1 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,800 Select 3 for commercial printing. 2 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,519 Select 4 for the newsroom. 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,719 For all other departments... 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,600 TALLAHASSEE JANUARY 2013 5 00:00:24,679 --> 00:00:28,839 Who can I talk to? about an upcoming local event? 6 00:00:29,719 --> 00:00:32,520 I'm calling from Big News Publicity. 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:38,799 Tomorrow will Satanic Temple hold a meeting at the state house. 8 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,840 Satanic Temple. 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,079 S as in "Sam". 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,320 Great, thanks. 11 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:52,399 It was a subsidiary of ABC. 12 00:01:05,719 --> 00:01:07,959 The camera goes. 13 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,439 Ok... 14 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,840 Thank you for coming to our gathering. Hill, Satan! 15 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,519 Not bad! Hold it there a little longer. 16 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:24,239 Hill, Satan! 17 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,000 Damn... 18 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,920 Tests, one, two. 19 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:40,920 - How's it going? - Brilliant. 20 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Why are you here today? 21 00:01:43,079 --> 00:01:48,680 We want to spread a message of goodwill, freedom of prejudice and freedom of expression. 22 00:01:48,759 --> 00:01:52,280 - What's your name? - It's not important. 23 00:01:54,079 --> 00:01:57,598 It is a beautiful day here at the state house. 24 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,239 A wonderful day to be a Satanist and to be human. 25 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:08,719 Kudos to Governor Rick Scott! Hill, Satan, Rick. 26 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:14,960 He has given us this opportunity to clarify what Satanism is. 27 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:17,639 You're going to hell! 28 00:02:17,719 --> 00:02:20,759 Yes, and I'm looking forward to it. 29 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,280 A Satanic temple lends its support to Governor Rick Scott- 30 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,159 - who will introduce prayer in schools. 31 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,319 Jesus became my savior early on. 32 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,719 Satanists therefore recommend prayer and supporting a Tea Party favorite. 33 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,918 We have asked one of the Satanists why they support the law. 34 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,800 Lucien Greaves, which is the name he gave, - 35 00:02:43,879 --> 00:02:49,120 -said the law would lead to "greatly increased religious diversity". 36 00:02:49,199 --> 00:02:53,800 The argument is that you open the door for God as well as for Satan. 37 00:02:53,879 --> 00:02:59,319 We are not what you think, and we want to be help people understand that about us- 38 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,439 - and about himself. 39 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,759 - What do you think of Rick Scott? - A great American. 40 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,080 - Do you really mean it? - Yes. 41 00:03:07,159 --> 00:03:10,199 - Isn't that a joke? - No. 42 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,639 Hill, Satan! Hill, Satan! 43 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,159 It was clumsy and awkward- 44 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,879 - and damn cool! It became national news. 45 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,719 But the most important thing was that we realized we had something. 46 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,240 Where did the name come from "The Satanic Temple" from? 47 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:17,959 When I looked at various Satanist organizations that existed, - 48 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,480 - was the name available. 49 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:26,560 The Rick Scott meeting was a media stunt to show Rick Scott's hypocrisy, - 50 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:31,480 -and we needed an advocate. I didn't want to. 51 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:41,480 He leads the Satanic Temple, and we will stand outside the state house. 52 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:47,319 When I think devil worshippers, I imagine red hoods. 53 00:04:47,399 --> 00:04:53,639 It is the group's color, and the leader have black, gray or brown. 54 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:59,920 In the beginning it was staged, and an actor was there, - 55 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,879 - but it didn't take long before everything became reality. 56 00:05:06,879 --> 00:05:10,600 THE MORNING BEFORE THE RICK SCOTT MEETING 57 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,920 In the beginning we were not haughty enough to think we could start- 58 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,639 -a large, global religious movement. 59 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:33,360 I wanted Satanism to be properly represented. 60 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:41,920 I felt like a Satanist, but didn't have to go out with it. 61 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:49,279 - Lucien... Are you excited? - Not yet. 62 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:55,600 - Are you excited? - No. I am filled with anxiety. 63 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:02,600 I wanted an outward face, but not that anyone spoke for me. 64 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,839 God and Satan's ways are inscrutable. We don't know where it leads. 65 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:13,639 It became obvious that it did not was it possible to train some- 66 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:19,240 - who had not a real involvement in Satanism, - 67 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:23,600 -to become a credible interview subject in the subject. 68 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,360 When it became my face and my voice, - 69 00:06:29,439 --> 00:06:34,279 -must be all I believed and could stand for, - 70 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,720 -or nothing at all. 71 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:42,000 That's when everything changed. 72 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:50,199 We start with Lucien. Does your name come from Lucifer? 73 00:06:50,519 --> 00:06:55,639 - Yes, of course, if you want. - Okay, but are you baptized for it? 74 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,279 No, I'm not. 75 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,040 What attracted you first to the Satanic Temple? 76 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:08,600 - I helped found it. - Why? 77 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,480 It embodies my beliefs, - 78 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:19,680 -and a counterweight to the US is needed dominant religious privileges 79 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:25,319 What beliefs drew you to a satanic temple? 80 00:07:25,399 --> 00:07:32,319 We see Satan as a symbol for rebellion against oppression. 81 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:38,079 When one understands how the media work, they become easy to manipulate. 82 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:42,879 Good evening, Chip Scarborough here. 83 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:47,639 The owner of a cemetery in Meridian will file charges 84 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:53,639 -against New York's Satanic Temple. The police are investigating the ritual. 85 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,079 You can hardly believe your eyes. 86 00:07:56,159 --> 00:07:59,839 Devil worshippers challenges Westboro Baptist Church. 87 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:06,199 God hates gays. Repent, otherwise there is plenty of room in hell. 88 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:12,920 How do you fuck Fred Phelps? Yes, you fuck with his mother. 89 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:18,839 Satanists traveled to Meridian to protest the WBC. 90 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,759 They performed a "pink fair" at Catherine Johnston's grave. 91 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:25,959 She is the mother of WBC's founder. 92 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,560 Two same-sex couples the kiss at the grave, - 93 00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:33,879 -and Catherine Johnston was declared lesbian in the afterlife. 94 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:39,279 I played on that Mormons believe that they can baptize the dead- 95 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,440 -and convert them post mortem. 96 00:08:42,519 --> 00:08:47,480 For every same-sex kiss she enjoys it on the other side. 97 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:52,480 I took it from the bells in "Life is wonderful". 98 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:58,279 Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. 99 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:03,039 This was later developed to the obvious idea, - 100 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:09,440 -namely, laying the testicles on the tombstone of the founder's mother. 101 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:12,480 Strange that it hasn't happened before. 102 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:17,279 It is an unusual crime which I don't think we've seen before. 103 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,639 Desperate attempts were made to press charges. 104 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:27,600 One headline read: "The police will take satanists who turn the dead gay." 105 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,799 Audi preces meas, blessed be Satana. 106 00:09:32,879 --> 00:09:37,799 Blasphemy involves not only that you offend other people. 107 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:42,480 It is to the highest degree an expression for personal independence. 108 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,080 And it doesn't matter to me that people are violated. 109 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,759 The city is known for witch trials, - 110 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:04,320 -but the last settlers in Salem is a satanic organization- 111 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:07,639 - who have laid head office here. 112 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:12,919 According to the Satanic Temple's website, they work for religious pluralism. 113 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:22,759 We want to force people to reconsider his view of the United States as a Christian country. 114 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:29,320 We are a secular nation. We shall be a democratic, pluralistic nation. 115 00:10:29,399 --> 00:10:36,240 The state should not be allowed to decide which ones religious expressions that are acceptable. 116 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:47,000 Only later do the donors find out the donations are tax deductible. 117 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,399 We agreed early on that Lucien should be the spokesperson, - 118 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,720 - and that I should keep me in the background. 119 00:10:55,799 --> 00:10:58,360 Here is our simple office. 