Trump derangement syndrome (TDS) is a pejorative term, used to describe criticism of or negative reactions to President Donald Trump that are perceived to be irrational and to have little regard for Trump’s actual policy positions.

What policy positions?

Right wingers have been falsely screaming “anti-conservative bias” on every social media platform for so long that admins and moderators have aquiested. It’s not true, of course. Right wingers simply break the TOS and violate site rules far more often than left wingers.

Atheism describes what we don’t believe in, Satanism describes what we do believe in. We believe that superstitious beliefs are holding us back as a species, and is the cause of so many societal problems. We have a duty to help the world get over their superstitious beliefs through discussion, theatric performance, and activism.

Oh no, are the background trees ok?

I’d love if you capped everything off with what core beliefs does your religion believe in, and what entails one to be a Satanist

Unfortunately that’s still a hotly disputed issue in the Satanic community. Some are theistic, most are atheistic. Some are conservative and believe might makes right, most are liberal and believe in freedom and egalitarianism. I can’t give you THEE core Satanic beliefs as there are denominations who disagree.

But the atheistic freedom, humanism, and egalitarianism faction of Satanism is winning the “war” of ideas as that is the human tendancy. In this Satanic faction, the core is that human flourishing guides our morality, evil is the absence of empathy, and we have a moral imparitive to help humanity leave behind superstitious beliefs and embrace rationality.

And about checking the Bible, I have admittedly never read it front to back.

Well don’t feel bad about it. Most Christians haven’t read their own holy book which is simultaniously amusing and sad.

but in my opinion the Bible is a corrupt book

I personally wouldn’t say the book is corrupt, it’s just a collection of bronze age stories passed down by oral traditions. It’s only when people attempt to apply these stories to the real world that it becomes harmful.

I shall try to check Satan’s evil deeds and how many and what were they.

Funny enough, Satan in the Bible has a very different context. Originally, the term Satan meant “opposer” or “accusor” or something similar. It wasnt the name of a specific individual, it was a title. A description of what someone was doing.

In the story of Balaam and the talking donkey in Numbers 22:21-39, God sends one of his angels to be a “Satan” and block Balaams path. God has sent one of his own angels to be an opposer, an obstical to Balaam.

And you see the same thing with the story of Job. God isn’t placing bets against a person named Satan, he’s talking to one of his own angels who doubts Job’s faith.

Strangely enough, the earliest versions of Adam and Eve, the serpent wasn’t actually the devil at all, or even an actual serpent. The serpent was originally used as an insult to call others. It was only through centuries of oral retellings that the person trying to tempt Adam and Eve morphed into an actual serpent, then morphed again into the devil.

Here’s a helpful link about the 8 different Satans in the bible. https://overviewbible.com/8-satans/

Satanists often oppose tyranny and dictators. Its in our nature to rebel and oppose, to be an adversary against the unjust. It’s partially why we call ourselves Satanists. Theists hate us for trying to convince people magic and the supernatural doesn’t exist. They can’t prove it does exist, obviously, so they hurl insults and accuisations which we wear proudly.

It’s sort of like a drug addict going through withdrawls and hating the doctor for trying to cure his addiction. Theists hate us for trying to cure their addiction to superstitious beliefs.

So non-theistic Satanists are basically atheists?

Yes, it is an atheistic religion. That may sound strange to people who aren’t familiar with world religions, but there are a number of atheistic religions out there.

I am not quite Familiar with Right/left decomcratic/liberal and conservative politics

That’s fair. The left wing in the US wants to tax the rich, expand social safety nets, make healthcare free and universal, make college free to the public, build up the infrastructure, and protect civil rights. The left wing has no Repuplicans and very few Democrats in this political camp. This is where the majority of Satanists are.

Then there’s the political “center,” though the term has lost all meaning. They serve and obey the rich to the detriment of all others, they do very little for the people, they’re wildly corrupt and serve their own financial interests. This is where the vast majority of Democrats are, and a handful of Republicans.

The right wing in the US is basically the new Nazi party. They serve the rich to the detriment of everyone else, they want to reinstitute slavery, deport everyone who isn’t white, reduce women to property, exterminate all LGBTQ+ people, and take away civil rights. It is Christian nationalism. The right wing is made up of nearly all Republicans and a handful of Democrats as well.

And also why the name “Satanist” if the community is about pacifism and humanitarian? I have no doubt they and you are good ppl but I’m intreasted on who was and why the founder of this 100 year old religion chose to name it after the universal embodiment of evil, in every culture

Well I never said anything about pacifism, but yeah sure. A lot of people believe Satan is the bad guy, but is he?

I don’t expect you to actually do this, but I would encourage you to have a look through the Bible some time and count how many times Satan has done an evil thing. The answer is low to none.

Then count the number of times God in the Bible has done an evil thing. The answer is shockingly high. Christians like to deflect and blame Satan for everything, but according to their own religious doctrine that’s just not true.

