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Zealot Is At It Again: Satan Returns [SOMETHING ENDS, SOMETHING BEGINS]
Rally:
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Trogtor on April 12, 2017, 12:16:09 PM ---complete bullstuff. he could have easily done some other fake religion instead of satanism.
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What's the point then? There are probably no Scientologists where he lives.
patton360:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on April 12, 2017, 03:29:23 PM ---What's the point then? There are probably no Scientologists where he lives.
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I'm a christian and I fully support what Zealot's doing here. Totally within his rights, and given his location it's the best subject group. On a college campus, it's social justice warriors.
McZealot:
--- Quote from: Trogtor on April 12, 2017, 12:03:59 PM ---i think your idea was funny but doing it to piss off a religious group you're a loving starfish
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Except we're not pissing off Christians--we're pissing off morons. My whole family is Catholic/Episcopal and they think it's pretty funny. I don't really go to church but I've visited with the Pastor of my mother's and she also thinks its very funny. I have a lot of Christian friends--living in Oklahoma, and even a lot of the conservative ones realize it's a joke designed to toy with only the most intolerant people. If we had targeted Christians with 'KILL JESUS' posters or something along those lines, it would absolutely be reprehensible. But there's nothing even mildly offensive about a quiet page preaching the greatness of the Dark Lord Satan.
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Anyone who actually believes Satan is real and worships him as a diety is really cringey. LeVayan Satanists are really cringey too. But thankfully Oklahoma has a movement of Satanists focused around free-speech rights (because the government is so Christian) and they've accomplished a lot. Notably, they forced the state to remove a 10-foot tall monument of the Ten Commandments that lie before the Oklahoma Capitol building--something I would actually consider to be offensive. It suggests that our lawmakers are listening to the whims of a god I don't even believe in over my civil rights and the laws of the country they are sworn to serve.
--- Quote from: Trogtor on April 12, 2017, 12:16:09 PM ---complete bullstuff. he could have easily done some other fake religion instead of satanism.
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But mocking Scientology wouldn't be controversial. The whole point is to press the limits--show the government or the administration that we're willing to exercise our legal rights, even if they don't like it.
Trogtor:
ok i see now continue