120 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,559 There's Malcolm's desk, and here is mine. 121 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:05,080 Sorry for the mess. 122 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,120 This is where we will have the store. 123 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:17,279 Here people can buy posters, T-shirts 124 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,120 - and other things we sell. 125 00:11:21,759 --> 00:11:28,080 Much of what we do comes to pass to shape people's image of Satanism. 126 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,759 But TST did not invent modern satanism. 127 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,120 This is Pastor Anton Szandor LaVey- 128 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,759 - who is the founder and chief priest in the Church of Satan. 129 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,279 His creed is this timeless quote: 130 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,720 Remember that "evil", backwards becomes "live", live. 131 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,600 I have never thought of that. 132 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:01,759 The most interesting thing about Satanism is that people voluntarily choose 133 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:07,039 - to identify with a hostile being. 134 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,039 - What are you doing? - Bless the audience. 135 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,039 - They probably don't appreciate it. - This is the sign of the horn. 136 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:20,240 It is part of Satanism to troll people. 137 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,840 One says "I'm a Satanist" and see how people react. 138 00:12:24,919 --> 00:12:29,879 They pass out, get mad or something. Then you move on from that. 139 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:34,320 - Shem HaMephorash. - Shem HaMephorash. 140 00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:38,200 - Hill, Satan. - Hill, Satan. 141 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:46,399 Satan is just a word that means the "adversary" or "accuser". 142 00:12:47,039 --> 00:12:52,440 It doesn't have to mean evil, just different thinking. 143 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:57,360 The other day a man told me something terrible. 144 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,679 When he joined the Church of Satan, he masturbated every day. 145 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:05,480 Now he masturbates two, three times a day. 146 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,120 - He has never been so happy. - An improvement. 147 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,840 I always get a ride here. 148 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:17,720 That's how it is when other people go to church, something I haven't done in years. 149 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,279 When someone was called a Satanist before the Church of Satan, - 150 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,360 -was something others attributed to them. 151 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:36,279 Cover her face with Satan's mask. 152 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,159 But the Church of Satan is a watershed. 153 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:47,759 Satanic identity did not just become something that was attributed to you by others. 154 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,120 It was something you attributed to yourself. 155 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:56,720 Compared to Satanic Temple- 156 00:13:56,799 --> 00:14:00,720 - were early Church of Satan more of a carnival. 157 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:06,480 They were never political, but TST refines Satanism- 158 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:11,639 -and turn it into a new weapon in the ongoing culture war. 159 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:26,000 Those who challenge the state and resist himself the theocratic iron grip, - 160 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:32,320 -about our morality and sexuality, our identity and our nature... 161 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:37,000 Satanism is the philosophy of action. 162 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:43,799 For freedom, humanity and justice. 163 00:14:43,879 --> 00:14:47,240 For the eternal rebel in all of us. 164 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,960 For the cessation of oppressive traditions. 165 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,080 If one is godless, freethinker and rebel, - 166 00:14:57,159 --> 00:15:01,519 - then you are a Satanist according to many in our society, - 167 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:06,240 -and no doubt according to the authorities, whatever one thinks about it. 168 00:15:08,679 --> 00:15:15,679 Before I became a Satanist, it was the Bible who described satanists like that. 169 00:15:15,759 --> 00:15:22,000 I went to church as a child and played Eva in a school musical. 170 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,480 The story of Adam and Eve is about original sin. 171 00:15:30,559 --> 00:15:34,720 As a woman Eve was very curious by nature. 172 00:15:38,639 --> 00:15:44,200 The devil appears as a snake and offers the apple of knowledge. 173 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:50,440 We learn to fear it, but at the same time it is liberating. 174 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:55,279 Without that option we had had to just serve, - 175 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,399 -and it's like slavery. 176 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,080 To portray it as salvation- 177 00:16:01,159 --> 00:16:05,639 -is one of the biggest pranks which has been played humanity. 178 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:31,639 Satanism is about to embrace the satanic status. 179 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:38,879 When I heard about TST, I arranged a meeting with Lucien. 180 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:47,759 We had similar ideas about what modern Satanism was developing into. 181 00:16:53,559 --> 00:16:56,639 The devil challenged God directly. 182 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:02,240 To confront injustice and corrupt authorities- 183 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,559 -is an expression of satanic belief. 184 00:17:07,358 --> 00:17:12,160 I mean that activism is practicing Satanism. 185 00:17:17,559 --> 00:17:21,559 Traditionally is Satanism practiced behind closed doors- 186 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,000 -with black lights and black metal. 187 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:32,039 But when we believe that Satan represents rebellion against authority, - 188 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,920 -requires political commitment. 189 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,599 We are satanists, but we are also Americans. 190 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,480 We are equally strong like those who work in here. 191 00:17:43,559 --> 00:17:45,839 Yes, we are! 192 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,319 We are not looking for followers, but partners, - 193 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,359 - individuals to a visionary satanic alliance, - 194 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,279 -leaders of America's new age. 195 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:10,000 We have to present ourselves publicly without being embarrassed. 196 00:18:10,079 --> 00:18:15,599 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 197 00:18:16,599 --> 00:18:22,440 TST was a handful of people with an idea that had potential. 198 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:28,839 The question was how we could engage more people and make it big. 199 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,920 It's one of the weirdest the stories for a long time. 200 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,720 A black mass was planned for yesterday on Harvard's campus. 201 00:18:36,799 --> 00:18:40,720 Lucien Greaves will tell more. 202 00:18:40,799 --> 00:18:46,400 Lucien and Malcolm had gotten permission to hold a black mass. 203 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:52,039 In Boston. Boston is quite Catholic. 204 00:18:53,519 --> 00:18:58,039 A black fair is a grotesque, deliberate perversion- 205 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:02,640 - of a traditional, Catholic mass. It's vulgar, - 206 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,200 -but there are actually fairs too. 207 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:10,160 One drinks blood and eats meat. It's awesome. 208 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:15,960 I flew there to attend. It was a lot of misunderstandings at the beginning, - 209 00:19:16,039 --> 00:19:21,160 -but I got a lot of people to come. The punk scene was mobilized. 210 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:28,880 A modest declaration of independence against superstition, we thought. 211 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:34,480 But the Archdiocese of Boston insisted on seeing it differently. 212 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:48,319 Several thousand Catholics took the train for over an hour through the streets. 213 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:54,160 If someone were to recreate a KKK- meeting, or playing a minstrel show, - 214 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,119 -I hope people would have gotten angry. 215 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:03,119 It is undoubtedly a hateful act aimed at the church and believers. 216 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,720 We have a list of names, if viewers want to sign. 217 00:20:07,799 --> 00:20:12,240 Almost 60,000 people have protested. 218 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:18,880 We wanted to cancel, but I felt that it had been unfair. 219 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,079 I stood on a table and said: "We will not give in!" 220 00:20:24,079 --> 00:20:29,119 Soon someone will be very naughty students exercise their freedom of speech- 221 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,759 -by insulting Catholics. 222 00:20:32,839 --> 00:20:37,559 They are going to hold a satanic mass, deeply offensive to Catholics. 223 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,359 They are horrible people. 224 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:44,400 It was crazy. There was much more than we were prepared for. 225 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:49,240 A few hours before we were due to start canceled Harvard. 226 00:20:51,319 --> 00:20:57,119 No one was designated as a spokesperson. I just ended up in front of a camera. 227 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:01,680 A constructive conversation. It is a big disappointment. 228 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,359 THIS IS MY BODY 229 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:13,799 We're trying to change places. The participants is here, but we haven't solved it. 230 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:20,319 Now we have a black mass in motion. Where do you think they are going? 231 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,839 We have followed them for 90 minutes. 232 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,039 Hopefully they will go away. 233 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:33,839 A Chinese restaurant with a comedy club on the second floor- 234 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,160 -let us hold the black mass there. 235 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,039 The participants are four people in hoods, - 236 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,400 - a man dressed in white with horn and mask- 237 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,720 -and a woman in only her underwear. 238 00:21:46,799 --> 00:21:50,640 We don't know if they were drinking a Scorpion Bowl afterwards. 