To Weed Out Protesters at Last Night`s Event, The Satanic Temple

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To Weed Out Protesters at Last Night’s Event, The Satanic
Temple Had Attendees Transfer Their Souls to Satan
July 26, 2015(2015-07-26T17:00:13+00:00) by Hemant Mehta<http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/author/hemant-mehta/>
***Update***: Here’s the actual soul-transferring contract<https://www.dropbox.com
/s/d3wu5wofeclcwwh
/08.%20Transfer%20of%20Soul%20Agreement_page%201%20only.pdf?dl=0>:
„
I agree that by signing this document under any name, given or adopted, actual or
pseudonymous, I am hereby avowing my soul to Satan (aka Abbadon, aka Lucifer, aka
Beelzebub, aka The Antichrist). I do so knowing that He (aka The Fallen One, aka The
Father of Lies) or any of His representatives may choose to collect my eternal soul at any
time, with or without notice. I understand that my signature or mark representing any
name, real or made up, upon these papers constitutes a lasting and eternal contract, and
that there will be no further negotiations on the matter of my eternal soul.
“
…
Last night, as I posted earlier<http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07
/25/tonight-in-detroit-the-satanic-temple-unveiled-its-baphomet-statue/>, The Satanic Temple
unveiled its Baphomet statue in Detroit.
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What’s really interesting is how TST dealt with all the threats they were getting from
God-fearing Christians.
According to TST spokesperson Lucien Greaves, attendees for the event had to go
through the following process:
1) Show up at the location stated on the e-ticket.
2) Go through a security checkpoint there.
3) Sign a contract transferring their souls to Satan.
4) Get the real location for the event, which was miles away.
It worked. The event went off without a hitch.
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Why all the distractions? Because the original event host backed out of the
contract<http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/14/the-satanic-templesbaphomet-statue-unveiling-marred-by-threats/> and not-so-anonymous threats were made
on Facebook to burn the location down. Keeping the final location a secret as long as
possible, then, was pivotal to the success of the event.
(Top and bottom image via Matt Anderson. Middle image, of crowd, via Chris
Switzer)
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About Hemant Mehta
Hemant Mehta is the editor of Friendly Atheist, appears on the Atheist
Voice channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAtheistVoice/> on YouTube,
and co-hosts the uniquely-named Friendly Atheist
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