Editing The Satanic Temple (section)

==Reception==
Christian religious organizations have criticized many actions by the Satanic Temple.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satanic Temple Group Raising Money for On-Demand Abortions Echos Satanist History of 'Child Sacrifice,' Says Theologian |first=Stoyan |last=Zaimov |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/satanic-temple-group-raising-money-for-on-demand-abortions-echoes-satanist-history-of-child-sacrifice-says-theologian-142087/ |website=[[Christian Post]] |date=July 30, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> Critics accuse the Temple of being unserious: merely a [[Practical joke|prank]], [[Satire#Censorship and criticism|public satire]], [[Letter and spirit of the law#Gaming the system|gaming the system]], or elaborate [[trolling]] attempt. Greaves clarified in a 2013 interview that the Temple could be both satanic and satirical,<ref name="greaves"/> and maintains that freedom of speech prevails regardless of political opinion regarding such criticism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/infernal/2018/06/lucien-greaves-tst-free-speech/|title=Lucien Greaves on The Satanic Temple and Free Speech|last=Only|first=For Infernal Use|date=2018-06-19|website=For Infernal Use Only|language=en|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref> Blackmore dismissed claims that the Temple was simply "trying to cause trouble for no reason except to just be shocking", instead she defended the Temple "adding to the dialogue that's already there and asking for rights—just like anyone else."<ref name="JexBlackmore">{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/02/qa_satanic_temple_of_detroits.html|title=Q&A: Satanic Temple of Detroit's Jex Blackmore explains group's purpose, growth potential|date=February 19, 2015|website=MLive.com|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

Extremists have made [[death threat]]s against multiple leaders of the Satanic Temple.<ref name="JexBlackmore" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Lucien Greaves of the Satanic Temple |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/lucien-greaves-of-the-satanic-temple/Content?oid=2201492 |website=[[Detroit Metro Times]] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> In June 2022, a man attempted to set fire to the TST headquarters in [[Salem, Massachusetts]]. He was charged with a [[hate crime]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=Man charged with fire at Satanic Temple pleads not guilty |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-religion-fires-crime-massachusetts-d1950e1ba80ec60911f226db196b5e6a |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, the TST statue in the Iowa capitol building was vandalized by a former Republican candidate for a Congressional seat in Mississippi, who was charged with [[Hate crime laws in the United States|hate crime]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-31 |title=US man faces hate crime over damage to Satanic Temple display in Iowa |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68162566 |access-date=2024-04-12 |language=en-GB}}</ref> In January 2024, Salem police arrested a Michigan resident for planning to attack the TST building with explosives.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Kaitlin McKinley |date=January 13, 2024 |title=Police say they thwarted Michigan man's planned attack on Salem's Satanic Temple |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/police-say-they-thwarted-michigan-mans-planned-attack-on-salems-satanic-temple/3246041/ |work=NBC10 Boston}}</ref> An Oklahoma man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple on April 8, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=District of Massachusetts {{!}} Oklahoma Man Previously Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Pipe Bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem Indicted by Federal Grand Jury {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/oklahoma-man-previously-arrested-allegedly-throwing-pipe-bomb-satanic-temple-salem |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>

[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'s Valerie Tarico described the Tenets as egalitarian, conducive towards [[equanimity]], "truer to the words of [[Jesus]] than most Christians", expressing both compassion and empathy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/11/28/the_greatest_trick_the_satanists_ever_pulled_they_may_be_truer_to_the_words_of_jesus_than_most_christians_partner/ |title=The greatest trick the satanists ever pulled: They may be truer to the words of Jesus than most Christians |first=Valerie |last=Tarico |website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |date=November 28, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

The organization was the focus of the 2020 academic monograph ''Speak of the Devil: How the Satanic Temple Is Changing the Way We Talk About Religion''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Simpson |first=Will |title=Review of ''Speak of the Devil: How the Satanic Temple Is Changing the Way We Talk About Religion'', by Joseph P. Laycock. |journal=Journal of Religion and Popular Culture |year=2022 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=221–222 |publisher=Project MUSE |doi=10.3138/jrpc.2021-0020 |s2cid=246949717 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/848504|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In [[Russia]], the Satanic Temple has been outlawed and designated as an "[[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organization]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://epp.genproc.gov.ru/web/gprf/mass-media/news?item=99479483 | title=Новости - Генеральная прокуратура Российской Федерации }}</ref>