Christian Veteran Who Beheaded Satanic Altar in Iowa Capital Charged with Hate Crime

Gateway Pundit ^ | 1/30/2023 | Cassandra MacDonald

[Bon of Babble]

The altar to Baphomet was installed by the Satanic Temple, with approval from the Iowa Legislature. It featured a goat’s head on a red-caped mannequin holding a crimson pentagram wreath.

[kiryandil]

https://ajmackenzienovels.com/hardcastle-chaytor-mysteries/

[Empire_of_Liberty]

What do you think that the quotation you selected offers as advice to a person witnessing a satanic alter?

[mass55th]

"Nothing was done about it."

That doesn't surprise me. I just saw an article today where a mob of illegals beat two police officers near Times Square, and got released without bail. And then they wonder why cops are assassinated on the streets. There once was a time when a criminal would think twice about hitting a cop, because of the prison time that went with it. Liberals have made it open season on cops. And because of plea deals, nobody today does the time for the actual crime they committed. I worked in uniform for 25 years in NY State's prison system, and saw it first hand. The D.A.'s, Attorney Generals, and Judges that put repeat violent offenders right back out on the street, only to hurt or kill someone not long after, need to be criminally charged, right along with the criminal they allowed to roam free.

[Fido969]

Hating Satan is now a crime.

[Fido969]

Ummm, best of luck getting a conviction on that in Iowa.

Parts of Iowa are far-left.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Judges 6:30-32

30 Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.” 31 But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.” 32 Therefore on that day Gideon[a] was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.

If satan is a real god then let satan plead for himself as one has destroyed his altar.

[Carl Vehse]

According to a December 14, 2023, Republic Sentinel article, "Exclusive: Christian tears down and beheads Satan shrine in Iowa Capitol":

Members of the Satanic Temple of Iowa recently received permission to install the exhibit, which included a statue depicting the idol Baphomet holding a pentacle and surrounded by candles, on the first floor of the Iowa Capitol near displays of the Nativity. Cassidy pushed over and decapitated the statue before he discarded the head in a trash can.

The article does not specifically mention the names of the officials of the Iowa Capitol staff, the Iowa Capitol Police and the Iowa Department of Administrative Services who approved this evil display.

[Fido969]

There once was a time when a criminal would think twice about hitting a cop, because of the prison time that went with it.

Ummm... Back in the day, it wasn't necessarily the "prison time" that made someone reluctant to hit a cop. It was more likely the immediate and severe @ss-kicking that followed, not only on the street, but also in the holding cell.

[bigbob]

90% of the state hates it too

[In_Iowa_not_from]

Parts of Iowa are far-left.

Iowa City in particular and any town with a university (especially the ones with law schools).

[mass55th]

"It was more likely the immediate and severe @ss-kicking that followed, not only on the street, but also in the holding cell."

Cameras with audio in jails and prisons took care of that.

[PeterPrinciple]

How do we support this warrior?

[coalminersson]

hate crime against the devil. I never thought of that one

[cuz1961]

i thought satan and satanists advocate and promote

anti JudeoChristian things

like

hate.

isnt hate considered a virtue by satan and his worshipers ?

id think they would want this act rewarded

[Mathews]

Seems like it was the government who perpetrated the hate crime by allowing the satanic shrine to be put up…

[SunkenCiv]

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[Justa]

A very good lesson.

“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord,* nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.”
Timothy 2

Cleansing and redemption. Sad to think how far people will fall before going thru it.

[californian by choice]

I do not have the courage to behead a grotesque idol for fear of physical reprisals, but I support and applaud that Christian who dared to do it. Does that qualify me as a hate criminal?

[gitmo]

That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.” So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.

When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. And they said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” And after they had searched and inquired, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.” Judges 6:25-29

[jagusafr]

Wow, flashback to “Scarecrowwwwww, Scarecrowwwww!” on Disney Sunday nights!