Is The Satanic Temple a protector of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness?

The Baphomet statue is seen in the conversion room at the Satanic Temple where a “Hell House” is being held in Salem, Massachusett on October 8, 2019. – The Hell House was a parody on a Christian Conversion centre meant to scare atheist and other Satanic Church members. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

By Teri Sforza | [email protected] | Orange County Register

PUBLISHED: July 14, 2022 at 7:52 a.m. | UPDATED: July 14, 2022 at 10:01 a.m.

Let’s get this cleared up immediately: Members of The Satanic Temple do not worship Satan.

They don’t even believe in Satan. At least, not the way Christianity serves him up.

“We don’t believe in any gods, demons, devils, whatsoever,” said René Grigori, the pseudonym used by the SoCal temple minister and mild-mannered computer programmer in the Inland Empire.

“We may use that as part of our aesthetic . . .

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