“Let’s burn it down!”: Christians conspire to prevent Satanic Temple from unveiling Baphomet statue

[DavidDvorkin]

The Satanic Temple will soon be unveiling the statue of Baphomet that was originally intended for Oklahoma — until the state Supreme Court ruled that a Ten Commandments monument had to be removed from capitol grounds — or at least, they will be if the Christian groups threatening it don’t “burn it down” first.

The statue’s first home in Detroit was to have been Bert’s Market Place, but owner Bert Dearing returned the Satanic Temple’s rental fee after he learned that the group was affiliated with satanists. “When I rented the place, I just thought it was a church,” he told ABC News. “I didn’t know about the unveiling of a statue. We weren’t aware they were into devil worshipping.”

The Satanic Temple’s co-founder Lucien Greaves isn’t buying that, because as he told Hemant Mehta Thursday evening, “the very contract specified that we are the Satanic Temple.”

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/17/lets_burn_it_down_detroit_christians_conspire_to_prevent_satanic_temple_from_unveiling_baphomet_statue/

[Hydra]

1. *Laughs*

"Freedom of Religion!(as long as it's mine)"

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Yep.

[Hoppy]

3. Baphomet is a cute little feller... you can put him in my yard if you want.

[AtheistCrusader]

10. Pan amuses me more, but he seems to get about the same reaction.

[Lint Head]

4. Aaaaaaaaaah! Oh no! A statue!

[Hoppy]

11. That ain't nothin'. Mines bigger than his.

[uriel1972]

5. "Let he who is without sin..."... nt

[cbayer]

6. This is exactly the response that Greaves and his group not only anticipated,

but hoped for.

Of course his agenda is political. He has never made any secret about that. He is making a point about free speech.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Irrelevant

What matters is the reaction and what it exposes.

[cbayer]

8. Exactly, that is why it is relevant.

Greaves and his group have repeatedly and successfully challenged religious privilege.

This statue was supposed to go to Oklahoma City, but the threat of putting it there is one of the reasons they removed the 10 commandments statue.

His intention could not be more relevant.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. So quickly the Christians forget how they used to be treated.

Too often people who are bullied and mistreated at some point, turn into giant fucking monsters when they manage to get a little bit of power.

[Lordquinton]

12. They don't forget

Can't go a day without hearing about how persecuted Christians are.