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The Satanic Temple is a religious organization composed of Satanists, atheists, humanists, and other secularists, dedicated to the promotion of secular ideas, upholding the protections of the First Amendment, and encouraging pro-social change.

Tenets
The Satanic Temple operates under Seven Fundamental Tenets, which form the foundation for their beliefs:


 * One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.
 * The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
 * One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
 * The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo your own.
 * Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
 * People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.
 * Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

Mission
The mission of The Satanic Temple is "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people". It also espouses "practical common sense and justice."

Membership
The Satanic Temple has no fees or formalized requirements for general membership, beyond being in agreement with the Seven Fundamental Tenets, and conducting oneself in a manner befitting the spirit of Temple ideals.

Campaigns
The satanic Temple has engaged in numerous campaigns designed to promote secularism, and extend religious protection to those otherwise disadvantaged by their lack of adherence to a faith.

Oklahoma City Baphomet Monument
TO BE ELABORATED UPON The Satanic Temple has undertaken a campaign in order to place a monument of the figure Baphomet on the courthouse lawn in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in order to stand alongside the current monument of the Ten Commandments which now resides there.

Holiday Displays
The Satanic Temple has also undertaken smaller-scale projects in order to erect holiday displays to stand alongside traditional Nativity scenes during the holiday season. They have successfully erected displays in the Florida and Michigan capitols.

Religious Literature in Schools
In response to a school board decision in Orange County, Florida, The Satanic Temple has sought to have its own religious literature distributed alongside Bibles that have been distributed to students by the World Changers of Florida. The Temple authored and published a small booklet called The Satanic Children's BIG BOOK of Activities with the intention of distributing it in Orange County schools. Since the Satanic Temple's announcement, the Orange County school board has voiced its intent to cease all further distribution of religious literature.