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The Satanists are a perfect poison pill to overbroad exemptions. They have all ready staged a figurative middle finger to religious carve-outs with their 10 com
by Gunax 5y ago
The Satanists are a perfect poison pill to overbroad exemptions. They have all ready staged a figurative middle finger to religious carve-outs with their 10 commandments protest (disguised as a Moloch statue, of course). 'Oh, I thought this was for all faiths to be treated equally...'
And since it's a new/fake religion, their beliefs are a blank slate which can be adapted to whichever liberty or situation presents itself. They are daring the courts to call their belief insincere--something the courts are rightly trepidatious about deciding what constitutes bona-fide belief.
It's pretty much the religious exceptionist's worst nightmare--a parody religion set up to leech off any religious benefits or exclusions. Okay, you don't believe in birth control? Well I don't believe in blood transfusions/cancer/insulin. Your move, Christians.
- KittenInABox 5y agoI like the Satanists for the purposes of showing/challenging legal exceptions for religious beliefs. Unfortunately a big hole I see in this logic is the notion of "reasonable accommodation"; that is to say, what is considered a reasonable accommodation would be influenced by the majority religions. So, certain opinions on certain medical procedures would be considered reasonable, while others wouldn't be, and a heavily-Christian-influenced cultural notion of reasonability would of course be biased towards Christian religious beliefs...
- Dylan16807 5y ago> And since it's a new/fake religion, their beliefs are a blank slate which can be adapted to whichever liberty or situation presents itself. Perhaps, but that's not necessary here. Making decisions for yourself is a huge part of Satanism.