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"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg Thomas Jefferson
Celebrating Christmas by breaking other peoples things
Another holiday season. Another Satanic Temple holiday display destroyed. Who did it? I dont know. But the people welcoming its destruction are Christian. And the odds are the vandals are too. Why are these religious folk so fragile?
If I was convinced God was on my side, I would be steeled by the knowledge I was a member of the favored tribe. And I would smile benevolently at all the poor saps who hadnt got the memo.
Fragile Christians
But some weak-livered Christians in the Granite State (an example of metaphorical false advertising?) lashed out in ruinous rage against a statue that had reduced them to petulant jelly.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/11/2291260/-Another-Satanic-Temple-display-destroyed-why-are-some-Christians-so-fragile
SheltieLover
(59,930 posts)https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11519434/
etc., etc., etc. Lots of info out there on this.
Think. Again.
(18,778 posts)...apparently the "christians" of New Hampshire are very much against the following:
I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
II. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
III. Ones body is inviolable, subject to ones own will alone.
IV. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.
V. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.
VI. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
VII. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
Source: https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us
chouchou
(1,387 posts)Nobody saw it happen but, there is no proof that any other person or thing could have done such a wicked sin.
LiberalArkie
(16,614 posts)it falls apart. Like Jimmy Swaggart and all the others that started it.