239 00:21:55,279 --> 00:21:58,319 Everyone was devastated the next day. 240 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:03,160 I felt a sadness inside me. 241 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,640 I felt guilty and thought: "What have I done?" 242 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,680 Then it hit me that this was Boston's Catholic church- 243 00:22:11,759 --> 00:22:17,519 -which for decades blacked out the rape of children, moved around priests, - 244 00:22:17,599 --> 00:22:22,160 -darkened it and let them continue to commit abuse against children. 245 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:27,119 Then they dare to call what we do, too bad. They can go to hell! 246 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,319 It was at that moment I really became a Satanist. 247 00:22:36,319 --> 00:22:40,519 We switch over to something else. Tell about Oklahoma. 248 00:22:40,599 --> 00:22:45,400 There was a monument there over the Ten Commandments on public ground. 249 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,359 It is quite clear a religious expression. 250 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:55,200 TST said, "If you're going to have one block of marble in the name of Christianity,"- 251 00:22:55,279 --> 00:23:00,119 -"Then you must have too our satanic giant monument." 252 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:07,440 Imagine a statue of Satan here next to the Ten Commandments. 253 00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:10,759 The statue depicts Satan as a goat. 254 00:23:10,839 --> 00:23:13,920 I will show what it looks like. 255 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:19,640 It is a large demon with a goat's head on a throne with two children by his side. 256 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:24,960 Visitors can also sit on your lap and take a picture with it. 257 00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:28,680 They have submitted drawings and hope that construction will begin soon. 258 00:23:28,759 --> 00:23:33,680 We have to do it properly. It should not be able to tear easily. 259 00:23:33,759 --> 00:23:38,400 We will make it in bronze, something beautiful and permanent. 260 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:43,720 So we raised money to make a huge satanic statue. 261 00:23:43,799 --> 00:23:47,200 I have a friend who studies sculpting. 262 00:23:47,279 --> 00:23:52,200 I called and told about it. He asked if I was serious. 263 00:23:52,279 --> 00:23:58,839 I said yes and he said, “I clears the program for half a year." 264 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:38,200 I thought goat heads and everything associated with Satanism. 265 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:42,960 Then Lucien got involved and turned it into a Baphomet. 266 00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:49,720 The picture of Baphomet was taken from a drawing from the 19th century. 267 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:55,759 I wanted bat wings, but Baphomet has angelic wings. 268 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:02,160 We decided that Iggy Pop should be the torso. 269 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,240 A traditional Baphomet have breasts, - 270 00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:08,599 -but we want to place it in front of the state house- 271 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,599 -and worried us that the breasts could prevent it. 272 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:18,480 I insisted that it should be two children who looked up. 273 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,759 Having small children around it is just ridiculous. 274 00:25:23,839 --> 00:25:27,680 Do we mock everything about Christianity in our society? 275 00:25:27,759 --> 00:25:33,240 You may not like the Satanists, but it doesn't matter. 276 00:25:33,319 --> 00:25:38,200 So you think it's okay to have a satanic message there? 277 00:25:38,279 --> 00:25:43,000 You also believe in an invisible man in the sky. 278 00:25:43,079 --> 00:25:48,440 I had followed TST in the news after they came up with the plan. 279 00:25:48,519 --> 00:25:51,160 It was a stroke of genius. 280 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:55,119 - I thought it was great fun. - I was amazed. 281 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,000 - They were super cool. - It was the best thing I've seen. 282 00:25:59,079 --> 00:26:02,279 - My God! - I wanted to be a part of it. 283 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:10,319 I donated $25 and offered my help if they were to be in L.A. 284 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,480 "You are a wonderful organization, and I want to get involved." 285 00:26:19,319 --> 00:26:23,200 They are interesting from a constitutional perspective. 286 00:26:23,279 --> 00:26:25,920 The authorities are forced to confront- 287 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,559 -the implications of allowing religion in the public sphere. 288 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:35,200 The authorities cannot separate between good and bad religions. 289 00:26:35,279 --> 00:26:37,799 Their figurehead is the Antichrist! 290 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,839 We let them raise the statue, shooter them next to it and takes it down. 291 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:47,640 So you recommend violence against people with religious convictions… 292 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:56,079 The Baphomet monument is more than a finger to the Christian right. 293 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:02,000 We gave the authorities in Oklahoma a lesson in social studies. 294 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:08,799 It is decided that the monument with The Ten Commandments must be removed- 295 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,759 -after a vote in the Supreme Court. 296 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:14,680 A group of Satanists has won. 297 00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:20,640 Do you still want to erect the goat statue outside the statehouse? 298 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,559 No, we don't want it there without the Ten Commandments. 299 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,920 It was supposed to stand next to it The Ten Commandments to Show- 300 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:35,599 - that our nation respects diversity and freedom of religion. 301 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:40,079 Satanic Temple is looking for a new home to the Baphomet statue. 302 00:27:47,839 --> 00:27:51,920 I joined the group because I saw their website. 303 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,480 It appealed to me. 304 00:27:54,559 --> 00:27:59,359 I was born a Muslim and became an atheist. 305 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:05,480 Then I felt it wasn't enough. 306 00:28:05,559 --> 00:28:11,279 When people wanted to identify themselves with TST, there was no going back. 307 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,079 People wrote and wanted to get involved. 308 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:21,680 So we let people apply to run a department in his city. 309 00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:25,640 I started a branch in Detroit. 310 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,160 I got a huge response. 311 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:39,640 I knew there was interest, but not that there were that many. 312 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,599 Thank you for coming. First I want to tell- 313 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,559 - that we have three people who will join today. 314 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,480 Nick, Dell and Erin. 315 00:28:54,559 --> 00:28:59,279 We have a lot to do. Christians privilege is a big problem. 316 00:28:59,359 --> 00:29:05,400 It dictates everything. What a toilet I can use in some states. 317 00:29:10,599 --> 00:29:14,319 I always have been extremely curious. 318 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,680 I was very lonely in the bookstore, because I was a loser. 319 00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:24,079 - I don't want to join groups. - I'm not very social. 320 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:31,079 It wasn't until I hit them that everything fell into place. 321 00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:34,559 I was terrified of that there was a gang- 322 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,880 -who went to churches with spray cans and overturned graves. 323 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,640 But all were wonderful. 324 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,160 I have a conservative, religious background. 325 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:52,359 I was a devout Christian growing up, almost a fanatic. 326 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,480 I have taught at Bible school and Sunday school. 327 00:29:56,559 --> 00:30:00,039 Thirteen years old I was appointed deacon. 328 00:30:00,119 --> 00:30:04,599 The day I was confirmed, we sat in the church- 329 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,759 -and should feel the Holy Spirit, but i just... 330 00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:12,559 "No, ok..." 331 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:19,160 When I was in sixth grade, went to class and watched the movie "Gandhi". 332 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,960 The next day our history teacher said: 333 00:30:23,039 --> 00:30:27,240 “After all the wonderful he did for his countrymen, - 334 00:30:27,319 --> 00:30:30,720 - was he not a Christian and ended up in hell." 335 00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:37,119 I was shocked. He almost invented it the idea of non-violent resistance, - 336 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,960 -but non-Christians end up in hell. 337 00:30:40,039 --> 00:30:44,400 Is that the moral of the story? It's nonsense! 338 00:30:45,119 --> 00:30:51,240 Inside I just wanted to be the opposite of these people. 339 00:30:52,279 --> 00:30:56,680 Then I started to look for Satan everywhere. 340 00:30:56,759 --> 00:31:00,640 - Hill, Satan. - Hill, Satan. 341 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,680 You can give a fuck about that. 342 00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:10,400 When I joined and embraced my satanism, it was like coming home. 343 00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:16,599 This is sick, isn't it? You come from everywhere. 344 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,839 It's not just Facebook. 345 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:27,720 To invoke Satan is to invoke battle for justice and equality for all. 346 00:31:27,799 --> 00:31:34,759 It is the will to fight for everyone perspectives consistent with reason. 347 00:31:34,839 --> 00:31:39,720 To invoke Satan is to reach out hand and eat from the tree of knowledge 348 00:31:39,799 --> 00:31:42,640 -instead of blindly following the faith. 349 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,799 We will no longer choose apathy and support the oppression against us. 350 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,319 Ave Satanas! 351 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,000 Hill, Satan! 352 00:31:55,359 --> 00:32:01,720 Satanism is taking care of it which is different, because we are. 353 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:08,720 Welcome. In three years we have gone from three people to 50,000. 354 00:32:12,359 --> 00:32:17,559 When we spread the satanic revolution, we invoke Satan- 355 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,599 - and everything he means to us. Recite with us: 356 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,599 - Ave Satanas! - Ave Satanas! 357 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,920 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 358 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,720 - Ave Satanas! - Ave Satanas! 