“The Satanic Temple believes that religion can, and should, be divorced from superstition. As such, we do not promote a belief in a personal Satan,” the organization added.

I Luv It !

The sad thing is that there has been infinitely more people murdered in the name of god than Satan. I’m not defending Satan because I don’t think he exists but look at the evidence. If you compare the damage done by the churches against the damage done bunsatanists. It’s not even close.

I find this fascinating. The very effort to allow an alternate view to be shared ends up with a complete shutdown of all views. Rather than hear views one does not agree with, people would rather hear nothing, and our democratic ways continue to be eroded.

IMO, Satanism only exists to counter the absurdity of Christianity/Judaism/Islam. It is only good for instances like the one described in the story.

Satanists have done quite a bit to cause otherwise staunch Christians to appreciate our tradition (at least on paper) of separation of church and state. Several years ago, Oklahoma passed a law which said all religions were welcome to erect a religious monument on public property. It was in response to actions initiated to have a Ten Commandments monument removed from in front of a court house. The first applicants were Satanists who proposed a goat headed statue of Satan with numerous Satanic symbols. The state committee approved the statue and a couple modified ceremonies were conducted before the uproar from other religions (perhaps more than just Christians) caused Oklahoma lawmakers to repeal their law and voluntarily move the Ten Commandments monument io private property nearby. As I understand, the Satanists statue was set up in an undisclosed location (somewhere in Michigan I believe). A photo of the statue may still be on-line.

Something similar occurred in Florida when laws were passed to allow religious organizations to come nd make a presentation to school kids. After an atheist organization, and again, Satanists wanted to take advantage of this law, Florida lawmakers decided it wasn't such a good idea after all.

I would also like to see meetings that start with prayers given to the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

If it eliminates the invocation, fine, but I sure hope she doesn't link Satan worship to Atheists. The Satan stuff is silly.

P.s. - it was an invocation, not a prayer. Prayer suggests a belief in the supernatural and otherworldly beings.
It was a pretty good invocation too, all the stuff about letting that which can not strand in the face of knowledge be destroyed...

Hail Satan

Good.

Fandamntastic!!!

Heil Iris !

On the edge of victory! The elimination of religious invocations by governmental bodies is the ultimate goal.