Cthulhu monument installed on steps of Alabama Judicial Building

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[RockChucker]

Alabama Superior Court Justice Roy Moore addresses his supporters outside the Alabama Judicial Building where a monument of Cthulhu was put in place by Moore which he has refused to take down, August 21, 2003 in Montgomery, Alabama. Alabama's Supreme Court judges, breaking ranks with their chief justice, ruled that a Cthulhu monument must be removed from the state court building to comply with a federal order, drawing protests from insane cultists who want to keep it there.

Larry Ellard of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, stands next to a large tablet representing Cthulhu, which he claims will "rise from the depths of the city of Rylegh, and rule the universe for a thousand thousand years, IA! IA!" on the steps of the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery August 22, 2003. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's defiant stand over the cult of Elder Gods is only the latest skirmish in a running battle between the ranks of insane cultists and civil libertarians that dates back to Abdul "The Mad Arab" Alhazred's 1910s epic about the Necronomicon, experts say. With legal contests underway in over a dozen U.S. communities, fanatical religious activists hope to find an Elder Gods case that can persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to break its quarter century of silence on the issue.

[Modernman]

I remember this thread from ages ago. What brought it back to life?

[Billthedrill]

I told you guys this would happen. First you keep me from smearing Dijon mustard on my body and dancing nekkid to kazoo music to celebrate the Solstice, and now they're going after statues of He Who Is Not To Be Named. What's next? No more human sacrifice?

I hope you're satisfied.

[headsonpikes]

Cthulhu would be a great guy to balance the ticket - Kerry may be an upper-class bore, but Cthulhu oozes charm...well, he oozes, anyway.

The Rats could do worse, and they will, someday.

[JoeSchem]

If Cthulhu followers are allowed to put their monuments in state buildings, maybe that would solidify their support for the secular state. Otherwise, they might think the government doesn't care about them and, comprising eighty five percent of the population, they might just take their votes and income taxes and go somewhere else.

Of course, I'm not really talking about Cthulhu followers, but then neither were you.

[Modernman]

So, it's "do things my way, or I'm taking my ball and going home?"

[An.American.Expatriate]

Great Post!!

Only, I believe that THIS monument would draw NO protest from the rapid thongs who would ban anything christian in public...

[Doctor Stochastic]

It was sleeping under the water; thread never really die; they just go out of style.

[Virginia-American]

Actually, before he died, H. P. Lovecraft help draft Hawaii's constitution.

It's a fact. Look it up.

I couldn't find it using Google. What is your reference? A good friend of mine is a Lovecraft fan (has, IIRC, an Arkham U. sweatshirt, "Go Cephalopods!"), says he never heard of such a thing and doesn't believe it.

[MattAMiller]

Only, I believe that THIS monument would draw NO protest from the rapid thongs who would ban anything christian in public...

They're only as rapid as the people who are wearing them.

[Qwinn]

Well, Congress's first official act was to provide Bibles for the nation's schools.

That should give you a hint that freedom -from- religion was not part of the plan.

Qwinn

[OutInTheColdAgain]

Help! I have no idea what this topic is about. Can someone kindly provide me with a short summary. Please include who or what Cthullhu is? Did I read it right, did a Judge put it up and if so why? Thx

[Qwinn]

I think it's meant to be an ironic joke making fun of Roy Moore (who put up the 10 commandments monument in an Alabama courthouse and ruffled the feathers of some exceedingly intolerant secularists).

Cthulhu was the head of a pantheon of extremely evil gods, a creation of the extremely dark fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft. I've only read a little Lovecraft personally, but I do also remember some details from the old Dungeons and Dragons book Deities and Demigods that summarized lots of different mythos. The gods in the pantheon tend to stress things like eating the flesh of virgins, bringing about the apocalypse, fun things like that. Oh, and they have a thing for tentacles. Lots and lots of tentacles.

Qwinn

[Once-Ler]

nor can I find reference to ANY specific religion or its tenets.

There is a reference to Christ in the US Constitution : "Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth."

[Long Cut]

That dating method was placed on every such document written back then. There is no reference to religion in the document's actual text or the legal sections.

If that's all you've got, you ain't got much, especially considering the First Amendment.

[Zeroisanumber]

Big difference, Cthulhu is not part of the basis for the philosophies underlying the law, the 10 Commandments are.

I beg to differ, the tax code is a Cuthulu-inspired exercise in eternal cold madness if I've ever seen one.

[Once-Ler]

OK

You're welcome.

[yinyangbadgood]

do you know what is real power than, power of mind, do you control it or does it control you

[Sansonaxe]

Actually, while some were Christians, such as Patrick Henry, there were others who were not.

George Washington was a Freemason who didn't want to see religion complicating government. While he may have been a Christian, he was very much a 'keep organized religion out of government' man, as was James Monroe.

Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson were Atheists (Paine was a revolutionary idealist; Jefferson was a materialist).

Benjamin Franklin was a Deist.

John Adams and John Quincy Adams were Unitarians who despised organized religion.

If you wish to read further:

http://monotheism.us/

There you have it. So live with it. :)

[Tanniker Smith]

Like Cthulhu, it seems that some threads never die -- or at least, they don't stay dead!

This one is 10 months old already, and on its second revival.

And here's the kicker folks: It's just been named the Illuminated Site of the Week.

TS
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