re: Satanists seek spot next to Ten Commandments monument on steps of OK's Statehous

True Satanism is giving in to one's desires and indulging his carnal nature. It in no way worships Lucifer or Satan, nor does it even believe they are real. Satan is a metaphor for the human side of all of us when we aren't worried about an all powerful diety watching over us. No, I'm not a satanist, but I find the subject of demons and Hell interesting.

Here are the 10 "Commandments" of the Satanic Church. They really aren't all that shocking.

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The Ten Satanic Rules of the Earth

1. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
2. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
3. When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
6. Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
7. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.
8. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
9. Do not harm little children.
10. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.

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I'm waiting on Revelator or any other religious demagoge to tell me why these older law codes aren't as important as the 10 commandments.

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If a group had wanted to erect a monument to Code of Hammurabi
It would have had relevance just like the Ten Commandments. The satanist have none. What's your point?

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I love how the purpose is to celwbrate oklahoma's judeo christian heritage when the only the reason the population in indian territory was chrisitian was by force.

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That's complete bullshite. The tribes sent to OK were already converted to Christianity before the relocation act.

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The Satanist ten commandments are just as viable as the biblical ten commandments.

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Satanic law if there is such a thing had no part in the historic law of any culture, but the Ten Commandments did. You know this, but your hatred for all things religious won't allow you to concede this point so whatever.

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The Satanist ten commandments are just as viable
as the biblical ten commandments.

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Viable?
In a historical pretext related to US law?
How so?

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Besides that, it is an entirely religious thing to want
the ten commandments displayed in the manner described.

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Actually no.
An "entirely religious thing" would obviously relate entirely to religion, and not to historical foundations of law.

If, as previously stated, one were to argue other ancient historical precedents are more influential on our legal system, those arguments might have weight. Hamurabi was one example cited here.

However, the Satanic Commandments qualify not one iota in that regard.

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NO force there. They moved because they wanted to

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You're missing the point. They were already practicing Christianity before the Southern racist Andrew Jackson relocated them to OK. My point being, the ones in OK have been practicing Christianity long before the white Sooners ever arrived to North America from places mostly like Germany and Ireland, etc.

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They were already practicing Christianity before the Southern racist Andrew Jackson relocated them to OK. My point being, the ones in OK have been practicing Christianity long before the white Sooners ever arrived to North America from places mostly like Germany and Ireland, etc.

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sure but some had. The native pwople still practice thwie religion there now though and it isn't christianity so I doubt they were a majority christian back then considering they had to have missionaries of the time preach to try and convert the people. They opened up borarding schools for this purpose.

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If the contents of the Bible are real and our laws were based of of those contents, then we should certainly honor Satan, as he is the only hero from the Bible. It was Satan who showed Adam & Eve the knowledge of good and evil-- he taught critical thinking to naked, willful thought-slaves, it was Satan who offered food for forty days to a starving man in the desert, Satan understands human nature and doesn't judge you for being a human, Satan accepts God's unwanted children unconditionally, it is Satan who actually punishes the evil doers, and it is Satan who hasn't had countless millions slaughtered in his name.

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Satanic law if there is such a thing had no part in the historic law of any culture, but the Ten Commandments did

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If that is the standard why don't we put up a Michael Jackson statue

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Were you confused as to his intent in referencing "historic law"?

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Were you confused as to his intent in referencing "historic law"?

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I was showing that "cultural law" is just complete BS.

Its a giant stretch. I'm not obliging the reach around.