{"id":267118,"date":"2023-04-02T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=267118"},"modified":"2023-04-04T07:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T07:08:48","slug":"satan-has-become-one-of-the-hottest-spiritual-figures-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=267118","title":{"rendered":"Satan Has Become One Of The Hottest Spiritual Figures In America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael \u2013 End of the American Dream March 29, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Should we be surprised?\u00a0 As our society comes apart at the seams<\/a> all around us, Satan and Satanism are becoming extremely popular.\u00a0 Videos featuring Satan are getting millions of views on TikTok and YouTube, millions of Americans are watching shows that feature Satan as a main character on Netflix and other streaming services, and the Satanic Temple has become one of the fastest growing religious organizations that the United States has ever seen.\u00a0 As you will see below, traditional American values are declining at a very rapid pace, and it was inevitable that something would fill that void.\u00a0 In fact, it turns out that Satanism\u2019s \u201cvalues\u201d correspond almost perfectly with the \u201cvalues\u201d that much of the population has already embraced in this day and age.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, most Americans were repulsed by anything that had to do with Satan.<\/p>\n

But now Satan is eagerly welcomed into homes and hearts all over the nation.\u00a0 Today, Satan has become one of the hottest spiritual figures in America, and that is unlikely to change any time soon.\u00a0 The following comes from a\u00a0Newsweek article entitled \u201cSatan is Getting Hot as Hell in American Pop Culture\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

The Devil is front and center in movies, TV shows, podcasts and even children\u2019s books. There are Satan After School Clubs, while the proliferating Satanist groups have their own political divisions.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s\u00a0The Exorcist Files<\/em>, in which Father Carlos Martins recreates exorcisms, and the podcast routinely tops the list of the most popular in the \u201cspirituality\u201d categories. On\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0alone there are dozens of titles dealing with hellish demons, including\u00a0Warrior Nun<\/em>,\u00a0Devil in Ohio<\/em>,\u00a0The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Lucifer<\/em>, in which the ruler of Hell runs a piano bar in California. Comedy is also fair game, thus Ted Danson plays a torturous demon who is prone to mistakes in the Netflix series,\u00a0The Good Place<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On top of everything else, a major convention is coming up.<\/p>\n

It is\u00a0being billed as \u201cthe largest satanic gathering in history\u201d<\/a>, and it is being held in Boston at the end of April\u2026<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event is taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, from April 28-30, 2023, and is titled \u201cHexennacht in Boston\u201d \u2014 otherwise known as \u201cWitches Night.\u201d On the announcement page, the Satanic Temple (TST) laments Boston Mayor Michelle Wu \u201cfor her unconstitutional efforts to keep TST out of Boston\u2019s public spaces\u201d and announces that the event will be dedicated to her.<\/p>\n

In the old days, maybe a few fringe weirdos would get together for something like that.<\/p>\n

But this year\u2019s \u201cSatanCon\u201d was completely sold out six weeks in advance.<\/p>\n

The Satanic Temple is the organization that runs the conference.\u00a0 It was established in 2012, and it now has more than 700,000 registered members<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

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Lucien Greaves, spokesman for The Satanic Temple; note the subtle closing of one eye.<\/p><\/div>\n

Founder Douglas Mesner, who goes by Lucien Greaves, declined Newsweek\u2019s request for an interview, but The Satanic Temple\u2019s website espouses such non-controversial tenets as forgiveness, empathy toward all creatures and freedom \u2014 including \u201cthe freedom to offend.\u201d Its website boasts more than 700,000 registered members.<\/p>\n

That makes the Satanic Temple one of the fastest growing religious organizations in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

One of the organization\u2019s core beliefs is that you are supposed to have complete freedom over your own body<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

Citing its tenet that \u201cone\u2019s body is inviolable, subject to one\u2019s own will alone,\u201d The Satanic Temple has filed lawsuits on religious freedom grounds in states that limit abortion, claiming that abortion bans violate the rights of an \u201cinvoluntarily pregnant woman\u201d to engage in a \u201cSatanic Abortion Ritual.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it turns out that anyone that attends SatanCon must \u201chave proof of COVID vaccination\u201d<\/a> and must wear a mask\u2026<\/p>\n

Now according to the Satanic Temple\u2019s website, \u201cSatancon attendees must be 18 or over and have proof of COVID vaccination. Attendees must wear an N-95, KN-95, or disposable surgical mask. Gaiters, bandanas, and cloth masks will not be allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n

So much for being consistent.<\/p>\n

Of course a lot of their followers simply do not care.\u00a0 Many of them have embraced Satanism because it fits what they already believe much more than Christianity does.<\/p>\n

Sadly, a brand new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll shows that traditional American values are in a very rapid state of decline<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

Do you want the good news or the bad news first? It\u2019s all pretty bad, but let\u2019s get it over with: the share of Americans who say patriotism and religion are \u201cvery important\u201d to them has fallen sharply, as has the number of Americans who value involvement in their community, hard work and having children.<\/p>\n

These revelations come courtesy of a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, complete with a graph depicting our nation\u2019s nosedive. Some nitty-gritty: in 1998, 70 percent of respondents deemed patriotism to be very important; now, that number is 38 percent. Twenty-five years ago, 62 percent said religion was very important; now only 39 percent do.<\/p>\n

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The evidence is now overwhelming that recent panics around climate, race, and sex \u2014 the mass desire to conform to a strict moral (Woke) code \u2014 stem from a) the acute need of liberal secular people for purpose, b) rising loneliness, and c) mass anxiety created by social media. pic.twitter.com\/RnPEkVYHhH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) March 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n