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Lucien Greaves is the co-founder of The Satanic Temple.

Greaves was born in Detroit, Michigan. He studied neuroscience with a specialty in false-memory syndrome and graduated from Harvard University.

Greaves has spoken on the topics of Satanism, secularism, and The Satanic Temple at universities throughout the United States, and he has been a featured speaker at national conferences hosted by American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, and the Secular Student Alliance.

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.

He says he has received many death threats, and deliberately does not use his legal name to avoid threats to his family.

Greaves was featured in Hail Satan? (2019), a documentary film about the The Satanic Temple and religious belief.

In an interview, Greaves describes how the idea for The Satanic Temple was conceived. Greaves and his colleagues envisioned The Satanic Temple as a “poison pill” in the Church/State debate. Their idea was that Satanists, asserting their rights and privileges where religious agendas have been successful in imposing themselves upon public affairs, could serve as a reminder that such privileges are for everybody, and can be used to serve an agenda beyond the current narrow understanding of what the religious agenda is.

Greaves has publicly stated that he does not worship Satan nor do followers of The Satanic Temple. Greaves claims that the idea of worship is insulting to people who identify with Satanism, because it implies a sense of servility. Instead, Greaves claims that Satanism is more about personal sovereignty and independence and freedom of will.

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+Lucien Greaves is the co-founder of The Satanic Temple.
-Douglas Misicko (AKA: Lucien Greaves, Douglas Mesner), is the co-founder of The Satanic Temple.
-Douglas Misicko was raised in Sterling Heights, Michigan to a very Christian mother; speaking openly about his experiences growing him he often said his mother would sing hymns, as he started to mature he took a natural liking to Karate at "The Detroit Kung Fu Academy" with future Satanic Temple member Owen Matson.
+Greaves was born in Detroit, Michigan. He studied neuroscience with a specialty in false-memory syndrome and graduated from Harvard University.
-After graduating from Henry Ford High School, Douglas held a part-time job at a national chain bookstore often writing about it on his now-defunct blog "Dysgenics" it was at this point he met Shane Bugbee. Bugbee claimed Douglas contacted him and had asked about acquiring several copies of the book "Might is Right", according to Bugbee on his podcast "Speak of the Devil" Douglas showed up with a pad of sketches, writings, and various shock pieces that stuck out to Bugbee who soon had convinced him to illustrate a new copy of Might is Right.
+Greaves has spoken on the topics of Satanism, secularism, and The Satanic Temple at universities throughout the United States, and he has been a featured speaker at national conferences hosted by American Atheists, the American Humanist Association, and the Secular Student Alliance.
-Douglas relocated to Massachusetts when his older brother Greg was accepted into Harvard after completing several courses through the Harvard Extension School programme. His brother's acceptance allowed Douglas more access to students and facilities, as he'd accompany his brother to campus; it would be there Shane Bugbee, Amy Bugbee, and Douglas recorded their first 24 hour only radio show "Radio Jihad" using an Apple PowerMac G3. Shane and Doug would at the time call it the "first-ever 24 hour-long live broadcast." however being masters of exaggeration they were incorrect. The first continuous live broadcast began in 1994 and ended in 2004.
+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.
-Following the success of Radio Jihad, Shane and Doug began to host full-time shows on the Church of Satan's official radio network "Radio Free Satan". Doug would focus on conspiracies and argue for the existence of Aliens, UFOs, and Bigfoot; but would argue with many of those who claimed sexual abuse by Satanic leaders such as Michael Aquino were inept and misremembering despite the United States Office of Naval investigations declaring the claims credible. He also began a feud with local Satanic panic conspiracy promoter Charolette McFarlane and "activist" Neil Bricke.
+He says he has received many death threats, and deliberately does not use his legal name to avoid threats to his family.
-Shane asserted in one episode of "Speak of the Devil" that following this time while Douglas' brother Greg was home visiting family, Doug had flown to Italy and visited the grave of Mussolini.
+Greaves was featured in ''Hail Satan?'' (2019), a documentary film about the The Satanic Temple and religious belief.
-Doug would later record the 24-hour "Might is Right" live show, while some clips have been shown, the entirety of the show consisted of Douglas talking about a women's subconscious desire to "wanting to be raped", how to remove the Jewish populations in America, the poisoning of African Americans as a positive, promote false conspiracies that Planned Parenthood is an African American eugenics programme, and, that homosexuals should be denied condoms and medical access as it would promote AIDS exposure and "eliminate them from our active gene pool."
+In an interview, Greaves describes how the idea for The Satanic Temple was conceived. Greaves and his colleagues envisioned The Satanic Temple as a “poison pill” in the Church/State debate. Their idea was that Satanists, asserting their rights and privileges where religious agendas have been successful in imposing themselves upon public affairs, could serve as a reminder that such privileges are for everybody, and can be used to serve an agenda beyond the current narrow understanding of what the religious agenda is.
-The following year, Douglas was detained by Salem Police along with Bugbee concerning possession of a stolen Tombstone; around this time his brother Gregory now graduated, had moved on to a full-time career while Douglas pursued a career of attending Harvard meetings to hook-up with women, one such hook up expedition resulted not in coitus, but as related to Professor Laycock, a chance meeting with career student, Harvard blue blood, unschooling promoter, and Randian philosophy devotee Cevin Soling; who had just returned from filming his documentary "Cevin and the Cargo Cult" a documentary in which he visited remote Pacific Islands in an attempt to persuade villagers he was the prophesied white savior "John Frum".
+Greaves has publicly stated that he does not worship Satan nor do followers of The Satanic Temple. Greaves claims that the idea of worship is insulting to people who identify with Satanism, because it implies a sense of servility. Instead, Greaves claims that Satanism is more about personal sovereignty and independence and freedom of will.
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