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Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
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Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 10, 2014 at 10:05 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09...96409.html

I would like to know Christians thoughts on this. Do you think its fair? I'm no satanist.. i think he is as fictional as God but if you open the door for one religion then why not all? If its okay for you.. why not everyone else?
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 10, 2014 at 10:18 pm (This post was last modified: May 10, 2014 at 10:19 pm by SteelCurtain.)
The guy with the petition is not really a Satanist, either. He's just using Satanism as a tool to prove a point.
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 10, 2014 at 10:29 pm
Thank God for the Dark Lord and his minions!
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 10, 2014 at 10:30 pm
ROFL, saw that one coming... be careful what you wish for, Xtians.
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 10, 2014 at 10:33 pm
(May 10, 2014 at 10:18 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: The guy with the petition is not really a Satanist, either. He's just using Satanism as a tool to prove a point.


Thanks.. i forgot to mention than lol.
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 11, 2014 at 12:50 pm
(May 10, 2014 at 10:30 pm)Raeven Wrote: ROFL, saw that one coming... be careful what you wish for, Xtians.

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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 13, 2014 at 8:55 am
(May 10, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Mr Brightside Wrote: I would like to know Christians thoughts on this. Do you think its fair? I'm no satanist.. i think he is as fictional as God but if you open the door for one religion then why not all? If its okay for you.. why not everyone else?

Blah blah majority opinion blah blah Christian nation.

Or something like that.
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 13, 2014 at 9:15 am
(May 13, 2014 at 8:55 am)RobbyPants Wrote:
(May 10, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Mr Brightside Wrote: I would like to know Christians thoughts on this. Do you think its fair? I'm no satanist.. i think he is as fictional as God but if you open the door for one religion then why not all? If its okay for you.. why not everyone else?

Blah blah majority opinion blah blah Christian nation.

Or something like that.

Actually, it's "Having to host invocations from other religions violates my rights, because I don't believe in those religions."

Yeah, just try and unravel the logic of that one. Dodgy
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 13, 2014 at 12:51 pm
(May 10, 2014 at 10:05 pm)Mr Brightside Wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09...96409.html

I would like to know Christians thoughts on this. Do you think its fair? I'm no satanist.. i think he is as fictional as God but if you open the door for one religion then why not all? If its okay for you.. why not everyone else?
Go for it as far as I'm concerned.

Town council meetings are among the most boring things on earth. I doubt he really wants to sit through them just to make a point. He'd likely do it once for the headlines and quit.

And, from my point of view, he makes an excellent representative for atheism, what with the festivus pole made of Pabst cans and all.
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RE: Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
May 13, 2014 at 12:58 pm
(May 10, 2014 at 10:18 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: The guy with the petition is not really a Satanist, either. He's just using Satanism as a tool to prove a point.

Too bad. I think real satanism deserves equal representation.
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