re: Satanic Temple puts up display at Michigan Capital

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what exactly are you looking for in terms of statements about the people who made the statue?

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The thing he doesn't understand is that no one, besides the people who put up the display, owes him a statement on this issue. Period.

He wants them to say sowwwy because it gave him a sad. This is ludicrous. People can say whatever they want about religion in a public space.

Do I find it distasteful? Yes, but not anymore than the countless evangelizing religious people who are also pushing a philosophy.

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again, i'm goign to sound like a broken record, but look at our societal indicators. violent crime, property crime, abortion, teen pregnancy, etc all going way down. lots of positive indicators (especially world wide) are going way up.

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I agree, but it's missing the point. There are a myriad of causes for the uptick in quality of life factors, for lack of a better term. First and foremost is technology (a very broad, perhaps over-broad, catagory), and there is cheap fuel.

I'm not even saying that we are necessarily "on the brink" of a major collapse, although that's a strong possibility. I tend to think that we will pull out of this postmodern age before major damage is done.

What I'm talking about is more metaphysical. It's a sense of discontentment with the past and the cultural structures that remain. It's mostly fueled by ignorance, where it is never truer that a little knowledge is a bad thing. The movement is broad but shallow, where sound byte wisdom trumps delving deep for true meaning.

It's the fuel for Idiocracy. It will get worse before it gets better.

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the other reality is that none of the religious displays should be at governmentally funded buildings or property. but since they let the christians do it, they've opened the flood gates for satanists, muslims, and the flying spaghetti monster crowds to put up their displays as well. the christians started this and are now mad that other religions want to be on an even playing field.

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Yeah, this is what I think this is really about. It's a statement about the presence of religious displays on public property. It's not about atheism or antitheism--it's about separation of church and state, and in particular, the inappropriateness of the appearance of a government endorsement of religion.

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the church of satan doesn't believe in satan and does not worship satan. it's an atheist organization based in rationality

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Saying they don't worship Satan is akin to saying someone does not suck a dick simple because they only hold it in their mouth until the swelling goes down.

These so-called "atheist" Satanists can claim they don't worship Satan but their actions say they do whether or not they believe they are. Look at the definition of the word "worship"....

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wor·ship
'w?rSH?p/Submit
noun
1.
the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
"the worship of God"
synonyms: reverence, veneration, adoration, glorification, glory, exaltation; More
the acts or rites that make up a formal expression of reverence for a deity; a religious ceremony or ceremonies.

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What they're doing is textbook worship, even if they're stupid enough to not realize they're doing it.

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What I'm talking about is more metaphysical. It's a sense of discontentment with the past and the cultural structures that remain

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that's the nature of progress. you find which structures/systems work and keep them. you throw away the others

that's how we develop

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The movement is broad but shallow, where sound byte wisdom trumps delving deep for true meaning.

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i don't see how this applies here. the CoS isn't some new thing. it's like 50 years old. that search you ask for is present, too.

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It's the fuel for Idiocracy.

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say what you will about the CoS, but they are anti-idiocracy. traditional churches are much more pro-idiocracy these days

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Let's be real, it's an atheist organization based in lack of affection from one's parents.

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wut?

are you talking about the alleged orgies?

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I just wish someone would put their foot down and say NO. you're not putting religious shite in our courthouses or government buildings.
nothing! no crosses, so flying spaghetti monsters, no muslim shite, no satanic bullshite. nothing!

but they don't, and this is what we're now dealing with.

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basically

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basically

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no one has the balls to do it