Archived Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol (NotTheOnion)
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Archived Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol (NotTheOnion)
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[–] OneTrueCube 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
It seems like a lot of Voat doesn't understand the point of this statue.
A courthouse in Arkansas put up a Ten Commandments statue outside of their government building, a clear violation of the separation of church and state.
This group then commissioned this statue as a protest, claiming that if the local govt. was allowed to break the separation, then anyone should be able to put up a statue featuring any religious iconography. They chose Satan for the knee-jerk reaction it would elicit.
Besides, the officialized Church Of Satan is largely harmless, the LaVeyan branch which operates in the public eye (and does shit like this) doesn't have anything to do with the blood sacrifices and rituals going on in Hollywood and other elite rings.
[–] Sosacms 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Just a friendly Satanist organization that's trying to remind everyone that any door we open for Christianity will also be open to every other religion. Including Islam. So think very carefully before getting Religion and Government too close.
Take marriage for example. Religious practice, Government gets involved with little things here and there... Until suddenly Government has more power over religious practices than religions.
Satanists keep us reminded to never open that box for the religions we support, because it will open the doors for the religions we don't support and/or expand Government control over all religions.