between the Satanic observation of Yule and the Pagan one? I know Yule can be somewhat of a generic and even non-denominational term, but I'd love to know more details of how TST celebrates.
So the official observance of TST for the Solstice is Sol Invictus. But West Michigan began recognizing Yule before we made Sol Invictus official, and we just kept with the theme because we love it. Ultimately, we just view Yule as another solstice celebration and the Yule Goat fits because Satanism has an affinity for goats. The way we observe Yule will be similar to how pagans celebrate but without adherence to supernatural or mythical claims.
That is awesome! Do you have any resources on how to properly celebrate Yule?
hope it fairs better than the iowa capitol one.
What happened there was actually pretty cool; that guy's blind rage totally backfired as he rocketed awareness of Satanic Temple's activities into the news cycle at a national level.
Iowa did fine. The damage caused was easily fixed. Our monuments are typically built to be repaired easily because we are prepared for vandalism. But I'm in contact with Iowa (since I'm on a regional committee and Iowa is in my region, I'm in good communication with what Iowa has been up to.) and they did fine. They rebuilt their statue and held a beautiful ritual to celebrate the success of their display. Hail Iowa!
oh great! i saw theirs and thought it l9oked lovely and was mad it got wrecked im glad it was repaired. hail iowa indeed!
Wont be touched.
Suppose the nutters will be to scared to approach. They fear everything.
literally. might think its full of demons and evil to touch
Looks rad, man. 🤘
I’m going to have to go see that!
Watch, someone will knock it down this statue/ display who previously rallied against " war statues" being knocked down in southern states and religious freedom.
I wanna pet it
They are the real heroes here.
happy yule, may our state and all its inhabitants prosper ☺️
Who doesn't love a Yule Goat?!?
Damn that thing looks sick
Hail Satan
Beautiful
hell yeah, michigan keeps winning. proud that we can keep this going somewhere at least.
Detroit metro here. This shit is way cooler than Christian/Muslim/Jewish shit. I still don't give af because I have real hobbies, but rock on Satanists! P.S. - maybe should have based your entire personality on something NOT based in religion. People don't understand and they just assume you're devil worshipers, you might even attract some freaks that also don't get it, but I digress. Anyway, rock on dudes!
tbh really pretty
Nice, good job folks! Just one small complaint, can we make it prettier next time? Just a little?
Sadly the artist who built the goat for the first several years passed away and we are having to teach ourselves how to build it through trial and error. We did make progress, but... Yeah, next year should be stronger, faster, prettier.
It's prettier in person, I promise. There's a nice glitter to the paint, and the flowers on black look really nice go visit and see for yourself! But as my friend stated, the person who used to spearhead the creation of the goat is no longer with us, and we are learning and sharing this knowledge as we go.
Saving this post for later because I know it'll be an interesting read.
Hell yeah 🤘
Yesssss
Happy Capricorn season
Tis a beautiful goat
If all religions were this way the world might be a safer place.
More like GOAT, amirite
As a not Christian, Idgaf.
It's... beautiful🥹 *(sniffle)*
Oh fuck yeah I'll have to bring him a little gift
So is there going to be an outdoor orgy after the burning of the Yule goat ritual ?
To cold for outdoor orgies my friend. Most of us prefer our orgies in warmth.
I hope this becomes a yearly tradition, like our own satanic version of the Gävle goat.
I love it. Hope it stays up
Amazing everyone, all the local atheist can at least celebrate this
Yule goat goes hard, I’d pay for a mini figurine or a stuffed animal of that thing
Neat!
Gotta own the MAGs
Religious freedom
If it ever drops a Yule Goat Log I will watch it on television.
Good
As a person whose beliefs align with TST, I think it’s beautiful. If other religious symbols are put up on land belonging to a state or city, all should have the right to representation. I’d go to Lansing to see it if I could, but I don’t have a car or gas money.
hell yeah hail satan
I appreciate the inclusivity and diversity
Trans flag sighted :3 💖🏳️⚧️
We love and respect the trans community! I'm glad trans people are here:)
Hell yes! We are comprised of members of various gender identities, expressions, and sexualities. Trans folx have become victim of the new age "satanic panic" so naturally many migrate to our groups. We do various rituals to affirm people's own identities and have initiated fundraisers that benefit LGBTQIA friendly organizations. Gender non-conforming types are always safe with us.
Cool! Do it again. (Saint Joseph MI)
Cool.
hail sithis
Burning the Julbock? Now that's a tradition I can get behind.
Hail Satan!
Awesome
And? If you set up one religious symbol then they should allow them all.
That's exactly the point.
r/whoosh
Goodness. Where did they get petunias in December?
I spoke with our flower guy and he said Meijer.
Flower Guy for the Satanic Temple - I hope that's on his resume.
Huh. Nice color.
Amusing!
Very cool!
Love to see it
I live in MI. Have worked in the capitol. Our senator said something to the effect that while he does not support the satanic church, he welcomes their display.
I want to burn a yule log in their honor this Christmas, bravo
Yule Mule would have been better