RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
September 10, 2015 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 1:40 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(September 10, 2015 at 1:23 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(September 10, 2015 at 1:15 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Yes, but the difference is that it's offensive only because it is deliberately meant to be. Not because it's something different from what I believe.
Hmm let me see. The ten commandments plaque was in a place where it is not supposed to be because it should be a religious neutral area in order to not show bias. that it was there was a deliberate affront to every non-Christian and is part of a sustained attack on non-christians that happens in some of the more backwards parts of the US. The satanist statue was there to say "how do you like it". I'm not sure I can put it any clearer than this.
And I don't know how to put what I said any more clearer, either. You're comparing apples to oranges. I wouldn't mind it if there was a Buddha there, instead of the 10 commandments. I do mind the Satanic statue because it is deliberately meant to offend.
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