No, contrary to popular misconception most forms of the philosophies labeled as “Satanism” don’t Grant the existence of a theistic God or even the existence of Satan.At least Satanists believe your God is real, yeah?
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn’t exist” - Charles BaudelaireNo, contrary to popular misconception most forms of the philosophies labeled as “Satanism” don’t Grant the existence of a theistic God or even the existence of Satan.
Seems that it was. The video in the page you posted showed the arguments that the citizens had made along with the 5-4 vote to ban the prayer. Just before the vote one of the council women explains that their legal advisor has repeatedly told them it would not be legal to specifically ban the satanist.I think that whole prayer thing was cancelled in general, was it not?
No we are just a nation. No Christian nor Protestant. Also I always enjoy when people worry over such things as opening things at meetings. Church and state have to remain apart.This is not about prayer in school, in city council, or at football games. This is about Protestant, evangelical, fundamentalist prayer in these venues.
Just offer to lead a rosary prayer at a city council meeting in Alabama and watch the locals come unhinged.
Catholics should not forget that it was Protestant bibles being given out to children, Protestant prayer and theology, Protestant indoctrination happening in public schools. That is why Catholic schools started in this country. That is why parents had to resort to lawsuits to stop their children being assaulted with Protestant indoctrination.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Independent_School_District_v._Doe
Don’t be fooled into thinking people believe the U.S. is a Christian nation. They believe it is a Protestant nation, because they are ignorant of our founding and ignorant of history. We Catholics must be vigilant and not forget the widespread discrimination inflicted on Catholics not so long ago.
Catholics who wish to return to “prayer in school” need to educate themselves.
And it protects the church more so than the state. Look at other European countries where religion was a state matter.No we are just a nation. No Christian nor Protestant. Also I always enjoy when people worry over such things as opening things at meetings. Church and state have to remain apart.
We aren’t just a nation, we are a nation “under God.” So many people claim that it would be better if we just took God out of the picture, but just try looking at past societies that ran under atheistic regimes, like Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia. Were they any better than say the Inquisition? Mother Church, at her best, is the champion of human rights and dignity, and I would dare to say that those church members and leaders who have committed such evils in the past did so out of alignment with what the Church really taught. They ran counter to their Christian self and ran under a type of worldly mindset. Without God, the one True God, our societies will just continue to devolve into chaos and disorder and crumble under the weight of it’s sins. Societies and nations only thrive when virtue, charity, faith, hope, and love is prevalent, all of the things of God that the Church continues to stand up for regardless of the sinfulness of it’s members. So I would beg to differ against all of those who say that the Church, that the things of God, has no place within the state.No we are just a nation. No Christian nor Protestant. Also I always enjoy when people worry over such things as opening things at meetings. Church and state have to remain apart.
“Under God” was a Cold War era addition, 1954 I believe. Anyways, pointing out religious or atheistic regimes is problematic. Religious persecutions were because denomination was a matter of loyalty, I.e. Catholics were automatically regarded as against the gov at various times. In atheistic regimes religions were a that to the state and treated as such.We aren’t just a nation, we are a nation “under God.” So many people claim that it would be better if we just took God out of the picture, but just try looking at past societies that ran under atheistic regimes, like Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia. Were they any better than say the Inquisition? Mother Church, at her best, is the champion of human rights and dignity, and I would dare to say that those church members and leaders who have committed such evils in the past did so out of alignment with what the Church really taught. They ran counter to their Christian self and ran under a type of worldly mindset. Without God, the one True God, our societies will just continue to devolve into chaos and disorder and crumble under the weight of it’s sins. Societies and nations only thrive when virtue, charity, faith, hope, and love is prevalent, all of the things of God that the Church continues to stand up for regardless of the sinfulness of it’s members. So I would beg to differ against all of those who say that the Church, that the things of God, has no place within the state.
There is a good piece on this subject at World Net Daily, (yes, I know, but bear with me):Catholics who wish to return to “prayer in school” need to educate themselves.