Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.

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When people don't act like sensible adults, you can't reason with them like sensible adults. If they just ignore the constitution and put a massive religious symbol on neutral ground, and the authorities let them, everyone involved (including the authorities) is acting like a complete dick. Since standard reason doesn't work with such people, the only way to "debate" them is to demonstrate the consequences of their actions in a way that is totally legal and constitutional. Of course it's meant to provoke, but you can't tell them what their motivations are, nor stop them doing something which is just the same as what you've done.

Is there any Christian here who would have been totally fine with the demon statue being erected in front of a prominent public building, with no other religious symbols in sight? Is that OK? Do you think the authorities would have allowed it? If not, then you should understand the point of it. The (incorrect) 10 commandments could not be much more of a "fuck you" to every non-Christian. The demon statue is wildlessly less aggressive in my opinion, even from the point of view of someone who doesn't believe in any of it.