Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2023-01-19.
Satana, traslitterazione del masoretico Śāṭān, è l’incarnazione dello agente del male in contrapposizione a Dio, considerato principio del bene.
Sottile la distinzione quando lo si appella con altre denominazioni, ciascuna delle quali ne focalizza una caratteristica essenziale.
In particolare il termine diavolo, colui che divide, calunniatore, accusatore; derivato dal greco -διαβάλλω, diabàllo, composizione di dia attraverso bàllo getto, metto, indi getto, caccio attraverso, trafiggo, metaforicamente anche calunnia.
La scelta stessa della denominazione indica chiaramente il credo professato: i satanisti adorano satana in quanto che egli si contrappone a Dio, principio del bene. È la somma espressione della superbia umana.
Il resto è dolorosa storia, che riportiamo perché oramai di comune dibattito.
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Il Tempio Satanico dedica il più grande raduno satanico della storia al sindaco democratico di Boston Michelle Wu, dopo che al gruppo non era stato permesso di pronunciare un’invocazione satanica al municipio di Boston. La SatanCon 2023 si terrà nel centro di Boston dal 28 al 30 aprile. Secondo l’organizzazione, gli ospiti registrati dovranno indossare maschere e mostrare una prova della vaccinazione COVID-19. Il tema del raduno, che celebra il 10° anniversario del Tempio Satanico, è Hexennacht in Boston, in tedesco Notte delle streghe, che segna l’antica festa pagana della vigilia di maggio. La notte è stata poi cambiata in Walpurgisnacht per commemorare Walpurga, una santa cristiana che evangelizzò la Germania e si dice abbia esorcizzato i demoni dai malati.
Il Tempio Satanico ha dichiarato di dedicare l’evento a Wu per i suoi sforzi incostituzionali di tenere la TST fuori dagli spazi pubblici di Boston. Il gruppo ha intentato una causa nel 2021 contro la città dopo che gli erano state negate diverse richieste di pronunciare un’invocazione satanica prima di una riunione del Consiglio comunale. Il gruppo ha anche presentato una richiesta per innalzare una bandiera al Municipio di Boston per commemorare la Settimana dell’apprezzamento di Satana nel luglio 2021, ma la città ha annunciato nell’ottobre 2021 che non accettava più richieste per innalzare bandiere nell’edificio. Con una mossa simile, il Tempio satanico ha dedicato la sua conferenza del 2022 a Scottsdale, in Arizona, all’ex sindaco repubblicano Jim Lane e all’ex consigliere repubblicano Suzanne Klapp, che hanno anche negato la richiesta di invocare Satana durante una riunione del Consiglio comunale.
Il Tempio Satanico ha attirato l’attenzione nazionale a dicembre per la tempesta di fuoco che si è scatenata a Chesapeake, in Virginia, quando l’organizzazione ha chiesto di istituire un Club di Satana dopo la scuola per i bambini della locale scuola elementare B.M. Williams.
I genitori coinvolti nella polemica sul Club di Satana del doposcuola parlano: ‘Allo stremo delle forze’. I critici sostengono che i club satanici del doposcuola stanno logorando le inibizioni dei bambini impressionabili. Mentre una città della Virginia è in preda alle polemiche per il progetto di un club satanista nel doposcuola, gli organizzatori e i genitori di entrambe le parti della questione hanno parlato con Fox News Digital per condividere le loro prospettive. La città di Chesapeake ha recentemente attirato l’attenzione nazionale come centro di una tempesta di fuoco che ha investito la comunità della Virginia sudorientale dopo che il Tempio Satanico ha tentato di istituire un Club Satanico Doposcuola (ASSC) per i bambini della locale scuola elementare B.M. Williams.
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«The Satanic Temple is dedicating the “largest satanic gathering in history” to Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after the group wasn’t allowed to deliver a satanic invocation at Boston City Hall. SatanCon 2023 will take place in downtown Boston April 28-30. Registered guests are required to wear masks and show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, according to the organization. The theme of the gathering in celebration of The Satanic Temple’s 10-year anniversary is “Hexennacht in Boston,” German for “Witches’ Night,” which marks the ancient pagan holiday of May Eve. The night was later changed to Walpurgisnacht to commemorate Walpurga, a Christian saint who evangelized Germany and was said to have exorcised demons from the sick.»
