Lucien Greaves
Lucien Greaves | |
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| File:LucienGreavesSASHAcon2016.jpg Greaves in March 2016 | |
| Born | Detroit, Michigan |
| Other names | Douglas Mesner, Douglas Misicko[1] |
| Occupation | Social activist[2] |
| Website | luciengreaves |
Douglas Mesner, better known as Lucien Greaves,[6] is an American social activist, as well as the cofounder and spokesperson for The Satanic Temple.[11]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Greaves was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.[5] His mother was a Protestant who took him to Sunday School.[12]
In 2002, Greaves took part in a podcast titled Might is Right, to promote a reprint of an 1896 book of the same name. Greaves had also created illustrations for the reprinted edition. In the podcast, Greaves gave replies that some construed as antisemitic.[13]
Activism
[edit | edit source]Greaves has spoken on the topics of Satanism, secularism, and The Satanic Temple at universities throughout the United States,[14][15][16] and he has been a featured speaker at national conferences hosted by American Atheists,[17] the American Humanist Association,[18] and the Secular Student Alliance.[19]
Greaves has been instrumental in setting up the Protect Children Project, the After School Satan project, and several political demonstrations and legal actions designed to highlight social issues involving religious liberty and the separation of church and state.[20][21]
Greaves has received many death threats, and deliberately does not use his legal name to avoid threats to his family.[5][22]
Greaves and his colleagues envisioned The Satanic Temple as a "poison pill" in the Church/State debate: Satanists asserting their rights and privileges where religious agendas have imposed themselves upon public affairs, serving as a reminder that such privileges are for everybody, and can provide a religious agenda beyond the current narrow understanding.[4] Neither Greaves nor members of The Satanic Temple claim to worship Satan; instead, their beliefs focus on personal sovereignty, independence, and freedom of will.[4]
Greaves appears throughout the 2019 documentary film Hail Satan? regarding religious freedoms and early days of The Satanic Temple.[23] Greaves contributed the foreword to The Little Book of Satanism (2022) by La Carmina[24][25] as well as artwork for multiple endeavors by Shiva Honey.[26]
References
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External links
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- Lucien Greaves Archive
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). group blog, primarily 2008–2013
- Letters to a Satanist, column by Greaves in Orlando Weekly, 2014–2015
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- Activists from Michigan
- American atheism activists
- American critics of Christianity
- American founders
- American Satanists
- American social justice activists
- Converts to new religious movements from Christianity
- Founders of new religious movements
- Living people
- Religious leaders from Michigan
- Satanist religious leaders
- The Satanic Temple