My story starts with becoming an atheist about 15 years ago, hearing about TST fighting to put a Baphomet statue on the state capitol grounds in Oklahoma, and then not thinking about them much for the next 9 years except when they’d pop up in the news and I’d laugh my ass off at whatever antics they were engaged in. I legitimately didn’t realize it wasn’t an elaborate troll for a long, long time.
That all changed last year when the draft Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v Wade was leaked. I saw that as a call to action. I went to protests and looked for any organizations I could find that are fighting for reproductive rights. Naturally, atheists on reddit at the time reminded me about the Temple, so I gave it a hard look for the first time ever and realized it was a serious religion. And, not just that, one whose core tenets I agreed with wholeheartedly. I was officially a Satanist by that month’s end and haven’t looked back!
Maybe the difference is the fact that Dessalines is directly involved in the Lemmy project. Maybe that makes it self promotion in the Apollo dev’s eyes? 🤷
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Hi all. I know there is no one here at the moment, but for anyone that decides to pop in, I’d love to hear your story....
The Apollo dev banned and removed all my comments suggesting Lemmy as an alternative to reddit. (lemmy.ml)
I usually don’t get too salty about these things, but that seemed uncalled for, especially since I’m on their side.