359 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:36,359 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 360 00:32:48,319 --> 00:32:50,799 I was just a member. 361 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:56,359 I wanted to be more involved, but had no ambitions to become… 362 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,000 I just wanted to do something. 363 00:32:59,079 --> 00:33:04,440 In the state capital of Phoenix prayers were said in the city council. 364 00:33:04,519 --> 00:33:08,240 Please stand up during the prayer. 365 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:10,880 It usually is 100 percent Christian, - 366 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,240 -and sometimes they bring in another group to show diversity. 367 00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:22,640 I was just in the organization, commented and supported online. 368 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:27,640 Then I became very interested to help in some way. 369 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:32,000 Michelle was the presenter on the radio. I was a lawyer. 370 00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:34,920 First we wrote to the municipal manager- 371 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,480 - and asked to join on the list of invited groups. 372 00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:42,000 We got an answer and a date. 373 00:33:42,079 --> 00:33:47,279 Many people talk about that Satanic Temple in Tucson will say a prayer- 374 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:50,400 -on the Phoenix City Council. 375 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:55,200 Let's demand that individuals be convicted for their specific actions. 376 00:33:55,279 --> 00:34:00,920 It is part of the prayer members will read aloud. 377 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,359 People who interviewed us, brought holy water. 378 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,599 It was sick. We said to each other: "What have we done?" 379 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:13,559 - You don't let IS say a prayer there. - Do you compare them with IS? 380 00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:16,518 ISIS is evil. What is Satan? 381 00:34:16,599 --> 00:34:23,039 I want to change the rule to those who prays, must be a resident of Phoenix. 382 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:26,559 It is not against the constitution. 383 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:30,800 But to apply it retroactively in this matter- 384 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:36,679 -had been to suppress a minority religion, - 385 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,920 -which contravenes the First Amendment in the United States Constitution. 386 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:46,800 We thought it would be too dangerous to go to the meetings. 387 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:52,199 People threatened to kill us, to shoot us on the way up the stairs. 388 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:57,559 It was streamed live. We looked at it with horror. 389 00:34:57,639 --> 00:35:02,239 We can't just watch when a hate group reads their prayer. 390 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:07,159 We're going to stop their plan to spread death and destruction in Phoenix. 391 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:11,960 We pledge allegiance, and it reads "one nation under God". 392 00:35:12,039 --> 00:35:14,599 It doesn't say that by mistake. 393 00:35:16,119 --> 00:35:22,719 How many people have a dollar bill in your wallet or pocket? 394 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:28,679 I believe it says: "We put our trust in God." 395 00:35:30,599 --> 00:35:35,800 We ask God to bless our state and our city, - 396 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:41,800 -or we ask for curses from the deity they serve as Satan. 397 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:46,000 We don't need any more curses! 398 00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:49,039 Do we want God in here or not? 399 00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:51,599 Do not mock God. 400 00:35:51,679 --> 00:35:58,000 There is no salvation, except through Jesus Christ! 401 00:35:58,079 --> 00:36:03,559 Let's be clear about that. Jesus is the way. 402 00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:06,920 Keep it short, please. We have many left. 403 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:12,519 In a week has the tradition of prayer in front of city council meetings- 404 00:36:12,599 --> 00:36:16,400 - has been abolished. It is replaced by a quiet moment. 405 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:22,119 They abolished a 60-year-old tradition for something so harmless. 406 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,079 The more hate we got, the more important it seemed. 407 00:36:27,159 --> 00:36:30,280 It was about more than a short speech. 408 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,760 Is that how everyone is different, being treated? 409 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,239 I had never experienced it myself. 410 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:44,199 That it happened because of my faith, it opened my eyes. 411 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,239 I realized how important this is. 412 00:37:07,119 --> 00:37:09,079 We put our trust in God 413 00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:13,280 A proposal for another monument The Ten Commandments at the Statehouse- 414 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,920 - has been presented by Senator Jason Rapert. 415 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,599 According to him, it is not religious, - 416 00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:23,400 - but testify to the moral basis of the law. 417 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,280 The references are quite a few of our society. 418 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,719 One nation under God. "We put our trust in God." 419 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:38,719 It is time to remember those matters which were important to us. 420 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:45,480 I pay taxes in Arkansas and will don't have it at the statehouse. 421 00:37:45,559 --> 00:37:50,280 I was an enthusiastic little atheist- 422 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:55,119 - and went on American Atheist meeting in Memphis. 423 00:37:55,199 --> 00:37:58,039 There Lucien Greaves spoke. 424 00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:01,480 You may know our campaign. 425 00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:07,199 He told how they took down monument in Oklahoma. 426 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,800 I had to talk to him. 427 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:15,239 - Holy Mother of God. - Pray for us. 428 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:20,320 The monuments to the Ten Commandments and Satan may stand soon- 429 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,239 -near the Arkansas statehouse. 430 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:27,719 At the state house, people have had meetings today and examined the proposal. 431 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,800 American History and Heritage Foundation wants The Ten Commandments, - 432 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:35,280 -and Satanic Temple wants a statue of Baphomet. 433 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,480 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, - 434 00:38:39,559 --> 00:38:45,280 -and to the republic it stands for, one indivisible nation under God- 435 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,079 - with freedom and justice for all. 436 00:38:49,159 --> 00:38:53,159 Mr. Lucien Graves is here. Am I pronouncing it right? 437 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,840 - Greaves. - I apologize. 438 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:03,360 They want to place a statue of Baphomet on the grounds of the State House. 439 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:07,400 Here is a more recent picture of our monument. 440 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,440 It is 260 centimeters high. 441 00:39:10,519 --> 00:39:15,000 At the base it is 95 cm wide. 442 00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:19,239 From the back to the front of the throne is 118 centimeters. 443 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:25,239 It is widest between the wingtips, where it is 141 cm wide. 444 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,079 If you have questions... 445 00:39:32,159 --> 00:39:37,119 What is a memorial or monument to? 446 00:39:37,199 --> 00:39:42,280 We believe that our monument honors that on which America's greatness is built, - 447 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,960 - i.e. freedom of religion. 448 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:50,119 But that's only if the monument with The Ten Commandments being raised? 449 00:39:50,199 --> 00:39:56,239 Yes. We want to avoid it appearing as if a religious perspective- 450 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:59,960 -takes over power at a government institution. 451 00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:03,199 It is against the constitution. 452 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:09,960 No referrals are made to the Ten Commandments in our laws. 453 00:40:10,039 --> 00:40:16,039 The principle of religious equality and the authorities' neutrality- 454 00:40:16,119 --> 00:40:19,360 - is protected by the constitution. 455 00:40:20,519 --> 00:40:26,320 In American law bases many laws on the Ten Commandments. 456 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,880 You will find that in the writings of the founding fathers. 457 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:40,239 Few historians would argue that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. 458 00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:44,880 You can look at the US Constitution. 459 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,480 Then George Washington signed the document, - 460 00:40:48,559 --> 00:40:53,719 -he laid the foundation for our great democracy. 461 00:40:55,079 --> 00:40:57,320 Oh, that's wonderful! 462 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,760 When God or religion is mentioned in the constitution, - 463 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,239 -is it to separate them from the state. 464 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:08,360 It was in the 50s that a lot of it as Americans today use- 465 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,239 -as proof that the US is Christian, was invented. 466 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,519 Many people ask what hell is. 467 00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:21,320 There we see the origin to an evangelist lobby. 468 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,679 Billy Graham tells people that communism is controlled by Satan. 469 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:30,440 We thought we could make it without God and moral norms, - 470 00:41:30,519 --> 00:41:34,239 - without the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount, - 471 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,639 -and we begin to realize that we can't. 472 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:42,119 Jesus said, "Unless ye repent you shall lose your lives." 473 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:44,719 Repent! 474 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:54,880 The Soviet Union has the atomic bomb, and he warns them against judgment day. 475 00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:00,320 If the nation does not rediscover its religious roots, it goes under. 476 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,880 In the war against the godless communists Americans discovered God. 477 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:13,000 It is a wonderful moment when the United States begins to consider himself a Christian. 