(December 11, 2014 at 11:59 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 11:16 pm)Godschild Wrote: Not me, it would give the religions a platform on which to debate openly in the view of the public.
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The only reason you would see a Satan statue at a city hall is because certain atheists(not all or most) like to troll Judeo-Christians. The religions of the community would realize it is better not to give a venue to atheistic trolls rather than have the opportunity to have their icons displayed at city hall.
There is a Satanist Church; however, if you are saying that it would be easier for everyone if public spaces were kept free of either religious icons or atheist ones, I agree. It would be nice if each group could put up their particular symbols and no one would get offended but that isn't what would happen. The Baptists would get angry because the Catholics put up a Crucifix with Jesus on it. The Catholics would get angry at the Buddhist display. The Hindus wouldn't want the Muslims' display beside theirs. Someone would claim that other groups had more favorable status because of either the size of their display or the square footage of the space allotted to them. Ultimately, the fairest solution is to leave public space free of either religious or atheist symbols.