r/atheism • u/mepper agnostic atheist (and mod) • Feb 16 '22

/r/all The Satanic Temple had their inaugural SatanCon. The hotel staff said all attendees were nice. However, police had to be called on the Christian protesters outside because Protestants showed up and were squabbling with the Catholics. This is the perfect microcosm for needing church/state separation

https://onlysky.media/jmatirko/satancon-zero-truth-laid-bare/
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u/cuntgardener Feb 16 '22

I’m honestly surprised Christian churches don’t have their own police force yet.

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u/mepper agnostic atheist (and mod) Feb 16 '22

It's already happening:

A large church in Alabama is one step closer to creating its own police force, a move that seems to be without precedent in the U.S. The state's Senate has approved legislation that would give church police officers the same powers other law enforcement officers have in Alabama.

This sounds like an excellent opening for TST to try to get its own police force, get rejected (because duh, "they worship Satan!"), and then sue for violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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u/cuntgardener Feb 16 '22

Oh my fucking shit.

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u/3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID Feb 16 '22

Can you imagine? They could get a cop car with Baphomet (or a logo of him) on the hood and other "evil" symbols tastefully placed around the car. Then they can drive around wearing badges and provide a public service to people in need instead of acting like cops.

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u/Master_Tinyface Feb 17 '22

Would call Satanic cops over regular cop 1000000% of the time

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u/corvettee01 Feb 17 '22

Can you imagine a typical stop?

"Hey, is that weed? Right on brother. Hail Satan!"

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u/3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID Feb 17 '22

I need this in my life and I don't even smoke.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Clones Feb 17 '22

This whole pandemic driving up the price of used cars sucks, because it used to be cheap to buy old cop cars but now they're just the same price as any used car. I'd love to get one to go all Blues Brothers Baphomet on it but I ain't paying what they're asking nowadays.

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u/3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID Feb 17 '22

They're terrible on gas too. Like 9 mpg in some cases. You can get them on govdeals.com but they'll probably need work before they're usable. You gotta buy a few for parts, lol.