«The Satanic Temple said it is dedicating the event to Wu “for her unconstitutional efforts to keep TST out of Boston’s public spaces.” The group filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the city after multiple requests to deliver a satanic invocation before a City Council meeting were denied. The group also filed a request to raise a flag at Boston City Hall to commemorate “Satan Appreciation Week” in July 2021, but the city announced in October 2021 that it was no longer accepting applications to raise flags at the building. In a similar move, The Satanic Temple dedicated its 2022 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, to former Republican Mayor Jim Lane and former Republican Councilor Suzanne Klapp, who also denied a request to invoke Satan at a City Council meeting.»
«The Satanic Temple drew national attention in December for the firestorm that roiled Chesapeake, Virginia, when the organization applied to establish an After School Satan Club for kids at the local B.M. Williams Primary School.»
«Parents swept up into controversy over After School Satan Club speak out: ‘At their wits’ end’. Critics maintain After School Satan Clubs are ‘wearing down the inhibitions’ of impressionable children. As controversy roils a Virginia town over a planned Satanist after-school club, organizers and parents on both sides of the issue spoke to Fox News Digital to share their perspectives. The city of Chesapeake has recently drawn national attention as the center of a firestorm sweeping the southeastern Virginia community after The Satanic Temple has attempted to establish an After School Satan Club (ASSC) for kids at the local B.M. Williams Primary School.»
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SatanCon 2023 will require surgical masks and proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
January 8, 2023.
The Satanic Temple is dedicating the “largest satanic gathering in history” to Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after the group wasn’t allowed to deliver a satanic invocation at Boston City Hall.
SatanCon 2023 will take place in downtown Boston April 28-30. Registered guests are required to wear masks and show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, according to the organization.
“Attendees must wear an N-95, KN-95, or disposable surgical mask,” the temple said on its site. “Gaiters, bandanas, and cloth masks will not be allowed.”
The theme of the gathering in celebration of The Satanic Temple’s 10-year anniversary is “Hexennacht in Boston,” German for “Witches’ Night,” which marks the ancient pagan holiday of May Eve. The night was later changed to Walpurgisnacht to commemorate Walpurga, a Christian saint who evangelized Germany and was said to have exorcised demons from the sick.
SatanCon will include discussion panels, entertainment, satanic rituals, a satanic wedding chapel and a “satanic marketplace.”
The Satanic Temple said it is dedicating the event to Wu “for her unconstitutional efforts to keep TST out of Boston’s public spaces.” The group filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the city after multiple requests to deliver a satanic invocation before a City Council meeting were denied.
The group also filed a request to raise a flag at Boston City Hall to commemorate “Satan Appreciation Week” in July 2021, but the city announced in October 2021 that it was no longer accepting applications to raise flags at the building.
In a similar move, The Satanic Temple dedicated its 2022 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, to former Republican Mayor Jim Lane and former Republican Councilor Suzanne Klapp, who also denied a request to invoke Satan at a City Council meeting.
TST denies belief in a personal devil, claiming its mission is “to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits.”
The Satanic Temple drew national attention in December for the firestorm that roiled Chesapeake, Virginia, when the organization applied to establish an After School Satan Club for kids at the local B.M. Williams Primary School.
Multiple parents involved with the controversy expressed their belief to Fox News Digital that since the temple started its club campaign in 2016, it has been targeting schools that sponsor Good News Clubs, a Christian after-school group, until school boards feel compelled to shut down after-school clubs altogether.
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Parents swept up into controversy over After School Satan Club speak out: ‘At their wits’ end’.
Critics maintain After School Satan Clubs are ‘wearing down the inhibitions’ of impressionable children.
As controversy roils a Virginia town over a planned Satanist after-school club, organizers and parents on both sides of the issue spoke to Fox News Digital to share their perspectives.
The city of Chesapeake has recently drawn national attention as the center of a firestorm sweeping the southeastern Virginia community after The Satanic Temple has attempted to establish an After School Satan Club (ASSC) for kids at the local B.M. Williams Primary School.
‘Fear and indoctrination’
“Regarding parents who are upset about the club, I would like them to know that we are here because we have worked with educators to develop an after-school program that is engaging and fun and helps young minds grow and thrive,” June Everett, an ordained minister in The Satanic Temple and campaign director of ASSC, told Fox News Digital.
Maintaining that ASSC “fosters creativity and projects [that] are often designed to benefit the community and promote empathy,” Everett said The Satanic Temple attempts to establish such clubs “as a constructive and positive alternative to other religious after-school clubs that often glorify fear and indoctrination.”