We Satanists dont believe in a literal being called Satan or Lucifer or whatever. Instead, he is a symbol and an idol to look up to. To always do what’s right, even when the world calls evil good and good evil.

Holy cow, is the apartment rent controlled?

That sounds too crazy and complicated. The most reasonable answer is that the Democrats are simply impotent and indolent.

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They believe that they need money from rich billionares to win elections, but these billionare donors want things in return.

The Democrats also need votes to win elections, yet the demands of the donors are in direct conflict with the demands of the voters.

The Democrats cannot obey both the voters and the rich donors, so Democrats obey their donors and make micro changes toward appeasement of the voters. They make tiny improvements that are severely limited in scope & time, and are easily overturned. Donors are happy, and voters can barely tolerate Democrats.

America can no longer get by on micro changes, as Republicans are making rapid & large sweeping changes that hurt a lot of people. Democrats are now expected to make rapid & large sweeping changes that fix what Republicans broke.

Democrats don’t want to do that, partially because they’re grossly incompetent, and partially because it would go against their rich donors.

I shop at Aldi and Lidl, so I’m buying the raw ingredients for meals rather than the preprepped meals themselves.

I’ll spend my sunday afternoon cooking and meal prepping for the work week.

Maybe they just didnt know what electricity was. Maybe it was lumped in with air and/or fire.

The religion is still relatively new, as in under 100 years old. We also don’t kill each other for dominance or superiority as other religions have historically done. As such, denominations can be wildly different which can be confusing to the general public.

There are two primary camps in Satanism, theistic and non-theistic. The large majority of Satanists are non-theistic, as in we do not believe in gods, devils, afterlives, and magic.

The majority is egalitarian and humanistic, and we tend to be left wing progressive (the terms “left wing” and “Democrat” are not synonyms). This is the camp I and my congregation are in. This is the camp that seems to be winning the “battle” of ideas.

Of course, there are theistic denominations of Satanism, but they’re relatively small, don’t usually have in-person congregations, and they tend to lean politically right wing authoritarian.

There’s a third camp of self-proclaimed “Satanists,” though they really aren’t. These are the clout chasers. They don’t know anything about Satanism, but they saw a few cheesy Hollywood horror movies and are emulating that.

John Ramirez and his ilk pretend to be ex-Satanists and make up wild stories for fame, attention, and money. The Christian communities eat it up without an ounce if skepticism.

It’s simultaniously sad and amusing how gullible those communities are. A ten second google search would show them the truth, but they can’t be bothered.

I mean, you’re not wrong.

Dems are still out in the woods, looking for their spine. They lost it decades ago.

I am a Satanist. I swear no oaths, pledge no allegances, I neither bend the knee nor bow my head. The only thing I’m loyal to is the betterment of humanity as a whole.

Skilled hands would be welcome, let’s hope it happens.

We’ll see, I guess. It would be nice to move away from the craziness. I’m still an apprentice, but I know my craft and could teach it.

I started when I was around 40, I kid you not. Born 1982, I’m currently in my forth and final year of apprenticeship. I’ve got all of my qualifications done almoat a year early.

Before, I was leaping from crummy job to crummy job when I got a fire watch gig. The job was dumb, but I worked with welders. One even encouraged me to become a welder. He also taught me a few basics.

Best advice I can give for becomig a welder is to really committ to it. Dedicate your heart, mind, body, and soul to it. Master your craft, and don’t settle for “good enough” work. Don’t worry about the money, it will come in abundance.

When instructors and employers see your passion and dedication to the trade, they’ll respect & hire you.

Also, your reputation as a welder is crucial to maintain. It follows you everywhere you go. So build up a good reputation. When you make a mistake as all welders do, own up to it and try to make it right. If you build up a reputation for honesty, integrity, and reliability, even if you’re just a mediocre welder, it will still supercharge your career.

I’m going to make a prediction now as it almost always turns out to be true for monsters like this.

I’m predicting it’ll be revealed that she and/or her husband are child abusers, physically mentally emotionally and/or sexually.

Right wingers who protest the loudest are so often guilty of the crime they falsely accuse others.

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What about your individual experience?

I probably wouldn’t even notice.

It is definitely hard work, but it’s rewarding work. Some welders specialize in one specific thing with one specific process, but I believe this is a career mistake. A well-rounded welder should have some experience and training in every process.

There’s SMAW (often called stick), GMAW, TIG, flux core, brazing, plasma cutting, oxy/acetalyne cutting & welding, carbon arc’ing, etc.

My shipyard job almost exclusively does stick welding. Occasionally we’ll do TIG, but I can count on one hand how many times I’ve TIG welded last year.

The shipyard trained me, but I had to go on my free time and money to learn the other processes. I think it was worth it, IMO. I’m not great at the other processes, but I can do them well enough to pass workmanship inspections.

Plus if I ever lose my job (in the US it’s looking more and more likely), I still have a robust skillset to find another job. It’s a good trade to have, it’s extremely difficult for a company to hire someone overseas to do it. In a sane world, the job security from welding is great.