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Old 01-08-2014, 04:13 PM
 
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The Satanic Temple, a New York-based organization, unveiled designs for a seven foot-tall Baphomet statue to be placed at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The statue features Baphomet sitting on a throne adorned with an inverted pentagram flanked by two smiling children. (Maybe I should point out that the Caduceus rising from Baphomet’s lap also represents an erect phallus, which makes the whole children thing quite inappropriate).
Read more at Satanic Temple Looking to Build Statue of Baphomet at Oklahoma State Capitol - The Vigilant Citizen

Creepy!
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:14 PM
 
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If one religion is allowed then any and all religions should be allowed.
If you don't want other religions represented on government property keep your religion off of government property.
Mention of the Christian religion is already stamped on many government buildings in our country. It would take tons of money to remove it. I am still trying to convince people to send me their money that has "In God we Trust"on it if it insults them but still don't have any takers. Guess it all depends on how important in issue is to them.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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To some so is Nazism, deal with that.
To some, texting is a religion. Doesn't mean it is. This has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at at hand.
The bottom line is that you only want YOUR religion and YOUR deity represented. Too bad, as there are many religions and about 3,000 deities.
Every deity from Thor to Neptune to Satan to Ganesha to Apollo has a right to be represented if you allow the Judeo-Christian one to be represented. All of your outrage and hurt feelings mean squat.
Deal with that.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:21 PM
 
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it's an anatomically incorrect statue of baphomet.

Also, Nazi basically was an occult religion. So.
They did do a lot of seances to contact the dead didn't they? Look at the documentary on it on youtube.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:23 PM
 
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To some, texting is a religion. Doesn't mean it is. This has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at at hand.
The bottom line is that you only want YOUR religion and YOUR deity represented. Too bad, as there are many religions and about 3,000 deities.
Every deity from Thor to Neptune to Satan to Ganesha to Apollo has a right to be represented if you allow the Judeo-Christian one to be represented. All of your outrage and hurt feelings mean squat.
Deal with that.

It's not the point on what I want, I really don't care. The point is it's already there. We have to deal with reality. It came before, it is the majority and it is reality.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:25 PM
 
Location: Middle of nowhere
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Mention of the Christian religion is already stamped on many government buildings in our country. It would take tons of money to remove it. I am still trying to convince people to send me their money that has "In God we Trust"on it if it insults them but still don't have any takers. Guess it all depends on how important in issue is to them.
Well, I hardly ever use cash anyways, and my debit card says nothing about god. Not to mention all that crap was added to money when it shouldn't have been. But you know Americans the all mighty dollar is god to some.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:27 PM
 
Location: Middle of nowhere
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It's not the point on what I want, I really don't care. The point is it's already there. We have to deal with reality. It came before, it is the majority and it is reality.
All I'm hearing is "WHAAAAA MY religion isn't allowed to be the only one on government property" "Why do I have to share public spaces with others" WHAAAAAAA"

Don't like havong to share, remove your religious monument.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:27 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Originally Posted by janelle144


Mention of the Christian religion is already
stamped on many government buildings in our country. It would take tons of
money to remove it. I am still trying to convince people to send me their money
that has "In God we Trust"on it if it insults them but still don't have any
takers. Guess it all depends on how important in issue is to them.
My money has polar bears, hockey players and inukshuks on it. No mention of God at all, so I'm keeping it.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:33 PM
 
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All I'm hearing is "WHAAAAA MY religion isn't allowed to be the only one on government property" "Why do I have to share public spaces with others" WHAAAAAAA"

Don't like havong to share, remove your religious monument.
They don't need to remove it, it's not there. I don't care if it was there first but it's wasn't. Now tax payers need to pay to have it all removed with our economy the way it is?
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:34 PM
 
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My money has polar bears, hockey players and inukshuks on it. No mention of God at all, so I'm keeping it.
Play money, nice you can use it though, most people have to use the real thing.
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