Should Satanism be recognized by the Government?

The Constitution makes it clear that there can be no establishment of an "official" national religion (such as the Church of England, against which our Founding Fathers were determined must not be copied as being "official" in our new country).

That said, is there any constitutional reason why or why not any "belief-system" or "religion" should or should not be "recognized", per se, by the Government of the United States...?

A person is constitutionally guaranteed the right to worship as he/she desires, and thus, logically, a person may choose to worship the God of the Holy Bible, or the Allah of the Quran, or the entity known as "Satan", or even trees, mountains, Earth (Gaia) itself, or animals that share the planet with us. In the United States, people may worship one 'god', or many 'gods'... the Constitution makes no distinction about what's a "religion" and what is not.

It should be mentioned that as any American citizen practices personal religious beliefs, he must not (NOT) infringe on the right of another citizen to practice a religion that is different from the one he or she chooses! Moreover, no person can be disparaged, discouraged, or harmed in any way because of the lawful, peaceful religious practices that he/she engages in.... Different religions must be allowed to co-exist peacefully, in a tolerant atmosphere in the United States, or we're just as miserably unjust and unfair as those countries where people are subjected to everything from injustice, to DEATH, merely because they don't subscribe to some "recognized" or "official" religion.

 

No more or less so than any other religious faith and that means not at all, it's not for the government to decide what is or what isn't a recognized religious faith nor to give respect to any of them and that includes promoting them in public government owned spaces. But if you are then you have to allow any one who request the same space to do so. That's why government should just stay out of it as the founding fathers designed and intended.

 

When in the history of religious faith has a Satan of some sort NOT been recognized as a religious faith?

 

I thought the liberal/progressive side of society said we are not to judge other peoples lives or personal behaviors.

 

The Constitution says the government shall give no respect to religious establishments, doesn't matter if it is a "national" religion or "official" it is religious faith at all. It is to remain neutral on such matters and not interfere with them and they have no standing in government. That is why so many religious faiths can exist side by side here in peace and why people can choose to worship gods of their choice and as the please if at all. Why anyone especially conservatives would want to mix the two is beyond me. The founding fathers knew all to well the power over the people that is created with those two most powerful forces in our civilizations are combined into one. That is the reason that the two times religion is mentioned in the Constitution it is restrictive against religious involvement and intertwining.

 

We don't judge behavior that doesn't harm non consenting parties. You think that all of Trump's ex wives were OK with his philandering? I doubt it or they wouldn't be EX wives.