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Satanists unveil statue for the Oklahoma state capitol

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Anton668

Anton668

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Zen_Arcade said:
I would put that in my house. The word Baphomet is even fun to say.
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http://www.thesatanictemple.com/

DONATE
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$500 – Your name on the “list of souls” on the back of the statue
$666 – Your name on the statue
$1000 – You can also get a 1 foot bronze statue of the monument
$1200 – Your name on the statue, top of the list
$5000 – Your own 4×6 block with 4 lines of text
$10000 – Your own 10×8 inch block with 12 lines of text
$100000 – Your own statue
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kess

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GOAT
 
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Warm Machine

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Orayn said:
They're true scotsman.

Actual answer: "Satanists" are a fairly diverse bunch, with some taking it more seriously than others.
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I get it. I was more asking that the group doing this are they just taking the piss out of the whole 10 commandments thing or do they actually believe even slightly in the whole satan thing and simultaneously making a point.
 
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Orayn

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Warm Machine said:
I get it. I was more asking that the group doing this are they just taking the piss out of the whole 10 commandments thing or do they actually believe even slightly in the whole satan thing and simultaneously making a point.
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Again, it varies. Plenty are atheists and just believe in "Satan" as a symbol rather than a supernatural entity, but some are actually into it. In this case, they're united by the common goal of making a hilarious point about separation of church and state.
 
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Kusagari

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Didn't the Church of Satan only pick Satanic imagery as a way to sort of troll Christians? Well not really troll, but sort of a "take that" by picking a character so reviled by the Abrahamic religions to base themselves on.
 
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Brakke

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Kusagari said:
Didn't the Church of Satan only pick Satanic imagery as a way to sort of troll Christians? Well not really troll, but sort of a "take that" by picking a character so reviled by the Abrahamic religions to base themselves on.
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Yeah. LaVey and The Church of Satanism are super lame. Being way into Paradise Lost is rad.
 
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Anura

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Wait is that picture above the actual statue that is next to the commandments one?

They actually did it, didn't they? Holy hell... That's amazing
 
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Chabbles

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pulga said:
holy crap I just wiki'd the Church of Satan

The Eleven 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 them respect or else do not go there.
  4. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them 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 they cry 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.
  11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they don’t stop, destroy them.
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Gorger

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The statue is really pretty, and I love the message they are trying to send by doing this. Now we just need one of Cthulhu and the Flying Spagetti Monster and we're all set :D
 
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DarthWoo

I'm glad Grandpa porked a Chinese Muslim
It's up now, but in Detroit.

http://time.com/3972713/detroit-satanic-statue-baphomet/

A little before midnight on Saturday, a crowd of around 700 gathered in an old industrial warehouse a few blocks from the Detroit River for what they’d been told was the “largest public satanic ceremony in history.” Most of them professed to be adherents of Satanism, that loosely organized squad of the occult that defines itself as a religious group. Others came simply because they were curious. After all, Satanists exist in the popular psyche as those who casually sacrifice goats and impregnate Mia Farrow with Lucifer’s child; if this ceremony was indeed unprecedentedly big, who knew what could be in store?
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lednerg

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I heard an interview last year with Lucien Greaves, the spokesperson for The Satanic Temple, and was quite impressed with him. Seemed like a really smart, sincere dude. He said back then that they were making multiple statues in anticipation of them getting defaced; I don't know if that's still the case.

spookyfish said:
Huh ... I seem to remember images of the Baphomet with tits. Guess this artist didn't decide to do that.
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In the interview above, Greaves says, "[we removed the breasts because] we don't want to argue with Oklahoma on the grounds of pornography. We don't want to give them that ammunition..."
 
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