RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
September 10, 2015 at 3:43 pm
(September 10, 2015 at 3:18 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(September 10, 2015 at 2:23 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: [...]Of anything these people could have chosen to represent their ideologies, why choose the entity from the bible that represents evil and hatred, if their intention is not to shock/offend/make a statement against the faith?
Of all the things christians could have chosen to represent their ideology - why choose a particularly sadistic and archaic torture device - the cross, if your intention is not to shock/offend?
If even children can be exposed to an often graphic depiction of a dead guy on sticks - christians can handle a statue of an imaginary monster creature.
I like to tease my Christian friends (including fiancee) with the throwaway line, "Hey, if Jesus had come during the French Revolution, would all the Christians be wearing razor blades on a chain around their necks?"
The scowls I get are heartwarming.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
