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This has to be filed under, "Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it" category.
Arkansas passed the "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT DISPLAY ACT" last year. It clearly only discusses placing a specific 10 Commandments monument on State Capitol grounds.
Well, seeing a US government cannot be seen to be any part of the promotion or establishment of any one religion, guess who comes along and wants THEIR monument place on the Capitol grounds also? You guessed it, your local friendly Satanist.
Why the Satan is portrayed in the image of a goat?
A goat is a harmless animal that is not vicious. It doesn't have canines and it's not a carnivorous. It lives on vegetation and provides milk and meat.
A depiction of Satan would probably made more sense if were look like a vicious animal with canines. And this particular Satan also seems to have been on a hunger strike.
Anyway, to answer your concern, I suppose the 10 commandments monument law may have some sort of voting majority behind it. And since we live in a democratic electoral system, we can probably say, "majority is the authority"
Anyway, to answer your concern, I suppose the 10 commandments monument law may have some sort of voting majority behind it. And since we live in a democratic electoral system, we can probably say, "majority is the authority"
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Why the Satan is portrayed in the image of a goat?
A goat is a harmless animal that is not vicious. It doesn't have canines and it's not a carnivorous. It lives on vegetation and provides milk and meat.
A depiction of Satan would probably made more sense if were look like a vicious animal with canines. And this particular Satan also seems to have been on a hunger strike.
Anyway, to answer your concern, I suppose the 10 commandments monument law may have some sort of voting majority behind it. And since we live in a democratic electoral system, we can probably say, "majority is the authority"
Sure, with that thought process there would well still be slavery, no women could vote, discrimination towards minorities would be rampant. You sure you want to live in that kind of a country?
Why the Satan is portrayed in the image of a goat?
A goat is a harmless animal that is not vicious. It doesn't have canines and it's not a carnivorous. It lives on vegetation and provides milk and meat.
A depiction of Satan would probably made more sense if were look like a vicious animal with canines. And this particular Satan also seems to have been on a hunger strike.
Anyway, to answer your concern, I suppose the 10 commandments monument law may have some sort of voting majority behind it. And since we live in a democratic electoral system, we can probably say, "majority is the authority"
lol, I smell sarcasm. clintonites and trumpanzies show that reasonable "majority" rules too. we need a third party middle in this goat vs. ten thing too. Too bad apologetics is seen as a bad thing. You know, comparing all the information and doing the best we can with what we got.
I think The goat is perfect for Satan. Even with today's metaphors.
Why the Satan is portrayed in the image of a goat?
A goat is a harmless animal that is not vicious. It doesn't have canines and it's not a carnivorous. It lives on vegetation and provides milk and meat.
A depiction of Satan would probably made more sense if were look like a vicious animal with canines. And this particular Satan also seems to have been on a hunger strike.
Anyway, to answer your concern, I suppose the 10 commandments monument law may have some sort of voting majority behind it. And since we live in a democratic electoral system, we can probably say, "majority is the authority"
Then why not? Who says the deity is any more vicious than a Goat? Let me guess - those who adhere to other religions.
And yes, that is the argument for Religious Majority mandates the state Law on religion and, no that is not the way it works. (USA) State law provides equal rights for any religion and indeed any alternative to religion, such as atheism. That rather than actually worshipping any deity is what this is about. Nice statue though. Like the lighting.
Why the Satan is portrayed in the image of a goat?
I don't know about the Quran, but both the Old and New Testaments are rife with imagery of "goats vs sheep" with the meek and mild sheep being good people and the brash goats being evil people.
In addition, as Christianity overtook pagan Europe, pagan deities were either transmuted into saints, or in the alternative, demonized. IIRC, some of the Celtic deities had goat's legs or horns and I am suspecting that this is much of the origin of a goat-like Satan.
And then of course there is Baphomet, which, as indicated here, is actually a product of Christian mythology about pagans, an imaginary god created by the followers of an imaginary god. Baphomet may even be a corruption of Mohammed, according to the linked article. It has simply become a symbol of everything that's considered evil and opposed to (Christian) Truth, a locus of projection for Christian fear and loathing.
Contraction to the rule in the ten commandment where ``no graven image allowed ``............... image of antichrist devil who many worship in the world and don`t even know it
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