Comments on: Christmas 2014: Satanic Temple Display Proposed For State Capitol

By: mom

mom — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 23:00:09 +0000

Keep all religions out of the state capital. All have a right to worship their own way, but no one has a right to push their religion on anyone. We USE TO BE a Judeo Christian nation, not any more. If we let the mojority rule, that may be muslem one day. Let every business owner put whatever display they want to for their business. The paper mill should be able to put the nativity scene up if the owner prefers to.

By: Interesting...

Interesting... — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:04:29 +0000

I think it’s very interesting that the Satanic Temple wants to wish everyone a Happy Holiday for Christmas – the holiday that symbolizes the day of the birth of Christ. Are they really happy about that? I think not.

However, the law of the land does say freedom of religion. So, I guess we need to define what religion is in order to allow these various religions their displays. Christians know that they should believe in Jesus not religion.

But beware: Satan is real and has crept into most areas of our life. He enjoys his reign on earth for sure. Confusion is his friend. Maybe Satan thinks if he gets his worker-bees to display these type of images more people will become curious and join or they will become desensitized. There lies the danger.

Let the state capitol have their holiday display. Christians can display else where…

By: Lindy67

Lindy67 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:38:15 +0000

First and foremost, I am a Christian. Christmas is the holiday celebrating Jesus Christ’s birthday, hence the name Christmas! There is no other holiday being celebrated Dec. 25th.

This Satanic Temple – a group of agnostics who mock Christian beliefs – should not be allowed to display this disrespectful and direct attack on Christians during a time we are honoring Jesus..

Don’t have ANY displays, seperate Church and state.

It would be the equivelant of letting some organization use a display to insult & disrespect other religions on such holidays as Kwanza, Yom Kippur or Ramadan.

By: Ponch

Ponch — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 02:50:23 +0000

Touché, Sedition, touché

@Fred, How can this display be offensive to Christians when it merely depicts an illustration of what YOUR bible says happened? According to YOUR religion (that created Satan in the first place) he was an angel that was cast out of heaven.

I’m not a religious person, but what’s good for one religion should be good for all religions. Allow them all, or allow none of them.

By: Amen

Amen — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:44:02 +0000

Seems that if one’s true belief is strong enough then this display is nothing more than a passing curiosity as are many others.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:03:00 +0000

That is horrible, do not let that happen!!! May God bless them

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:55:31 +0000

DO NOT SEND IT TO FLORIDA. KEEP IT THERE.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:49:05 +0000

cy, if these displays appeared to be any kind of religious expression, I would not have said that. They appear to be snarky insults, though, and that’s why I said what I did. As I also said, if these were displays insulting to Mohammed and the Moslems, I would bet they would not be allowed.

By: BT

BT — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:12:45 +0000

Most folks don’t go to a government building to get into the holiday spirit. It’s just plain silly to have these displays, serious or not.

Please feel free to put whatever kind of display you want on your own property, though.

By: Dennis HE Wiggins, D.Div.

Dennis HE Wiggins, D.Div. — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:59:53 +0000

I have to agree with Melissa on this one. I am a Christian, and I do not want to have anyone’s views “pushed” on me. But, likewise, a Christian should never “push” his or her views on people of other beliefs.

It is a slippery slope when the government begins allowing ANY group to display religious-themed items on government property. The law of equality is clear – allow all or NONE the privilege of the display. Do I like the law? Absolutely not. But everyone has the right to freely exercise their religion without interference from the government.

When the government begins impeding the rights of one group (the Satanic Temple) and are allowed to do so, it won’t be long before others’ (Christians’) rights are taken, too. We need only look at history to see it has happened.