Editing The Satanic Temple

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! colspan="2" | The Satanic Temple
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! Family
| Modern Satanic / Non-theistic
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! Origin region
| United States
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! Founding period
| 21st century CE
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! Estimated adherents
| Unknown; public chapters and congregations exist in multiple regions.
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'''The Satanic Temple''' is the Satanic Temple is a modern non-theistic Satanic religious organization that uses Satan as a symbol of resistance to tyranny, religious liberty, bodily autonomy, compassion, and secular pluralism.

== Overview ==

The Satanic Temple should be distinguished from the Church of Satan and from theistic Satanism. It is generally non-theistic and does not teach worship of a literal Devil. Its public identity combines religious symbolism, ethical tenets, legal activism, and challenges to religious privilege in public institutions. Supporters view it as a legitimate minority religion and civil-rights movement; critics often dispute its religious status or object to its provocative symbolism.

== Key beliefs ==

* Satan as a literary or symbolic figure of rebellion against tyranny
* Compassion, justice, bodily autonomy, and reason as ethical themes
* Religious liberty and church-state separation
* Non-theistic or atheistic interpretation of Satanic identity
* Pluralism and resistance to authoritarian religious power

== Practices ==

* Congregational meetings
* Public rituals and symbolic actions
* Advocacy for religious liberty and equal treatment
* Educational and community events
* Personal identification with the Seven Tenets

== Places of worship ==

* Congregation meeting space
* Private home altar or study space
* Public demonstration or civic setting
* Online community

== Sacred texts ==

* The Seven Tenets
* Official organizational statements
* Modern Satanic and secular humanist writings
* Literary sources such as Milton in some symbolic readings

== Holidays and observances ==

* Tenet-based personal observances
* Unveiling Day in some Satanic Temple contexts
* Local congregation events
* Secular and symbolic holidays

== Branches and related traditions ==

* [[Satanism]] - The broader family of Satanic religious and philosophical movements.
* [[LaVeyan Satanism]] - A distinct atheistic Satanic tradition associated with the Church of Satan.
* [[Theistic Satanism]] - A distinct family of Satanic traditions involving belief in Satan as a real being.

== See also ==

* [[Religion]]
* [[Theology]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[New Religious Movements]]
* [[Modern Paganism]]
* [[Western esotericism]]

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[[Category:Satanism]]
[[Category:New Religious Movements]]