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Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video) (boingboing.net)

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Satanist gives opening prayer to Nevada's Washoe County Commissioner Clara Andriola, eliciting shock and outrage. Hail Satan!

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Here's the prayer for people who don't read the article:

In the name of the eternal rebel against tyrannical authority, in the spirit of your nature of the natural world, the freedoms of thought and expression, unprejudiced intellectual inquiry, economics and social progress to bring influence and guiding actions of nobility and justice to the decisions made in this chamber today, to act with might and the undertaking of responsibility that may lay ahead of this body before us today.
The New Age is dawning that these decisions will play a role in. For our liberation, for here and now is our day of joy, here and now is our opportunity.
May we seize this glorious day and its enchanting night to celebrate the wonders of the natural world, as we are all part of its boundless mysteries.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hail satan!

[+] MotoAsh -9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

As long as you say it tongue in cheek. At least as far as I was taught lore (and that could be completely wrong to history because religion), Satan was the one with the bad plan: to make everyone be good; remove choice from the equation.

The great irony (and hypocrisy) of Christianity at least is, it teaches that God is all wise in part because he was willing to give us free will. The ENTIRE POINT is he will not force us to be good, but that's exactly what the Christofascists who freak out over other religions want: to remove choice.

Modern Christianity is literally its own antichrist. Hailing Satan isn't the answer, but being privy to why he was supposedly bad, is.

[–] elbarto777 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What? I thought Satan, or Lucifer (whose name means angel of light or something like that) was punished because he gave knowledge to humankind, not because of attempting to remove choice.

Regardless, who the fuck cares if it's said tongue in cheek or not?

If another user says "Thank God!" are you going to say "As long as you say it tongue in cheek" too?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hail Satan (not tongue in cheek). We've been to space please stop believing in bronze age mythology.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would say that there's some degree of value to hailing satan semi seriously, as long as it's in the vein of hailing the idea of standing against power out of control. There's value in archetypes in that regard.

It's not praising a literal entity, it's praising the idea of satan as the icon of rebellion and revolt. It's the difference between levay style Satanism and satanic Temple style. Not that I am a member of any of them, but I dig the idea of using the iconography of the christo-fascist bullshit to work against them.

[–] MotoAsh -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I dunno', I think to Christians and the religious (the ones who need to be somewhat receptive to the message) aren't going to be as eager to give the innocently rebellious interpretation.

Though leftists and liberals have always been terrible at messaging, so I guess that's just par for the course...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I think you'll have a problem making rebels care what they think. I know I sure don't.

Hail Satan 🤘

[–] AnUnusualRelic 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I see how that can be a shock.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, if you think rebellion against authority is a bad thing. But I thought this was America. Rebelling against tyrannical authority is our nation's origin story.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That was a while ago though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah, and people who are the authority are suspiciously opposed to rebellion against them.

[–] elbarto777 1 points 8 months ago

A while ago. Heh.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

From the article:
She then asked the county's legal counsel – Nate Edwards of the district attorney's office – to clarify the county's requirements when honoring requests from groups wishing to deliver the invocation.

Edwards said that satanic invocations are part of a trend.

"The federal law is that you don't have to open your floor for invocations," he said. "If you do open your floor for invocations, then federal law is that you have to let everybody have a turn signing up. So I guess you take the good with the bad."

I'm glad that Nate Edwards left open the definition of "good" and "bad".

[–] ChicoSuave 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He's seems to know how to do his job. Good lawyer?

[–] homesweethomeMrL 9 points 8 months ago

We’ll take competent.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Well if it isn't the consequences of your own actions.

[–] littlebluespark 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hail Satan! ❤️‍🔥🥰🤘🏼

[–] elbarto777 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Regardless of that first emoji, I will never stop seeing it as the heart giving the smilie a blowjob.

[–] littlebluespark 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We're rooting for you to continue to grow and progress past your old self, citizen. 🤗

[–] elbarto777 2 points 8 months ago

Thank you, fellow citizen!

[–] Crackhappy 9 points 8 months ago

This is delicious.

[–] SkabySkalywag 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

God damnit, I might trade in Pastafarianism for Satanism, those hell cock suckers seem so much cooler....

[–] elbarto777 10 points 8 months ago

Why don't you just follow both? It's those old religions that tell you that you can only be with them and no one else.

[–] iggy 4 points 8 months ago

Look at the faces in the crowd... The lady is like "how can this be happening?!?!" And the guy with the glasses is just like "I told you this would happen"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I'm Unitarian. My pastor gave a speech to new members that there's "freedom of the pulpit, and freedom of the pew." Meaning you can disagree with the speaker or whatever they're saying.

Maybe this experience will teach him that he doesn't have to bend to authority without question. Probably not, but maybe.