478 00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:16,719 In a few years you add God in the pledge of allegiance. 479 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,639 "In God We Trust" is being written on banknotes and becomes the country's motto. 480 00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:27,599 For many, these ceremonies meant and the slogans more than the constitution. 481 00:42:27,679 --> 00:42:32,760 It was part of everyday life. Children take the oath. You saw it on the bills. 482 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,480 It existed throughout their world. 483 00:42:35,559 --> 00:42:39,599 It will be a significant part of Americans' self-image. 484 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,840 We are what we believe in. 485 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,760 A satanic monument is allowed at the state house. 486 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:54,599 The proposal meets the requirements, - 487 00:42:54,679 --> 00:43:00,239 -but now the statue must be approved of the state assembly. 488 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:04,639 It will be a very cold day in hell- 489 00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:11,440 -before a statue from a satanist group stands at the Arkansas statehouse. 490 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,639 Greaves has a huge task in front of him. 491 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:20,840 The controversy may assume biblical proportions on the grounds of the State House. 492 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:26,039 Most people think you are fooling around, or that you are evil? 493 00:43:26,119 --> 00:43:31,119 People who don't understand the values of satanism, - 494 00:43:31,199 --> 00:43:34,559 -is so colored of the concepts of good and evil. 495 00:43:34,639 --> 00:43:38,840 No one would say yes to evil, but that's not what we do. 496 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,840 SATAN IS EVIL EVIL HAS NO RIGHTS 497 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,039 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners- 498 00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:47,280 - now and in our hour of death. 499 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:51,159 The bagpipes had just started playing again- 500 00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:55,199 - then the school's Satan club had an open house. 501 00:43:55,280 --> 00:44:00,079 The Satan Club should be a counterweight to Christian clubs- 502 00:44:00,159 --> 00:44:03,079 -who have meetings at schools. 503 00:44:03,159 --> 00:44:06,679 Satanic Temple will broaden the students' perspectives- 504 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,360 - through critical thinking. 505 00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:17,360 I understand you don't want to follow the mainstream religion. 506 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:22,079 You do whatever you want in your spare time. If you want to help people, do it. 507 00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:26,280 - We can do it as Satanists. - How, then? 508 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,159 We have done that throughout the country. 509 00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:35,360 We want children to understand that there are different ways of seeing the world. 510 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:39,800 You are not your parents. Do it at your children's schools! 511 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:45,559 You are vile people who have freaked out an entire school district. 512 00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:50,719 I hope it goes along with yours talk about enlightenment and prosperity. 513 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:55,360 - Damn bastards! - Think about the language around the children. 514 00:45:00,119 --> 00:45:03,719 Satanist children's large activity book 515 00:45:06,159 --> 00:45:11,760 When people ask what kind of child who wants to join such a club, - 516 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:15,239 -is the answer: "I was such a child." 517 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,400 THE RISE OF SATANISM 518 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,000 IN THE NAME OF SATAN 519 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:25,239 Devil Worship: Satan's Underground movement is exposed. 520 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:32,079 Whether or not Satan exists is a question about faith, but Satanism exists. 521 00:45:32,159 --> 00:45:37,400 For some it is a religion. For others it is to practice evil. 522 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,920 It exists, and it's growing fast. 523 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,280 One cannot understand TST- 524 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:48,400 - without understanding the surrounding panic Satanism in the 80s and 90s. 525 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:53,639 The United States was seized of anti-satanist hysteria. 526 00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:57,920 Infanticide, ritual rape, cannibalism... 527 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:02,719 I was a child who could hear allegations of satanic cults, - 528 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:08,719 -criminal networks that raped babies and drove children to Satanism. 529 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:13,280 Young people are lured to the occult through seemingly harmless pleasures. 530 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:19,199 They begin by role-playing like Dungeons and Dragons. 531 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,199 You come in in a very small room- 532 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:28,440 -with a large, black chest in the middle. The gate closes behind you. 533 00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:33,079 As a child in the 80s I loved Dungeons and Dragons. 534 00:46:33,159 --> 00:46:36,400 I played it constantly, - 535 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:41,840 - and the mothers of several of my friends banned them- 536 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,119 - to be with me. 537 00:46:44,199 --> 00:46:48,440 That was my experience with the satanism panic. 538 00:46:48,519 --> 00:46:51,559 Several millions play DandD, - 539 00:46:51,639 --> 00:46:56,480 -but we don't know how many finds dragons in his mental caves. 540 00:46:56,559 --> 00:46:59,320 How do we deal with our demons? 541 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,280 As a teenager I listened to metal. 542 00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,880 I loved hard rock and RPGs, - 543 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:14,519 -so society fought everything I loved. 544 00:47:14,599 --> 00:47:19,159 If there are several danger signals, you should search by ritual objects, - 545 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:22,559 -like pentagrams or other symbols. 546 00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:26,679 Experts advise you to contact the police immediately. 547 00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:32,119 I didn't mind to make me unfriended by the church, - 548 00:47:32,199 --> 00:47:36,280 -so I embraced the symbols and the ideas, - 549 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:40,960 -but that's what brought me happiness in life. DandD was cool. 550 00:47:41,039 --> 00:47:46,880 I played all night, whole weekends or weeks if I could. 551 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:51,079 And as a teenager my life revolved around hard rock concerts. 552 00:47:51,159 --> 00:47:53,920 Chris Edmonds is a DJ 553 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,199 -which looks for secret messages by playing music backwards. 554 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,639 Many hear the phrase "My sweet Satan." 555 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:05,719 - Do you hear that? - Yes. 556 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:10,480 Parents watched DandD and hard rock 557 00:48:10,559 --> 00:48:13,800 -like a gate to the devil. 558 00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:17,320 In retrospect, they might have been right. 559 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:24,400 You see the pentagrams on the left and right on the chest. 560 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:30,199 Today, people laugh at the moral panic around Dungeons and Dragons, - 561 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,079 -or playing music backwards. 562 00:48:33,159 --> 00:48:37,840 But the satanism panic destroyed people's lives. 563 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:43,719 - Do you worship Satan in any way? - Not at all. 564 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:49,199 Those who were accused of Satanism crimes, were not Satanists. 565 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:54,480 The truly remarkable that people should think about, - 566 00:48:54,559 --> 00:49:00,880 -is that Satanism panic fantasies was given free vent by Christians. 567 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:05,840 A report from last month found that over 300 Catholic priests 568 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:09,840 - has committed abuse of over 1,000 children since 1947. 569 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:16,840 Today we know and have been confirmed that the satanism panic was projection. 570 00:49:18,519 --> 00:49:21,320 They did it. 571 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,599 I played DandD. 572 00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:31,000 I realized that these sects had never existed, - 573 00:49:31,079 --> 00:49:35,719 - and that the real evil lay in the witch hunt itself. 574 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,039 No, you have the wrong woman! 575 00:49:38,119 --> 00:49:43,360 Soon the case against will begin Bridget Bishop, accused of witchcraft. 576 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:58,239 After the Salem witch trials followed a certain measure of introspection. 577 00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,639 A judge apologized, - 578 00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:05,039 - and it was admitted that something went wrong and had to be changed. 579 00:50:05,119 --> 00:50:08,880 Nothing like that happened after the satanism panic. 580 00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:15,639 So we fight to convey what it means to be a satanist, - 581 00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:19,719 -and don't let the witch hunters define it. 582 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,960 In the next few months you will come to mark our actions. 583 00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:30,119 We will spread our message of empathy. We will clean the streets, - 584 00:50:30,199 --> 00:50:36,840 - protect women's health choices and defend children against physical punishment. 585 00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,039 You have been warned. 586 00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:44,519 Florida's Satanic Temple collecting socks. 587 00:50:44,599 --> 00:50:47,440 They will give homeless people dry socks. 588 00:50:47,519 --> 00:50:52,920 Their name or background is same, as long as they do what they can. 589 00:50:57,679 --> 00:51:01,119 We have donations! 590 00:51:01,199 --> 00:51:06,760 "Menstruating with Satan" collects menstrual products- 591 00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:12,519 -such as tampons and pads, and distributes them to hospices. 592 00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:25,079 In Seattle, TST organized one blood donation campaign, and it was fun! 593 00:51:26,039 --> 00:51:32,679 Along I-10 at Casa Grande has TST undertook a three km stretch of road. 594 00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:37,599 They even use pitchforks to pick up scrap. 595 00:51:37,679 --> 00:51:42,760 The group just wants people to know that they exist, are friendly- 596 00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:45,599 -and hate littering. 