On Saturday, August 22, Christian groups protested in front of Planned Parenthood clinics across the United Sates whom they’ve accused of abetting the illegal sale of fetal tissue for profit. One group of activists milked this situation for media attention with a theatrical stunt opposing the protestors, resulting in them being deemed black-robed devil worshippers by journalists who did not grasp the intent of their symbolism. Anti-abortion activists previously infiltrated Planned Parenthood locations to film employees and clients and edited their comments together as a means for whipping-up a nationwide campaign to curtail funding for this organization which in their […]
responsibility to the responsible
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Satan represents responsibility to the responsible—perhaps one of the reasons Satanism ought indeed be feared by Christianity and its ilk? No magic words to make personal responsibility go away (Priests and Absolution), and no vicarious human sacrifice (Jesus and Redemption), just reality and accountability. They might rightly be afraid of coming out from hiding behind the heavily embroidered frocks of their Church and taking ownership of their own actions. The warped morals of the religious right have too long been accepted as presented, in all their self-assigned sanctimony. Finally, sanity in the world is gaining momentum, and those long-standing institutions of hypocrisy and […]