RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
September 11, 2015 at 2:36 pm
Aren’t you judging a little bit CL? Are you sure that it’s meant to offend? As others have said, I see it as people standing up to the religion of dominance in this country, and they’re saying, “If you guys are doing this, we’re going to do it too” with the hopes that christians will stop putting religious iconography on public land. Also, with the hope that christians will get why they’re doing it, but, I guess that’s not working out too well. They’re (and we’re) sick of the christian privilege in this country, and we’re sick of the christians getting away with things that are against the law.
I know you’re saying that you wouldn’t care about other statues, although, I think most of us know you would care. If there were 5 christian statues erected over a period of a decade or two in a public park, and it became a place where christians would visit in the park, and someone put up 7 Hindu statues, a pasta statue, a science statue, and an Adolph Hitler statue, I’m sure you, or at least most christians would be pissed off. If that place that christians visited for years, suddenly now became crowded with Hindus bowing to Hindu statues, so many of you loving, non-judgmental christians would not have a problem with it right? Give me a break.. Keep it in the house. Keep it in the church. Keep it the hell out of our schools, because it’s detrimental to a progressive society.
Again, I understand where you’re coming from, that you think it’s meant to offend, but if someone goes over someone else’s house and starts giving tips on what decorations they think would make the house look better, the owner might take offense to that. Or, the owner actually might say, “Hey, that’s a great idea.” Offense can be taken for anything.. how about we throw the, “I”m offended” card away for second, and focus on what really matters, the goofs who broke the law by placing their superstitious poison on buildings that are meant to serve justice. Your religion isn’t about justice, it’s about guilt, fear, and shame. It’s about vicarious redemption through human sacrifice. It’s about teaching people that no matter how horrible they act towards one another, that they can be forgiven by an invisible monster in the sky. Do you seriously want this on public buildings? How about we decorate the outside of certain court houses with all islam iconography, then others, we’ll put hindu iconography on those? Maybe, we’ll put the 11 satanic rules on another courthouse, without any other religion being allowed to do so? Can you possibly see how this is wrong??? This wouldn’t be happening in the first place if the christians hadn’t decided that their religion was more special than everyone else’s. The satanists did this in order to send christians a message, “Take this bullshit down already, there are other religions in the country.” Great, we get it, it offends you, but maybe take some advice from rocketsurgeon, and actually do a little introspection. It offends us that the 10 commandments are placed on a building saying that we should obey that religious dogma. Who cares if it’s meant to offend, what’s right is right. Religious material doesn’t belong in public land, can you understand the point that we’re making? Can you understand the examples that we have given why we don’t want it there? Will you actually take a stand and say, “Yes, take the 10 commandments off of the court houses, and get the religion out of schools. We can still believe what we want to believe and not shove it in everyone’s faces.” ?
How about a little less of this:
And, a little more of actually listening, and not just automatically responding with the same repeating record that's in your head? Sit back for a few minutes, and actually think about what many people are telling you on here. Truly think about it.
I know you’re saying that you wouldn’t care about other statues, although, I think most of us know you would care. If there were 5 christian statues erected over a period of a decade or two in a public park, and it became a place where christians would visit in the park, and someone put up 7 Hindu statues, a pasta statue, a science statue, and an Adolph Hitler statue, I’m sure you, or at least most christians would be pissed off. If that place that christians visited for years, suddenly now became crowded with Hindus bowing to Hindu statues, so many of you loving, non-judgmental christians would not have a problem with it right? Give me a break.. Keep it in the house. Keep it in the church. Keep it the hell out of our schools, because it’s detrimental to a progressive society.
Again, I understand where you’re coming from, that you think it’s meant to offend, but if someone goes over someone else’s house and starts giving tips on what decorations they think would make the house look better, the owner might take offense to that. Or, the owner actually might say, “Hey, that’s a great idea.” Offense can be taken for anything.. how about we throw the, “I”m offended” card away for second, and focus on what really matters, the goofs who broke the law by placing their superstitious poison on buildings that are meant to serve justice. Your religion isn’t about justice, it’s about guilt, fear, and shame. It’s about vicarious redemption through human sacrifice. It’s about teaching people that no matter how horrible they act towards one another, that they can be forgiven by an invisible monster in the sky. Do you seriously want this on public buildings? How about we decorate the outside of certain court houses with all islam iconography, then others, we’ll put hindu iconography on those? Maybe, we’ll put the 11 satanic rules on another courthouse, without any other religion being allowed to do so? Can you possibly see how this is wrong??? This wouldn’t be happening in the first place if the christians hadn’t decided that their religion was more special than everyone else’s. The satanists did this in order to send christians a message, “Take this bullshit down already, there are other religions in the country.” Great, we get it, it offends you, but maybe take some advice from rocketsurgeon, and actually do a little introspection. It offends us that the 10 commandments are placed on a building saying that we should obey that religious dogma. Who cares if it’s meant to offend, what’s right is right. Religious material doesn’t belong in public land, can you understand the point that we’re making? Can you understand the examples that we have given why we don’t want it there? Will you actually take a stand and say, “Yes, take the 10 commandments off of the court houses, and get the religion out of schools. We can still believe what we want to believe and not shove it in everyone’s faces.” ?
How about a little less of this:
(September 9, 2015 at 4:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 9, 2015 at 4:26 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Ok. Holy effing shit. I just...
How can you not see how utterly disgusting it is what you're saying? Are you seriously able to compare these things so flippantly? Again: the Swastika, not only represents a positive thing in Hinduism, but it also represents mass genocide of almost an entire culture... that actually happened. What has Satan ever actually, demonstrably done?
Ok, nevermind. I think I need to stop responding now.
And, a little more of actually listening, and not just automatically responding with the same repeating record that's in your head? Sit back for a few minutes, and actually think about what many people are telling you on here. Truly think about it.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
