# Do Satanists have a branding issue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031 "2024-04-09T00:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/181 "2024-04-11T23:36:10Z")
Not defending Toxic Baptists, at all. I know a Baptist Church here who actually drives elderly to Dialysis centers. They provide vouchers for the cheap insulin at the pharmacies. They hand out needles without asking questions. They also provide things new mothers can’t afford. Clothes and diapers. They take donations of cribs and other baby needs. They quit taking carseats outta of fear they were not still safe. DiL took a bunch of stuff to them after the twins were passed needing them. (She has a garage full of outgrown carseats now.) They have a free daycare for short term needs. Like job hunting. So they’re not all bad. Any group can do good. Church, Temple whichever. It’s good optics for your group. And it’s branding. (ETA: I’m ok. I have great private insurance and can afford what I need. I just worry about others. People on fixed incomes, medicaide or without any insurance) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/182 "2024-04-13T00:17:12Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > If they don’t like what I said, they can lump it. ISWYDT ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/183 "2024-05-17T22:10:05Z")
> **[As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna151276)** > > The Satanic Temple is known for trolling the religious right, but in its fight for religious pluralism, it's become a powerful foe. ---
**Author:** ![Boudicca90](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boudicca90/32/16818_2.png) [@Boudicca90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boudicca90)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/184 "2024-05-21T06:46:18Z")
I love that TST is fighting back against these attempts to force religion into schools. Things like this and their abortion rights advocacy make me proud to be a member. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/185 "2024-05-21T09:40:54Z")
Ditto! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/186 "2024-05-21T13:30:18Z")
I like it, but still not 100% convinced of the branding. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/187 "2024-05-21T14:48:56Z")
… gooba gabba, gooba gabba. One of us? > **[Pope Francis deemed Satanic by Christian conservatives for preaching love,...](https://www-dailydot-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.dailydot.com/debug/pope-border-comments-backlash/?amp=&_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17163027745523&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Fdebug%2Fpope-border-comments-backlash%2F)** > > The Pope called conservatism a 'suicidal attitude.' ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/188 "2024-05-21T14:52:53Z")
There’s a pretty long history of conservative Protestants considering Catholicism to be evil. It seemed to have died down for a while, but I doubt it ever went away. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/189 "2024-05-21T19:22:32Z")
Don’t forget, for Evangelical Christians the Roman Catholic Church will be the Great Whore of Revelations. This is pretty mild in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Boudicca90](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boudicca90/32/16818_2.png) [@Boudicca90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boudicca90)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/190 "2024-05-21T19:43:37Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I like it, but still not 100% convinced of the branding. > > Oh well. I love the branding. It just pisses Christians off even more, and for good causes! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/191 "2024-06-04T19:51:00Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Anyone here a Satanist? There used to be a member here whose username was @satan I believe he was banned in the early naughts. Not even here for a year if I recall. He was very controversial, but highly entertaining [https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satan/summary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satan/summary) That’s probably the closest we would have. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031/192 "2024-06-04T20:03:37Z")
He knew that to get people to listen to you, you first have to get them to look in your general direction-thus, the name. I suspect the same reasoning is behind the name of the Church of Satan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-satanists-have-a-branding-issue/1000031.md?page=9)