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Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

An Iowa man has kicked off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa, Iowa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse.”

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[–] jve@lemmy.world 171 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That prayer is fire.

Dear dark father, let us stand now unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds and darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferan impulse to eat off the tree of knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old.”

Let us demand that individuals be judged for their concrete actions, not for their fealty to arbitrary social norms and illusory categorizations,” he continued. “Let us reason our solutions with agnosticism in all things, holding fast only to that which is demonstrably true. Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of one or all. That which will not bend must break. And that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared its demise.”“It is done. Hail Satan,”

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 96 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What's ridiculous about it is, if any of the people who were offended actually sat down and analyzed the wording, the only thing they could reasonably object to is the "Hail Satan" at the end. Which illustrates the entire problem with Christian Nationalism. They don't care about the content, only the branding.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No, there are religious people that object heavily to truth seeking. One must only have faith, you don’t need truth!

Jebus never lies and neither do old racist southern preachers.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Sure. I don't consider that a "reasonable" objection, though.

[–] maxthemummer@lemmus.org 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"They don’t care about the content, only the branding." - Which is also the problem with Trumpism.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The venn diagram is a circle within a circle

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not sure if the "luciferan impulse to eat off the tree of knowledge" would slide all too well

[–] SarahValentine@pawb.social 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jesus freak here and I concur. This prayer is a 10/10 no notes.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SarahValentine@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Actually yes, kinda, lol. Not religious but definitely trying to live in a Christlike manner. Everything in that prayer is a call to the highest, godliest principles. If anyone who claims the name of Jesus has a problem with it, they're wolves in sheep's clothing. But I don't think I need to tell y'all that :3