To think he deserved what he got?

Good for him, violence is not usually the answer and I wouldn't celebrate it in front of him but persistent bullying sometimes needs a strong resistance. And fwiw to me satanism is just another religion , I don't get the pearl clutching .

I have no religious faith/belief; I'd describe myself as agnostic.

Satanism isn't a belief system, it isn't even about rejecting beliefs. As I said, it's by design a mocking and taunting position.

@TheaBrandt if someone is twisting in knots, it’s not me.

Passive aggression is the lowest form of intellectual wit. Most people grow out of that by 18 too.

@SassK that statement shows not only your ignorance but your insecurity in organised religion.

If your faith is such that you see someone else’s beliefs as a calculated insult, the problem is you, not other religions.

Abrahamic religions have one core thing in common - the need to recruit and retain members through fear mongering and demonisation of all other belief systems.
Free will and critical thinking are the first things they want control of. A belief system that encourages the opposite therefore must be evil. Why?

More destruction, death, pain, societal and generational harm has been done in the name of God than any other demon or deity.

If there is a definition of evil, it fits god and his agents very well.

The Temple of Satan in the US advocates for abortion as health care and helps women in need access that healthcare while good ol Christians want women and children to bear children at any cost, under any circumstances, and if they die, well that’s God’s will. Once those forced births result in live children, there is no Christian charity in sight, only moral judgement.

But let’s focus on satanists as try hard, and an insult to ‘people of faith’.

Signed, an ex Catholic.

Twist yourself in knots all you like but we all know the “ I’m so naughty and wild and out there and you parents are dull squares” is absolutely classic teen! Most grow out of it by 18 thankfully.

@TheaBrandt passive aggression dressed up as nonchalance is also something teenagers do to seem interesting, FYI.

It’s not trying to troll or be provocative to acknowledge that a lot of posters on here are exceptionally judgmental and narrow minded when it comes to any beliefs outside of Christianity, even if those posters claim atheism. Tarring anyone with alternative beliefs as being try hard for attention is as reductive and dull as the pearl clutching Boden mummy trope.

So if you don’t like being referred to as a pearl clutcher or basic boden mummy, don’t live down to those stereotypes in the same way you reduce people who follow the beliefs of satanism to the very dull and uninformed view you have of them.

Basically, mind your business, keep your ignorance to yourself and your feelings won’t be hurt. Which I believe is one of the laws of satanism. Much more useful the ‘thou shalt feel morally superior to everyone who isn’t you’ rule so many Christians live by.

I like a laugh, but the pearl clutching patter is boring. It's trolling by any definition, as is calling yourself a satanist.

Questioning organised religion where necessary, and the harm it does (as well as the good, because there IS a lot of good), is perfectly reasonable. Calling yourself a satanist however is, by calculated design, only about insulting and taunting people of faith.

The satanist thing is just abit….weird. The gleeful “you boden loving mummies will be shocked” post was funny too. It’s rather teenage behaviour “look at us we are so out there and spicy but we really need to tell you we are satanists it’s the most interesting thing about us”. The only response is a “that’s nice dear”.

Well done op's son.
My Dd was put into all day isolation once in primary for punching a boy who was throwing things at her friend.
Sounds like an over reaction?
DD's friend had Downs Syndrome and the boy was in year 6 while they were in year 3.
This boy had been targeting DD's friend for months, verbally, but as ther 1 to 1 was not present ramped it up to throwing clods of dirt and stones.
I have never been so proud, the friends mum brought her some sweets, the boys mum.asked the school NOT to punish her.

Ignore it, you can believe what you like.

Don’t let @themamanet bully you out of your username/presence on MN @MrsBunTheBakersMum

well I’m cool with protecting/securing reproductive rights so thanks Satanic Temple guys!

https://thesatanictemple.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooNHxVQD413yRLw8jdfo0x5eankhIqh04R1G5FRRpT8nppj0Px3

if anyone would like to more

warning

it will leave you feeling horribly unsettled

they are

and satanic temple is also profoundly disturbing

Evil many would say

fair enough

Why? I'm not interested in the ops threads about Satan

@Over40Overdating says The people who worship the altar of Jonny Boden and Ocado will have no truck with satanists!

Pretty sure i speak for the majority when i say…. I’m ok with having “no truck with satanists” 😆

why don’t you click on the link the above poster posted that the Op has started and take a read

and then take a ganda on “church of satan” on other sources

Yes.
"The Famous Five are Taught Don't Throw the First Punch but they Know they're supported if they Fight Back" 😒

They all have a ginger beer at the end.

You jumped on a quote where op was saying she didn't think she started a previous thread about her son

Then started banging on about Satan and that the op was lying about not starting a thread about it, which is not what the op did 🙄

Someone calling themselves a satanist is NOT seeking inconspicuousness. Indeed the worst thing you could do is ignore them, because if everyone ignored them then what would be the point?

I'm agnostic, a terrible sinner I'm sure, and I find it in very poor taste. You can fight the power, sock it to the man... you can object to organised religion without ripping the absolute piss out of people of faith (seeking only to insult them; making it your very raison d'etre, actually).