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Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
(September 9, 2015 at 6:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(September 9, 2015 at 6:23 pm)StuW Wrote: Surely it is your interpretation of the statue being hateful that is the problem rather than the intended meaning?  I can see where you are coming from with your argument but you are only seeing it through rose tinted glasses.

Yes, I do think it would be hateful to put a Satan statue next to a Christian monument. I understand that to the Satanists, it means something other than evil and hate, but it still came from the bible as those things.

There is such a simple solution to this: Keep your religious monuments on private property (like churches) where you have control over what gets put where and next to what. Why would you expect to have that on public property?

In an earlier post, you mentioned the majority. I don't know where your interests/knowledge in civics lay but assuming it's not something you are strong in, you should research it on the web. The entire point of the first ten amendments of the constitution (commonly known as the Bill of Rights) is to prevent the majority from tyrannizing the minority. The only way to do that regarding religion is to insure that the government is absolutely neutral in that matter. This should be obvious. If the government favors one religion over another, the religion favored by the government obviously has an enormous advantage over others (or no religion). There is no freedom of religion in this situation. The government does not and cannot weigh in on what particular religion is wholesome and good and which one is bad and offensive. Christianity has no special place there.

You should also consider that many of us find the entire concept of Christianity very insulting and offensive. I, as a Secular Humanist find the idea that we are enslaved to the will of a tyrant and incapable of good without him anathema. It disgusts me. I'm no fan of any of the flavors of Satanism either but it's clear which one is the 250 lb. bully here. Imagine the high school bully having the blessing and power of the school behind him. Christianity with the favor of government behind it would make that bully look like a kitten. That's what the First Amendment was designed to prevent.
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RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue. - by AFTT47 - September 10, 2015 at 12:41 am

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