(October 27, 2015 at 11:18 pm)RationalAtheist Wrote: 3. there's a guy in Florida I recently read about who doesn't like how the city council opens their sessions with a prayer....(of course, I also have issue with this, this practice needs to stop, but...), his method of correcting this is to demand the right to be able to say a satanist prayer before the meeting as well. (I read about this just a few days ago actually), When I first read about it I thought "OK, some crazy satanist" (just like the crazy christians), but as i read further, buried into the story is the fact this was actually an atheist trying to make a point with the satanist prayer. It just seems like the point he was trying to make could have been made in a better way.....yes, the ultimate result of what he's trying to accomplish will likely be achieved, but couldn't/shouldn't the separation of church/state be enough?, why does satan have to be dragged into it, why couldn't he have chosen a less controversial religious prayer to have made his point, or even use the opportunity to explain why it is offensive to atheists?
If there are prayers at the beginning of meetings, clearly separation of church and state wasn't adequate. It's a messy world, and sometimes you have to use messy means to achieve a goal. If it stops the intrusion of religion, I say we try to put Satan everywhere.