597 00:51:45,679 --> 00:51:52,599 The Satanic Temple in Santa Cruz has adopted Seabright State Beach. 598 00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:58,599 TST will serve as cleaners and keep the beach clean for one year. 599 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:12,199 To cope with our great growth we started the national council. 600 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:16,719 In practice, we have become TST's board. 601 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:22,960 We help the heads of the departments with problems, and with developing ideas, - 602 00:52:23,039 --> 00:52:27,039 -and makes sure they work towards TST's overarching goals. 603 00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:32,559 It is the council's overarching activity, to work with the departments. 604 00:52:32,639 --> 00:52:37,480 Do you see it as a reasonable "pivot"... 605 00:52:37,559 --> 00:52:41,760 God, I'm using buzzwords from the business world! 606 00:52:42,559 --> 00:52:46,760 We will be conscientious and do as much good as we can. 607 00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:51,679 At first I thought Satanic Temple without central leadership, - 608 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:58,679 -but in this situation we will not that departments spread the wrong message. 609 00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:20,559 There are rules for that how to protest. 610 00:53:20,639 --> 00:53:26,119 A demonstration is registered which is approved by the city council. 611 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:32,960 But I think you can't dismantle corrupt power systems- 612 00:53:33,039 --> 00:53:35,880 - if you work within them. 613 00:53:38,199 --> 00:53:42,280 We lack money and power and barely has a voice. 614 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:46,239 Our political actions is more than protest meetings. 615 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:50,159 It's a tribute to our satanic nature. 616 00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:53,000 It is a ritual in itself. 617 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:58,760 In our rituals we often use traditional symbols- 618 00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,519 -for oppressive religions, - 619 00:54:01,599 --> 00:54:05,159 -and destroys them to gain empowerment. 620 00:54:07,159 --> 00:54:14,079 We use nudity because that is common with shame around nudity. 621 00:54:14,599 --> 00:54:17,760 I prefer to use men's bodies. 622 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:22,360 I want to avoid the fetishization of the beautiful female body. 623 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:27,239 We have used wine. The idea is that you choke on wine. 624 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:32,119 The Church uses wine as a metaphor for the blood of Christ. 625 00:54:32,199 --> 00:54:35,559 We see it as oppression and control. 626 00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,639 Hill, Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with you. 627 00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:49,280 USA IS A THEOCRACY. ABOLISH FORCED MATERNITY! 628 00:54:55,079 --> 00:54:59,360 Abortion opponents have been skilled with the staging. 629 00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:02,559 We wanted to create a context to understand- 630 00:55:02,639 --> 00:55:07,800 - that those who demonstrate out of reception, do something perverted. 631 00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:11,440 So the question was how we could match them. 632 00:55:11,519 --> 00:55:16,719 We were brainstorming and discussed to some dumb- 633 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:21,280 - about how the fetus becomes a fetish for them, and they esteem it- 634 00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:25,079 - in a way that feels unnatural. 635 00:55:25,159 --> 00:55:28,920 So there were fetish babies, adult babies. 636 00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:37,960 ADOPTION A LOVING CHOICE 637 00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:50,840 We do not understand the purpose. 638 00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:55,960 We are talking about the fetus made abstract and into a fetish 639 00:55:56,039 --> 00:55:59,719 - to reduce women's power and voice. 640 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,679 Many people get confused of performance art, - 641 00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:08,920 -but we feel the same when we see them outside the clinics. 642 00:56:16,079 --> 00:56:19,280 What the hell happened? Why do they do this? 643 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:23,800 - No idea! - They worship Lucifer. Satanists! 644 00:56:27,159 --> 00:56:31,519 Contain Satanism that one worships Satan? 645 00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:37,440 No, modern Satanism has been non-theistic for a long time now. 646 00:56:37,519 --> 00:56:41,519 So "Satanist" has nothing to do with Satan? 647 00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:47,719 So it's like someone wants to cultivate a box full of sand? 648 00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,079 That's how it sounds. 649 00:56:50,159 --> 00:56:54,159 If you don't believe the definition, why call yourself a satanist? 650 00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:57,599 There is nothing else to call it. 651 00:56:57,679 --> 00:57:03,079 It's not to screw with people. It is a sociopolitical countermyth. 652 00:57:03,159 --> 00:57:08,039 I push you, because I know what a fake story looks like, - 653 00:57:08,119 --> 00:57:10,800 -and Satanism feels like that. 654 00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,679 Who calls me out of my cave? 655 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:21,760 The most important thing about Satanism now is its global, symbolic influence. 656 00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:26,360 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 657 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:31,239 Satan is as famous as Santa Claus or the gray aliens. 658 00:57:32,039 --> 00:57:35,880 I am a part of you all. 659 00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:40,760 John Milton wrote that Satan was driven out of heaven- 660 00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:45,920 -because he didn't follow the rules, like the rest of us, and now we fight back. 661 00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:51,840 You are not welcome here. Out, devil! 662 00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:57,639 When I say I don't believe on Satan, people are almost disappointed. 663 00:57:57,719 --> 00:58:01,719 They don't like that we've caught the villain in a religion- 664 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:06,199 -and made him our champion for rebellion. 665 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:11,679 It preaches evil and is against Christianity. 666 00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:16,480 Saying a Satanist is courage Christianity is a half-truth. 667 00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:20,599 They are against Christianity in the sense that they are post-Christian. 668 00:58:20,679 --> 00:58:25,159 They have left Christianity and takes Satan with him. 669 00:58:25,239 --> 00:58:30,239 Abraham will kill his son, and Satan comes and says: 670 00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:32,559 "Don't do this." 671 00:58:32,639 --> 00:58:38,199 Everyone sees it as tempting Abraham, but he also says: 672 00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:43,760 "Don't kill the child, you fool!" Satan didn't let it happen. He did something. 673 00:58:45,119 --> 00:58:48,480 Jesus went out into the desert without food. 674 00:58:48,559 --> 00:58:53,719 Satan comes and tempts with water and food. He is starving in the desert. 675 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:57,159 "You, give in now. Drink some water." 676 00:58:57,239 --> 00:59:02,840 Shouldn't they call themselves atheists if Don't they believe in anything supernatural? 677 00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:06,760 Being an atheist is boring. There is no community, - 678 00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:11,960 -iconography or history, none ethical rules or creeds. 679 00:59:12,039 --> 00:59:14,760 It only defines what one is not. 680 00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:19,280 Within Modern Satanism can you define what you are. 681 00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:25,519 We have defined Satanism within TST with our seven creeds. 682 00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:30,519 THE SEVEN BELIEFS 683 00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:36,599 One should strive compassion for all creatures- 684 00:59:36,679 --> 00:59:38,760 -in accordance with reason. 685 00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:41,920 STATEMENT OF FAITH TWO 686 00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:47,960 The fight for justice is central and must go before laws and institutions. 687 00:59:48,719 --> 00:59:50,280 STATEMENT OF FAITH THREE 688 00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:55,440 One's body is inviolable, and only you decide on it yourself. 689 00:59:55,519 --> 00:59:57,000 STATEMENT OF FAITH FOUR 690 00:59:57,079 --> 01:00:02,119 The freedom of others should be respected, including the freedom to infringe. 691 01:00:02,199 --> 01:00:09,000 To limit the freedoms of others is to give up their own. 692 01:00:09,079 --> 01:00:11,280 STATEMENT OF FAITH FIVE 693 01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:13,440 My favourite. 694 01:00:13,519 --> 01:00:17,639 Faith should adapt to our good scientific knowledge of the world. 695 01:00:17,719 --> 01:00:21,440 We should never adulterate scientific facts 696 01:00:21,519 --> 01:00:24,199 - to vote with our faith. 697 01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:25,760 STATEMENT OF FAITH SIX 698 01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:29,880 Humans are fallible. We do mistakes, we should try to correct them- 699 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:33,400 -and repair those damages that has happened. 700 01:00:34,559 --> 01:00:36,960 STATEMENT OF FAITH SEVEN 701 01:00:37,039 --> 01:00:42,719 The phrases are created to inspire to noble actions and thoughts. 702 01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:48,039 Compassion, wisdom and justice precedes the written and spoken word. 703 01:00:48,119 --> 01:00:52,079 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 704 01:00:52,159 --> 01:00:56,880 I am very surprised to belong to a religion. 705 01:00:56,960 --> 01:01:01,159 I wholeheartedly support it TST's seven creeds. 706 01:01:01,239 --> 01:01:06,239 They are far superior to the Ten Commandments when it comes to morals, - 707 01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:10,800 -and as principles to live by. 708 01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:15,480 Why can't there be one religion? I follow ethical rules- 709 01:01:15,559 --> 01:01:21,000 -and belongs to a fraternity. Why can't it be a religion? 710 01:01:25,719 --> 01:01:27,840 I'll pick up. 711 01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:32,960 Thank you for watching and wanting to know how the monument is doing. 712 01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:41,000 In Little Rock, the Ten Commandments are watered all morning in his new home. 713 01:01:41,079 --> 01:01:46,440 Here they are now, at the back of the state house. 714 01:01:46,519 --> 01:01:52,119 I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to erect the monument. 715 01:01:52,199 --> 01:01:57,840 This is a clear declaration of faith, and the monument will probably be demolished. 716 01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:04,639 When the Ten Commandments were raised, the monument had a short life. 717 01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:10,960 After a day there was a follower of the separation of church and state 718 01:02:11,039 --> 01:02:13,360 - who knocked her over with the car. 719 01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:15,480 Freedom! 