New Hampshire capital includes Satanic symbol as part of their holiday display ‘to avoid litigation’

[BackAgain]

Aww. Somebody broke a statue of some symbol of Satanism.

The statue got a boo boo.

Let me check:

Nope. Not a single fuck to give.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Lefties calling religion a cult while they are in a cult is laughable.

When you cannot criticize Democrats….you are in a cult.

Ask me to criticize any elected official and I can assess them without first determining their party affiliation and using that as the barometer.

Biden says the DOJ is corrupt and I agree with him.

The cult loves the DOJ, but at the same time refuse to call out Biden on his criticism of the DOJ.

LARRY ELDER IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST. COME ON.

A cult is a religion that has bad PR.

 

[ColonelAngus]

A cult is a religion that has bad PR.

I wont argue.

I will argue that if you bash Jesus while blowing Al Gore, you are a dumb fuck.

 

[DukeU]

What’s your point?

My point is it's stupid the satanic stuff has to be included in with Christmas decorations.

Give them their own day/week whatever, but not during Christmas.

They are just doing it to make a point and be jerks.

 

[XponentialChaos]

My point is it's stupid the satanic stuff has to be included in with Christmas decorations.

Give them their own day/week whatever, but not during Christmas.

They are just doing it to make a point and be jerks.

If you don’t like it, tough shit. You don’t get to dictate when other religions can celebrate.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

If you don’t like it, tough shit. You don’t get to dictate when other religions can celebrate.

It's a mistake to even allow Satan worship existence.

 

[DukeU]

If you don’t like it, tough shit. You don’t get to dictate when other religions can celebrate.

LOL

It affects me none whatsoever, just an FYI.

 

[DukeU]

Now that's desperation.

That is misery wanting company.

 

[Arlette]

God has a heck of a bitch-slap.

The flood was used to destroy the wickedness and violence that had consumed humanity. The first born thing was compel the pharaoh to release the Israelites and remind Pharaoh of God’s authority and power.

I would argue that you can’t really compare God’s will to the actions of men. I believe God’s wisdom exists outside of the spectrum of earthly good and evil. That spectrum is what we, God’s creation, are judged by. God’s bitch-slap is always motivated by whats ultimately best for his us.


Free will is not something you can opt-out of. You are subject to the struggle between good and evil regardless if you believe in Satan or not. Satans influence on you is by deception and not in your best interests.

The flood didn't happen. The ancient Sumerians kept records and they had no idea that they were all wiped out.

 

[DukeU]

“Satan is a murderer and the father of lies. He promotes false doctrines and craftily seeks to keep unbelievers in spiritual bondage (John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:14; 1 Timothy 4:1).”

Who is Satan in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org.


Well, if you are not even familiar with why Satan is bad, perhaps you aren’t really very versed in Christian theology?

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane. He turned to her and said: “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

“What would you want to talk about?” the little girl replied to the stranger.

“Oh I don’t know,” the atheist said. “How about why there is no God or no heaven or Hell, or no life after death?”

“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turn out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”

The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it and says: “Hmmm, I have no idea”.

To which the little girls replies: “Do you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don’t know shit?”

She then went back to reading her book.

 

[XponentialChaos]

LOL

It affects me none whatsoever, just an FYI.





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Great! Satanists celebrating on Dec 25 doesn’t impact me either.

 

[DukeU]

God killed innocent babies, puppies and kittens
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Not Satans work

They mocked, ridiculed, and laughed at Noah for 120 years.

They got what they chose.

 

[XponentialChaos]

It's a mistake to even allow Satan worship existence.

What should be done about this?

 

[DukeU]

Great! Satanists celebrating on Dec 25 doesn’t impact me either.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

[XponentialChaos]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks. You too.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

What should be done about this?

First, don't allow a public platform. Then monitor for criminal conduct. Religion cannot be a cloak for crime. Stop allowing access to children's activities.

 

[XponentialChaos]

First, don't allow a public platform.

1st Amendment?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

1st Amendment?

The first amendment has plenty of restrictions.

 

[XponentialChaos]

The first amendment has plenty of restrictions.

Is that one of its restrictions?

 

[Dismantle this Country]

Changing Tests and Religious Displays

Since then, O’Connor’s endorsement test and the Lemon test came into play in situations where religious and state actions potentially conflicted. But several newer court decisions had greatly diminished the Lemon and endorsement tests.

In Town of Greece v. Galloway in 2014, Justice Anthony Kennedy stated that the “Establishment Clause must be interpreted ‘by reference to historical practices and understandings,’” referring to his own concurring opinion in the County of Allegheny decision.

A 2019 Supreme Court decision, American Legion v. American Humanist Association, addressed the same question about the presence of a large cross on public property that was once privately owned. The Court’s majority did not use the Lemon test and again looked at “historical practices and understandings” to settle the First Amendment question.

In Woodring v. Jackson County, Indiana, in 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a nativity scene on public property that also included secular objects was permitted because it fit “with a long national tradition of using the nativity scene in broader holiday displays to depict the historical origins’ of Christmas—a ‘traditional event’ long recognized as a National Holiday.”

Last June, the Court’s majority left little doubt where it stood on previous religion tests. “This Court long ago abandoned Lemon and its endorsement test offshoot,” wrote Justice Neil Gorsuch in the 7-2 majority opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. “In place of Lemon and the endorsement test, this Court has instructed that the Establishment Clause must be interpreted by ‘reference to historical practices and understandings.’” Justice O’Connor’s test from the 1980s was formally abandoned.

Since Kennedy v. Bremerton, any legal challenge to religious symbolism on public property will need to be interpreted in a new light. In the wake of last year’s Supreme Court decision, there has been a general lack of nativity scene lawsuits during 2023.