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A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.

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[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

TBH, Baphomet is a honey trap for religious nuts to go after.

It would not be a surprise to see one hold Baphomet's decapitated head up in triumph and proclaim himself leader of God's army. I wish that I was kidding.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's the whole point of this religion, to trigger religious people. There no other reason to pick the satanic symbolism.

It's like "oh yeha, you want freedom to believe whatever insane thing you want and push it into the secular state? We can do that too, bitch" kinda thing.

Which is good, the only problem I see is that some people seem like they are starting to get attached to the religion.

[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you look at what the religion actually has as its tenets, it is more mainstream and mentally healthier than a number of Christian religions. I still am not a member, tho, just looking in from the outside. The triggering is not the point of the religion, but is an activism to defend a separation of church and state. I grew up in a cult religion, and REALLY do not want any religion to be part of government.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think that the tenets of any religion are worthless, and we have all the other religions as evidence. You can have any set of tenets, people will do whatever they want as long as it is convenient.

[–] Loki@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your last point may well be true; but have you checked out the TST tenets?

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

One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s 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.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeha, I can see someone totally ignoring these when convenient. These would be even easier to ignore because they have complex and subjective concepts like "justice", "scientific understanding" and "compassion", as opposed to "do not kill" and "do not steal". If people ignore such objective rules, they'd have no issue ignoring subjective ones.

Anyways, I've never liked religions, I honestly don't agree with creating a religion because I feel it won't end well... but well, please prove me wrong. There's no way to tell what will happen.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They believe the absolute most insane things, like there's an invisible war going that they're somehow the protagonists in. A story written just for them.

Unfortunately , we're all just npcs to them and they are willing to let everyone on earth suffer and die, if that's what they think their imaginary friends in their heads wants.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They believe the absolute most insane things, like there’s an invisible war going that they’re somehow the protagonists in. A story written just for them.

Straight from St. Paul. Maybe they shouldn't have picked to follow a man with narrasistic personality disorder.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Maybe. But you gotta admit that the statue is dope as fuck.