720 01:02:17,719 --> 01:02:20,920 I woke up and thought, "Oh my God!" 721 01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:24,280 Police said that at 4:45 a.m.- 722 01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:29,280 - drove a 32-year-old man his car straight into the monument. 723 01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:36,360 He drove the statue and streamed it on Facebook. He is charged. 724 01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:40,199 Inside me I heard: "Destroy it tonight." 725 01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:46,280 He is a Christian and believes in the commandments, but not on the State House grounds. 726 01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:52,000 It wasn't good in the eyes of the Satanic Temple. 727 01:02:52,079 --> 01:02:55,159 We didn't want to remove it like that. 728 01:02:55,239 --> 01:02:58,800 And it was only good for Rapert. 729 01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:03,280 We have to decide civilized behavior in our country. 730 01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:08,960 The Satanic Temple's radical talk gets unstable people to do that. 731 01:03:09,039 --> 01:03:12,119 What is their fault in this? 732 01:03:12,199 --> 01:03:15,440 Had the monument been so hated and controversial- 733 01:03:15,519 --> 01:03:19,480 - if you hadn't left the controversial monument? 734 01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:23,360 How am I even supposed to answer that? 735 01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:26,639 You must understand who we are dealing with. 736 01:03:26,719 --> 01:03:30,119 The man who says he leads TST, - 737 01:03:30,199 --> 01:03:36,480 -travels around the country under the name Lucien Greaves. His name is not that. 738 01:03:36,559 --> 01:03:42,320 With false names and arguments they exploit gullible people. 739 01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:48,679 The manager uses a fake name. Actually, his name is Doug Mesner. 740 01:03:49,519 --> 01:03:54,840 My name is not Douglas Mesner either. I have double layers of pseudonyms. 741 01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:02,159 The monument comes up again. The law must be fulfilled. 742 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:17,320 There are many monuments for the Ten Commandments throughout the United States. 743 01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:23,559 They were distributed by Paramount in connection with "The Ten Commandments". 744 01:04:23,639 --> 01:04:26,039 Wait? Paramount? 745 01:04:26,119 --> 01:04:31,719 The story is that Cecil B. DeMille got those made in connection with the film, - 746 01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:37,239 -and then they donated them to authorities around the country. 747 01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:42,039 - To promote a film? - It is connected with that. 748 01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:50,239 The monuments should resemble the stone tablets Heston carries with him down into the film. 749 01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:54,239 The stars from the movie spreading them all over the country. 750 01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:58,719 It gets a bigger space in Americans' everyday lives than before. 751 01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:03,119 The commandments need no interpretation. Like all good laws- 752 01:05:03,199 --> 01:05:07,840 - are the simple, basic ones and immutable. 753 01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:20,599 The donations are pouring in to restore the monument, - 754 01:05:20,679 --> 01:05:25,880 - including from the creators of the movie "God's Not Dead", - 755 01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:30,719 -who donated $25,000 to restore the monument. 756 01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:36,599 Pure Flix is a Christian film production company- 757 01:05:36,679 --> 01:05:41,280 -who recorded "God's Not Dead 2" here in the state house. 758 01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:45,960 People seem to forget that the most fundamental human right- 759 01:05:46,039 --> 01:05:48,519 -is the right to know Jesus. 760 01:05:48,599 --> 01:05:50,400 Melissa Joan Hart was here. 761 01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:54,079 I refuse to be afraid to say the name of Jesus. 762 01:05:54,159 --> 01:05:59,199 It was a "proper movie" here in Little Rock, Arkansas. 763 01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:04,599 The conservative Christians here felt that they support- 764 01:06:04,679 --> 01:06:08,159 -Rapert and his godly mission. 765 01:06:08,239 --> 01:06:15,159 Most of our viewers are Christians, and they are all for the monument. 766 01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:18,800 It hasn't happened before. 767 01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:22,400 The Church in the United States has been silent for far too long. 768 01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:27,639 The Satanic Temple can become and scream at the state of Arkansas, - 769 01:06:27,719 --> 01:06:33,000 -but not force the state house to to erect a monument to Baphomet. 770 01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:39,119 Nothing would please me more than to see Baphomet on the grounds of the State House. 771 01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:48,480 I'd like to see Baphomet- 772 01:06:48,559 --> 01:06:55,239 -and Hindus and Buddhists few their rightful share of the lawn. 773 01:06:58,519 --> 01:07:02,960 To me, Baphomet represents them voice of the marginalized and the hated. 774 01:07:03,039 --> 01:07:05,320 The voice of the misunderstood. 775 01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:12,000 Those who don't just swallow it the majority say to them. 776 01:07:12,079 --> 01:07:16,920 I was a priest before I started with politics, and I want to say- 777 01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:20,840 - that our country needs an abundance of God's blessing. 778 01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:24,199 We will not live by your commandments! 779 01:07:24,280 --> 01:07:29,159 Those who do not live according to the law, - 780 01:07:29,239 --> 01:07:32,159 -shall die according to the law. 781 01:07:38,519 --> 01:07:43,559 We can probably all be reconciled and live together. 782 01:07:47,400 --> 01:07:51,840 I would have liked to see Baphomet next to a monument to the commandments- 783 01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:54,559 - and stand for religious pluralism, - 784 01:07:54,639 --> 01:07:59,599 -one of the best moves by the American experiment. 785 01:07:59,679 --> 01:08:03,760 That will probably never happen. 786 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:11,480 Do you have a specific place where you want to place Baphomet? 787 01:08:11,559 --> 01:08:15,719 I chose a few places who had passed, - 788 01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:20,840 -and they suggested a certain place which they preferred. 789 01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:25,719 Where it's easiest for a truck to drive on it. 790 01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:30,920 If Baphomet is not approved in the state assembly, are you suing? 791 01:08:34,719 --> 01:08:39,680 We do it within the system. It is the best way to challenge the system. 792 01:08:39,760 --> 01:08:44,158 To use their laws and their systems against them. 793 01:08:44,238 --> 01:08:47,078 Satanists Sue Missouri. 794 01:08:47,158 --> 01:08:50,398 The abortion issue was in focus in the Supreme Court. 795 01:08:50,478 --> 01:08:54,478 According to the law, a woman must be given an information booklet about abortion. 796 01:08:54,559 --> 01:08:58,119 It says life begins at fertilization. 797 01:08:58,199 --> 01:09:01,680 Mary Doe sues Governor Eric Greitens. 798 01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:08,680 If the Satanic Temple sues us, Are we doing something right here in Missouri. 799 01:09:09,920 --> 01:09:12,078 Thanks. 800 01:09:12,158 --> 01:09:17,840 This lawsuit from TST is like the Hobby Lobby case. 801 01:09:18,520 --> 01:09:23,238 The Christian owners of Hobby Lobby challenged Obamacare 802 01:09:23,318 --> 01:09:27,600 -which requires companies to pay for contraceptives. 803 01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:30,719 They meant that it was against their faith. 804 01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:35,920 Hobby Lobby won the case, and TST have their own beliefs: 805 01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:40,680 “One's body is inviolable, and only you decide on it yourself." 806 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:45,559 They claim they are trying to make choices about health based on research. 807 01:09:45,639 --> 01:09:49,960 That's brilliant, because in Hobby Lobby- decision the Supreme Court said: 808 01:09:50,039 --> 01:09:56,119 "We cannot be skeptical about anyone says that something is contrary to their faith." 809 01:09:56,199 --> 01:09:58,239 The law should not apply to her. 810 01:09:58,318 --> 01:10:01,478 We are ready to begin the first lawsuit. 811 01:10:01,559 --> 01:10:04,439 Good morning. 812 01:10:04,520 --> 01:10:08,600 It's terrible that Missouri legis- 813 01:10:08,680 --> 01:10:13,639 -that a human life begins at conception. 814 01:10:13,719 --> 01:10:19,039 Where does the assumption come from that the law in which this is stated, - 815 01:10:19,119 --> 01:10:21,960 -only based on a creed from? 816 01:10:22,039 --> 01:10:28,119 There is no scientific support. It's just a claim. 817 01:10:28,199 --> 01:10:33,559 It is like saying that Jesus was resurrected. One can believe that, - 818 01:10:33,639 --> 01:10:39,600 -but think about the state assembly made it law! 819 01:10:43,760 --> 01:10:46,960 Our lawyer will say- 820 01:10:47,039 --> 01:10:51,680 - that people don't understand what this entails. 821 01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:55,079 Court cases are so slow. 822 01:10:55,159 --> 01:10:59,639 Nothing has been resolved, nothing has happened, - 823 01:10:59,719 --> 01:11:04,920 -but we already have sky-high legal costs, - 824 01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:08,719 - so far without results. 825 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:17,000 We pay using the donations we receive, - 826 01:11:17,079 --> 01:11:20,239 - and things we sell. 827 01:11:20,318 --> 01:11:26,760 It went over $100,000 for a while ago, and I don't know more. 828 01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:30,079 It hurts to look at it. 829 01:11:41,119 --> 01:11:44,119 This is without a doubt my life's work. 830 01:11:45,318 --> 01:11:49,600 I don't want the Satanic Temple shall be known because of me, - 831 01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:55,359 -but TST's success or failure has always entailed- 832 01:11:55,439 --> 01:11:59,119 -resurrection or defeat for me. 833 01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:17,439 As TST developed, we heard less and less from Jex. 834 01:12:20,159 --> 01:12:23,840 Detroit became an enigma to us too, - 835 01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:28,199 -when it came to what department carried on. 836 01:12:28,279 --> 01:12:30,639 She was in control. 837 01:12:30,719 --> 01:12:34,079 After centuries with biblical, patriarchal dominance, - 838 01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:38,719 -extinction of local cultures and the spread of racism and homophobia 839 01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:41,960 -are we all oppressors. 840 01:12:42,039 --> 01:12:45,920 We owe them hostility, unquenchable justice- 841 01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:50,000 -and uncompromising annihilation. 842 01:12:50,079 --> 01:12:54,359 We are more than them. We have the strength to overthrow mighty men- 843 01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:59,159 -and dismantle racist systems. Their existence is only made possible- 844 01:12:59,239 --> 01:13:01,559 -through our passivity. 845 01:13:01,639 --> 01:13:08,520 They give us just enough to have something to lose. The system grinds us down, - 846 01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:13,359 -and they say we should swallow sorrow and anger in the name of decency, - 847 01:13:13,439 --> 01:13:17,639 -and that obedience is patriotism. 