"Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so."
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wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 12:03 last edited by
If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
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If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 12:23 last edited by@george-k said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.”
Obviously fake news. If it was authentic it would be "ooooovertly Satanic".
Hmm . . . I wonder what Brenda
is covering upknows about this.
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If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 12:38 last edited by@george-k said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
"Atheist Church?"
What????I'm a regular attendee at the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Last week I completely misunderstood the pastor when he exalted us to reveal our tentacles.
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wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 15:27 last edited by
Western civilization might be hitting a peak.
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wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 15:47 last edited by
@copper said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Western civilization might be hitting a peak.
Wokeness is certainly culturally suicidal, and divorced enough from reality to be reasonably considered a mental illness. (h/t Larry.)
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wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 16:13 last edited by
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
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Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 16:18 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
There's nothing particularly special about god.
ORLY? You try to grow a beard like that.
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@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
There's nothing particularly special about god.
ORLY? You try to grow a beard like that.
wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 16:21 last edited by@horace said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
There's nothing particularly special about god.
ORLY? You try to grow a beard like that.
OK, admittedly that's pretty impressive for a woman, but apart from the beard....
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If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 17:40 last edited by@george-k said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
Always said atheism is its own belief system...
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@george-k said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
Always said atheism is its own belief system...
wrote on 23 Mar 2021, 18:06 last edited by@jolly said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@george-k said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
If thousands of Satanists have their way, the Arkansas state capital will soon host a mystical winged goat idol, not far from an existing three-ton monument to the Ten Commandments.
In Minnesota they’ve sued to erect a statue they call “overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.” In Arizona they want to bless a City Council meeting, as they say theists have done for years.
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the “freedom to offend,” has filed at least seven lawsuits in as many states, challenging the limits on what qualifies as religious expression. It says it’s looking for equal treatment in the public square. Its opponents say it’s just trolling Christianity and calling it a high-minded struggle for justice.
Lucien Greaves, who co-founded the church in 2013, says he hopes the lawsuits will expand religious equality and free speech in a way that benefits all Americans, whether they approve of his faith or not.
"Atheist Church?"
What????
Always said atheism is its own belief system...
That's only true of Orthodox Atheism. We in the more enlightened and forward-thinking group of The Rainbow-Atheist Alliance allow atheists of all types to join, irregardless of their particular lack of belief and/or complete lack of interest.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 00:53 last edited by
Wow. Now there's a reason for the Lutherans and Catholics to join forces.
Pass the popcorn and the hotdish!
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Wow. Now there's a reason for the Lutherans and Catholics to join forces.
Pass the popcorn and the hotdish!
wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 00:55 last edited by@brenda said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Wow. Now there's a reason for the Lutherans and
CatholicsEpiscopalians to join forces.
Pass thepopcornwhiskey and the hotdish!FIFY.
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Wow. Now there's a reason for the Lutherans and Catholics to join forces.
Pass the popcorn and the hotdish!
wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 02:24 last edited by@brenda said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Wow. Now there's a reason for the Lutherans and Catholics to join forces.
Pass the popcorn and the hotdish!
LOL
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Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 16:56 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
I agree.
I read somewhere that "more wars have been fought in the name of religion than anything else."
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wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 16:59 last edited by
Nobody ever went to war over Marmite, even though it tends to excite very strong emotions, both positive and negative.
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@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
I agree.
I read somewhere that "more wars have been fought in the name of religion than anything else."
wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 17:02 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
I agree.
I read somewhere that "more wars have been fought in the name of religion than anything else."
I never liked that quote. It's a finger pointing to the moon.
We didn't invade Afghanistan over religion. Or Iraq. Or Korea. Or Vietnam. Or Normandy, for that matter.
Most wars start over deeply felt but incompatible ideologies. In the past, many of those ideologies were religion, but they don't have to be.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 17:04 last edited by Catseye3
Maybe. Or maybe it's a matter of, "I want what you got." Even when the you is a runner-up to the real target.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 17:05 last edited by
In reality, religion is often just an excuse.
And if we're invading France, it's probably a good excuse.
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@taiwan_girl said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
I agree.
I read somewhere that "more wars have been fought in the name of religion than anything else."
I never liked that quote. It's a finger pointing to the moon.
We didn't invade Afghanistan over religion. Or Iraq. Or Korea. Or Vietnam. Or Normandy, for that matter.
Most wars start over deeply felt but incompatible ideologies. In the past, many of those ideologies were religion, but they don't have to be.
wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 17:35 last edited by@aqua-letifer said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@taiwan_girl said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
I agree.
I read somewhere that "more wars have been fought in the name of religion than anything else."
I never liked that quote. It's a finger pointing to the moon.
We didn't invade Afghanistan over religion. Or Iraq. Or Korea. Or Vietnam. Or Normandy, for that matter.
Most wars start over deeply felt but incompatible ideologies. In the past, many of those ideologies were religion, but they don't have to be.
Yes, I semi agree. Look at Afganistan. I believe that the US invaded because to the Taliban. Why did we want to stop the Taliban? Because they were imposing their strict brand of religion, which included promotion of terrorism.
I am not saying that the only cause was religion, but it was kind of a big reason.
But, it probably is like John D'Oh says - it is just an excuse to do or not do something.
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@aqua-letifer said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@taiwan_girl said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
@doctor-phibes said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Personally, I don't see why religious organizations should get benefits that the rest of us don't get.
There's nothing particularly special about god.
I agree.
I read somewhere that "more wars have been fought in the name of religion than anything else."
I never liked that quote. It's a finger pointing to the moon.
We didn't invade Afghanistan over religion. Or Iraq. Or Korea. Or Vietnam. Or Normandy, for that matter.
Most wars start over deeply felt but incompatible ideologies. In the past, many of those ideologies were religion, but they don't have to be.
Yes, I semi agree. Look at Afganistan. I believe that the US invaded because to the Taliban. Why did we want to stop the Taliban? Because they were imposing their strict brand of religion, which included promotion of terrorism.
I am not saying that the only cause was religion, but it was kind of a big reason.
But, it probably is like John D'Oh says - it is just an excuse to do or not do something.
wrote on 24 Mar 2021, 17:45 last edited by Aqua Letifer@taiwan_girl said in "Overtly Satanic, but tastefully so.":
Why did we want to stop the Taliban? Because they were imposing their strict brand of religion, which included promotion of terrorism.
I would argue that we cared a great deal more about their complicity with the group that killed 2,977 civilians in a terrorist attack. The war in Afghanistan wasn't a religious war by any stretch from our perspective. We weren't trying to spread Christianity.
