Yesterday witnessed the annual Christian worship service known at the National Day of Prayer at the Oklahoma State Capitol, and thus it was perfectly timely that yesterday also saw Vice and Gawker breaking the story of a Satanic monument under construction which has been proposed for installation at the Oklahoma Capitol. Apparently, this is a real thing that is actually going to happen, not just an idle threat posted in an online press release. I’m more than a bit surprised at this development, though I really should have seen it coming.
From the Vice piece:
The Satanists are building this thing, and I was offered an early peek at the work in progress by Temple spokesperson Lucien Greaves. Greaves told me he has received numerous threats from people who want to attack the sculpture, but that he “wouldn’t expect these outraged and nearly insensible reactionaries to actually know how to assault a bronze monument without severely hurting themselves in the process.” Still, he’s not taking any chances. The Temple is building a mold of the sculpture so they can pop these things out like evil, terribly expensive action figures whenever they need a new one.
I sort of love this idea. What better way to reveal the hypocrisy of those who want their own religious symbols prominently posted on Capitol grounds than to show how Christians react when someone else tries to do the same?
Cannot wait to see how the Hanuman statue turns out.
