Posted on 05/05/2014 6:11:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
It may seem absurd—or given the moral state of the nation, appropriate—but the grounds committee for the Oklahoma State Capitol, the Preservation Commission, has been asked by The Satanic Temple, a group from New York, to place a privately-funded statue of Satan, complete with pentagram and two fawning children at Lucifer’s knee, on the Capitol grounds near a monument of the Ten Commandments.
In the statue, which is to be cast in bronze and is near completion, Satan is depicted as “Baphomet” with a goat’s head and horns, and there is a boy on his left and a girl on his right.
“We decided to go with that because it is a fairly traditional character,” Lucien Greaves, spokesman for The Satanic Temple, told KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. “It also offers a lap that visitors can come to sit on, have their picture taken with.” …
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Where is the ACLU on this one?
Great opportunity for Gov. Mary Failin to simply block its installation, let them sue, and totally ignore any Federal court order compelling her to accept it. Then she can educate Americans to the fact that the Federal government has no power over religious matters in the states. 1st Amendment: “CONGRESS shall make no law...” + 10th Amendment = Butt Out Feds.
Karellen?
Obama statues before he leaves office?
Really now. Who among us hasn’t cast a statue of Satan, perhaps as a youth, for placement at a govt. office?
I mean is it really so uncommon?
Somehow, I don’t think it will last long. Okies with sledgehammers will pay a visit.
4x4 and chain most likely.
Yeah.. this is easy. Answer to Yankee Satanists... NO, Have a great day while you can. You got a very unpleasant eternity in your future.
These Satanists are a little mixed up. The pentagram is a symbol warding off demons, at least in Goethe's "Faust."
Mephistopheles is trapped in Faust's study by a pentagram, which because it was poorly drawn, Mephistopheles didn't notice when he slipped in.
Then he can't leave, because of the pentagram: "Die Sache sieht jetzt anders aus; der Teufel kann nicht aus dem Haus."
The real idiots behind this whole fiasco. Ridicule is the best weapon against idiots of this magnitude. The only reason they’re not living in their mother’s basement us becuse they’re probably skimming donations for The Satanic Temple:
http://www.vice.com/read/unmasking-lucien-greaves-aka-doug-mesner-leader-of-the-satanic-temple
The real idiots behind this whole fiasco. Ridicule is the best weapon against idiots of this magnitude. The only reason they’re not living in their mother’s basement is probably because they’re skimming donations from The Satanic Temple fund:
http://www.vice.com/read/unmasking-lucien-greaves-aka-doug-mesner-leader-of-the-satanic-temple
I guarantee this POS gets installed in OK there will be a tornado or lightning strike that smokes this thing and does no damage to the 10 Commandments. Bet on it.
Captions for which would get us all banned for sure.
I tried before posting. But nothing that could adequately grasp the essence of what goes on in that pic could get below a hard R rating.
I live in OKC. We’ll just hang an “Allah” sign on it and call it good.
Holder says that state AG’s don’t have to follow the law.
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