It is fascinating that a group would wrap their identity and religion around something, or someone, in which they claim to not believe—no wonder many Satanists claim to be Atheists.
I know that to them it is all about shutting down Christianity but let us survey their “logic” nevertheless as per a display in Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, Florida.
The display states, “In Satan we trust” and people do not trust in thing or personages in which they do not believe.
It stated, “One nation under antichrist” so there is your spit in the face of Jesus—that’s been done by the way, you Satanists are 2,000 years late.
It states, “May the children hail Satan” and again, people do not hail things or personages in which they do not believe. Also, they want children to follow their religious lead and “hail Satan” as do they.
Note that the claim is that this is about US civil rights, religious rights, the Constitution, etc. and yet, contradictory and hypocritically—and illogically and irrationally—the “A”s within the words “hail Satan” are made out of Anarchy symbols: so which is it folks, US Constitutional rule or Anarchy?
It states, “I kneel before no gods” but they trust in Satan, hail Satan and claim to live under the antichrist—go figure.
The display consists of an upside-down pentacle (an encircled pentagram) the center of which features a depiction of Baphomet. On the sign there is an upside-down pentacle within which is the goat of mendes, there is also the alchemical symbol for sulfur which looks like a double cross with an infinity sign underneath it.
This is placed directly next to a display by the Dan Barker’s cult, the Dan Barker’s Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which was established within a country premised upon the concept of freedom of religious expression—go figure.
I term the FFRF a cult because it is neo-Pagan as exampled by the banner which reads, “Happy Winter Solstice” and some other stuff that I cannot read from the photos.
Preston Smith is the one who erected the illogic peppered pentacle and he “regularly pushes for a separation between religion and government”1 and I will say that he does so as a stunt.
That is because when someone vandalism the sign with spray paint, he stated, “I have filed a police report with BRPD for this hate crime, which only proves that religion and government don’t mix.” Thus, he is mixing his religion with government only shut down Christian displays on government property. Smith made the utterly childish temper tantrum statement, “The First Amendment must be protected, included the freedom to offend.”
Another report notes, “Smith told Miami’s local station WSVN that he is not a Satanist but displayed the pentagram as an argument to end religious displays.”2 Demanding to display a religious displays to end religious displays is tantamount to well, demand to display a religious displays to end religious displays. Yet, my point stands: this is about shutting down religious freedoms and his display should have been disallowed due to the fact that it is not serious, it does not reflect his beliefs (or likely does on various levels) and is only done out of utter hatred and so as to cause censorship.
He seems to be unaware that Thomas Jefferson, deist or not, used to attend a church which held its Bible preaching worship services inside of the Washington DC Capitol Building.
Preston Smith notes that the FFRF, “is offering a monetary reward for info leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s).” Wow, generally the punishment for spray paint graffiti is a fine but they demand jail time.
Conversely, around the same time two Sumter, SC churches have been vandalized with spray painted graffiti. Pastor Arthur Sharpe stated, “I’d like to look at the person who did this and tell them they’re forgiven. I’d also like to see them that they would know you know there’s no hatred or animosity.”
In fact, the graffiti at Pastor Sharpe’s church includes the words “hail Satan” written exactly as it is on Smith’s sign: with the “A”s being anarchy symbols. Now, since the FFRF is concerned enough about spray paint graffiti I was certain that they would likewise offer a reward for leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s). Thus, I wrote to them in order to ask if that was the case. Not surprisingly, they did not reply—not to me, not to their sense of logic and not to their conscience.
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