848 01:13:17,719 --> 01:13:22,159 There is no model for it to move forward. We are the model. 849 01:13:22,239 --> 01:13:28,119 Who taught you to protest, to get angry and raise your voice? 850 01:13:28,199 --> 01:13:33,398 For we shall split, distort, destroy, - 851 01:13:33,478 --> 01:13:37,880 -recapture, resist and rise again. 852 01:13:37,960 --> 01:13:42,318 We will storm press conferences, kidnap a director, - 853 01:13:42,398 --> 01:13:46,920 -release snakes in the governor's residence, execute the president. 854 01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:50,760 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 855 01:13:52,119 --> 01:13:54,559 - Hill, Satan! - Hill, Satan! 856 01:13:54,639 --> 01:13:57,119 Hill, Satan! 857 01:14:13,119 --> 01:14:16,960 How should I express it? 858 01:14:17,039 --> 01:14:21,359 She urged to kill Donald Trump. 859 01:14:21,439 --> 01:14:27,639 We are a non-violent organization, and it goes against our principles. 860 01:14:29,880 --> 01:14:34,800 It became apparent that Jex, since she is so erratic, - 861 01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:37,680 - did not fit into the organization. 862 01:14:37,760 --> 01:14:42,478 Then Jex Blackmore is no longer a member of the temple. 863 01:14:46,478 --> 01:14:53,239 I finally called her, but that was discussed in the national council. 864 01:14:53,318 --> 01:14:59,119 She said what she said, and we could not have double standards. 865 01:15:01,119 --> 01:15:05,760 I don't want to talk in front of the camera about how unfair it was, - 866 01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:08,880 - but yes, there has been a lot. 867 01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:15,119 It actually feels somewhat satisfying- 868 01:15:15,199 --> 01:15:21,359 -getting kicked out of the Satanic Temple because I'm too extreme. 869 01:15:25,239 --> 01:15:28,840 Some fear that we will do something so offensive- 870 01:15:28,920 --> 01:15:33,639 - that it damages our credibility. We are a satanist organization. 871 01:15:33,719 --> 01:15:38,279 There is a fear for our legal system- 872 01:15:38,359 --> 01:15:41,960 -which it partly is I fight against. 873 01:15:42,039 --> 01:15:46,478 It is important that we can be freed from it. 874 01:15:46,559 --> 01:15:51,079 I love Jex. She was there from the start, so it's sad, - 875 01:15:51,159 --> 01:15:56,760 -but to create a unified organization, - 876 01:15:56,840 --> 01:16:00,920 -do we have to have a set of rules. 877 01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:05,520 We lose quite a few cases and win over others at it. 878 01:16:15,359 --> 01:16:18,800 TST has been formalized- 879 01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:23,520 - in a similar way traditional institutions. 880 01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:28,880 I fear that particular room which was created for people, - 881 01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:31,199 -is gone. 882 01:16:33,600 --> 01:16:39,639 DESTRUCTION 883 01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:56,279 - Are you here for the show? - Yes, more or less. 884 01:16:56,359 --> 01:16:59,559 - I guess they have to drill. - Yes. 885 01:16:59,639 --> 01:17:03,398 They lay the foundation, and then the monument stands on it. 886 01:17:04,279 --> 01:17:06,639 We are at the state house- 887 01:17:06,719 --> 01:17:10,840 - there the monument to the Ten Commandments will soon be up again. 888 01:17:21,439 --> 01:17:26,600 In article 2, paragraph 24 the arkansas constitution states- 889 01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:31,840 - that the law should not give advantages to a religion, society... 890 01:17:31,920 --> 01:17:35,680 Your head didn't come with it. 891 01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:42,559 When a senator tries to let the state adopt one's religion… 892 01:17:44,079 --> 01:17:47,680 All Christians should feel offended. 893 01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:05,000 - Hello? - Hi, it's Stu. 894 01:18:05,079 --> 01:18:11,039 Rapert will change course and concede the religious significance of the monument. 895 01:18:11,119 --> 01:18:15,199 - Did you see his last interview? - Yes. 896 01:18:15,279 --> 01:18:20,719 Wake up, America! Wake up, church! Awake, Christians! 897 01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:26,318 As a Christian nation, it is high Time to stand up for what we believe in. 898 01:18:26,398 --> 01:18:30,960 This is a Christian nation. 899 01:18:31,039 --> 01:18:34,398 I don't see how they can get around it. 900 01:18:34,478 --> 01:18:37,840 This is an infringement. 901 01:18:37,920 --> 01:18:41,159 Once it's up and running, we'll hand in… 902 01:18:41,239 --> 01:18:46,639 I'm in pain to get on a way for us to lose the lawsuit. 903 01:18:54,039 --> 01:18:58,559 We will erect monuments in all of them states, cities and organizations- 904 01:18:58,639 --> 01:19:01,079 - who wants one. 905 01:19:04,279 --> 01:19:09,000 Why do you erect monuments to you ten bids at the same time in different states? 906 01:19:09,079 --> 01:19:14,960 Several states have legislative proposals against abortion and LGBT rights. 907 01:19:15,039 --> 01:19:20,318 It is a collective effort, and it is Christian dominion. 908 01:19:23,880 --> 01:19:27,119 SCHOOLS IN SIX STATES SHOW THE MOTTO "IN GOD WE TRUST". 909 01:19:27,199 --> 01:19:30,960 OKLAHOMA LEGISLATORS APPROVE ABORTION LAW 910 01:19:31,039 --> 01:19:35,000 RELIGION FREEDOM ACT DOES THE POSSIBILITY OF REJECTING LGBT COUPLES 911 01:19:35,079 --> 01:19:37,119 THE WAR OF FAITH 912 01:19:37,199 --> 01:19:39,639 RELIGION FREEDOM LAWS 913 01:19:42,398 --> 01:19:49,039 We must fight against. They want a Christian Sharia Law, - 914 01:19:49,119 --> 01:19:54,398 -where the law and their moral views implemented by a church- 915 01:19:54,478 --> 01:19:59,359 -to which many of us do not belong. We just can't allow that. 916 01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:18,719 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 917 01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:30,239 GOD 918 01:21:25,880 --> 01:21:31,559 TST to hold meeting at Arkansas' state house on August 16. 919 01:21:31,639 --> 01:21:36,318 The meeting will revolve around a satanic statue of Baphomet. 920 01:21:36,398 --> 01:21:39,800 They believe that they are discriminated against, - 921 01:21:39,880 --> 01:21:45,079 - since the federal state does not allow it a satanic monument. 922 01:21:54,719 --> 01:21:58,840 My name is Shiva and I am the coordinator of national events for TST. 923 01:21:58,920 --> 01:22:00,800 We'll let the word get around. 924 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:07,119 I'm from Little Rock and glad that you are here. Tomorrow will be fun. 925 01:22:07,199 --> 01:22:10,398 El Paso, Texas. I belong to Frontera Satanica. 926 01:22:10,478 --> 01:22:15,279 I am the co-founder of Satanic Arkansas. Nice to have you here! 927 01:22:15,359 --> 01:22:20,840 My name is Lanzifer Longinus and heads the department in San Marcos. 928 01:22:20,920 --> 01:22:24,920 I managed the department in San Antonio. The devil never rests! 929 01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:28,359 My name is Jeremy or "Skullcrusher". 930 01:22:28,439 --> 01:22:31,559 I am the "Monster from Atlanta". 931 01:22:31,639 --> 01:22:35,800 I am here to give my support to something that means a lot to me. 932 01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:40,318 Glad to be here. Hill, Satan, damn it. 933 01:22:52,920 --> 01:22:55,478 Does it feel exciting? 934 01:22:57,520 --> 01:22:58,920 No. 935 01:23:11,800 --> 01:23:16,760 They will travel a 275 centimeters tall statue of Satan. 936 01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:20,719 We are here to stop it. 937 01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:23,398 TUT IF YOU REJECT SATAN 938 01:23:24,639 --> 01:23:27,520 God bless you! 939 01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:29,960 SATAN HAS NO RIGHTS 940 01:23:31,039 --> 01:23:37,039 Their platform is separation between church and state, which sounds good. 941 01:23:37,119 --> 01:23:39,800 But they just want to annoy people. 942 01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:50,318 We are a Christian country. They have no right to change it. 943 01:23:50,398 --> 01:23:53,398 Or to raise his monster here. 944 01:23:53,478 --> 01:23:57,439 We want to believe that it does not exist any consequences for God? 945 01:23:57,520 --> 01:24:04,439 There is a person who is fallen for planning a mass shooting. 946 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:10,719 Our anonymous sources have said that he gets there, and it's disturbing. 947 01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:14,398 What's going on if you see someone trying something? 948 01:24:14,478 --> 01:24:18,520 We have the external team with six people. 949 01:24:18,600 --> 01:24:21,039 They should see something first. 950 01:24:21,119 --> 01:24:27,439 Someone has to get past two teams with people to reach you. 951 01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:34,000 No one else here is a target, so that's all we need to think about. 952 01:24:49,318 --> 01:24:52,639 This is Satanic Temple's childhood. 953 01:24:52,719 --> 01:24:56,478 In our modest way we change the world. 954 01:24:57,639 --> 01:25:04,039 Over time, more and more people understand that we are a real movement. 955 01:25:05,279 --> 01:25:09,000 This would have been difficult to maintain- 956 01:25:09,079 --> 01:25:13,680 -if any of us who actively works with this, - 957 01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:18,478 -didn't really believe everything only element of what we do. 958 01:25:18,559 --> 01:25:25,478 Doing this as anything but a true expression of who we are, - 959 01:25:25,800 --> 01:25:30,920 - can hardly be done without being psychotic, - 960 01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:35,760 -which I suppose is a theory. 961 01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:38,520 NOT SAVED 962 01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:43,359 Not only Satanism, but also my patriotism motivates me- 963 01:25:43,439 --> 01:25:46,880 - to go to protest meetings, - 964 01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:51,639 - and participate visibly when these the convictions are preached. 965 01:25:51,719 --> 01:25:57,159 It is an ancient, religious tradition, a pilgrimage. 966 01:25:57,239 --> 01:26:02,199 I see it as a duty. I don't feel like I have a choice. 967 01:26:02,279 --> 01:26:08,318 One sees few theocratic Christianity increasing influence over the state, - 968 01:26:08,398 --> 01:26:12,359 -and they're only going to continue. 969 01:26:12,439 --> 01:26:16,840 It is our duty as opponents, to speak out. 970 01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:24,398 I could be silent, secular individual like many others. 971 01:26:24,478 --> 01:26:30,960 I wouldn't say it gives life meaning, but it makes life fun. 972 01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:38,478 Radical Satanism has set its claws in the hearts of people across the United States. 973 01:26:38,559 --> 01:26:42,359 It is worth paying attention to. 974 01:26:57,199 --> 01:27:01,119 - I'm so damn fired up. - Pluralism! 975 01:27:14,760 --> 01:27:21,079 Arkansas' residents and supporters of religious freedom, this is Baphomet. 976 01:27:34,318 --> 01:27:38,719 That Baphomet shares space with The Ten Commandments involve no conflict, - 977 01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:40,960 - but a solution. 978 01:27:41,039 --> 01:27:44,719 If Christianity leaves liberal democracy, - 979 01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:50,000 -gives that future to Satan, and to that I say: Hill, Satan. 980 01:27:50,079 --> 01:27:52,559 Hill, Satan! 981 01:30:12,159 --> 01:30:19,079 Someone just drove by and asked where the Satanic Temple's statue is. 982 01:30:19,159 --> 01:30:23,719 So it was only here during the meeting and was subsequently removed. 983 01:30:23,800 --> 01:30:27,760 A trial is currently underway. 984 01:30:27,840 --> 01:30:32,039 TST claims it is religious discrimination, and the state responds- 985 01:30:32,119 --> 01:30:34,639 -by calling TST a satire group. 986 01:30:36,760 --> 01:30:38,440 Text: Jan Helge Hordnes www.btistudios.com