Hundreds protest SNL's Goatboy or something (Goat-Headed Satanic Statue Unveiling Protested)

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**Frazzled**

And now for something completely different...
(article has pick of alleged goatboy)
http://www.ibtimes.com/goat-headed-satanic-statue-unveiling-protested-hundreds-catholic-mass-2025036

Goat-Headed Satanic Statue Unveiling Protested By Hundreds At Catholic Mass
By Luke Villapaz @lukeydukey l.villapaz@ibtimes.com on July 26 2015 6:21 PM EDT

A mass was held in protest of a goat-headed satanic statue that was unveiled Saturday in Detroit. Pictured: View of a figure representing the devil to be set ablaze during celebrations to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, on Dec. 7, 2014, in Sacatepequez, Guatemala. Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of people attended Mass at a Detroit Catholic Church in protest of an 8.5-foot bronze statue of goat-headed Satan that hundreds came to see, according to the Associated Press. A group called the Satanic Temple unveiled the Baphomet statue during a private event on in a Detroit industrial building on Saturday, which people could attend starting at $25 dollars a ticket.

Its location was kept secret by the group until the last minute to avoid public demonstrations planned for its unveiling, according to the Independent. Leading up to the statue’s unveiling, the group also received messages from people threatening to burn the venue of the event down and blow up the statue, according to the Raw Story. In response, around 250 people attended mass Saturday morning at St. Joseph’s Church in prayer for the city and in protest of the statue’s unveiling, according to the Detroit News.

The Satanic Temple originally intended to unveil the statue in public, but the owner of the venue, Bert’s Marketplace, returned the rental feel to the group after finding out about the statue unveiling.

The group unsuccessfully attempted to have the statue displayed near a monument of the Ten Commandments, which was located on state grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol. But in June, the state Supreme Court ruled that the display of the Ten Commandments -- or any religious statues on state grounds -- violated the state’s constitution. The Satanic Temple claimed the move as a victory, according to the New York Times.

Following the unveiling of the satanic statue, the group intends to place it outside the Arkansas Statehouse in Little Rock, the same location where another Ten Commandments monument is planned.

**Ahtman**

Title is misleading in an entertaining way, but still misleading.

**Frazzled**

Baaaaa! Always a critic

Am I the only one thinking-Satan-Detroit Of course!

**Sinful Hero**

I'm for the fair and equal representation of all religions. Even Jedis and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

**SilverMK2**

http://twitter.com/_Beard_Life/status/625165391690661888/photo/1

Picture of the statue on above link.

**Frazzled**

Goatboy looks like he needs some dental work. Why do they have to be a hata to the dentally oppressed!

**WrentheFaceless**

So did they put this up next to the statue of Robocop Detroit was supposed to be getting as well?

**BobtheInquisitor**

Ahtman wrote:
Title is misleading in an entertaining way, but still misleading.

SNL's goat boy was one of the worst things ever. I still loatheJim Breuer to this day, no matter how many podcasts he makes bashing Chris Cattan. (Although those do help.)

By comparison, a bronze statue of Satan seems positively inoffensive.

Wait. Baphomet? Isn't that a dragon you summon in Final Fantasy?

**Ensis Ferrae**

Good.... I hope the sanctimonious pricks who'd protest this and call for its removal are railroaded at every opportunity.

Unless of course, the statue was paid for with public funds (which I highly doubt, given how broke Detroit is)

@Bob.... I think you may be thinking of Bahomet... or is that DnD?

**BobtheInquisitor**

Bahamut, I think. Just another corrupted form of Mohammed.

**Ensis Ferrae**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Bahamut, I think. Just another corrupted form of Mohammed.

multiple Wiki articles make no mention of being corrupted "Mohammed"

In DnD, he's the "Dragon God", there's the FF version, and there's a Wiki article on ancient Arabian mythology of Bahamut being a large fish which supports the weight of the earth.

**BobtheInquisitor**

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Bahamut, I think. Just another corrupted form of Mohammed.

multiple Wiki articles make no mention of being corrupted "Mohammed"

In DnD, he's the "Dragon God", there's the FF version, and there's a Wiki article on ancient Arabian mythology of Bahamut being a large fish which supports the weight of the earth.

Huh. I thought it was just another version of Baphomet, which is a corruption of Mohammed.

A bigger issue is that naming a dragon after a fish is pretty lame.

**Ensis Ferrae**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Ensis Ferrae wrote:
BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Bahamut, I think. Just another corrupted form of Mohammed.

multiple Wiki articles make no mention of being corrupted "Mohammed"

In DnD, he's the "Dragon God", there's the FF version, and there's a Wiki article on ancient Arabian mythology of Bahamut being a large fish which supports the weight of the earth.

Huh. I thought it was just another version of Baphomet, which is a corruption of Mohammed.

A bigger issue is that naming a dragon after a fish is pretty lame.

It's the other way round

Everyone knows that DnD is eternal, it just took more time to be released to us mere mortals.... The Chick Tract will tell you all about the perils of DnD

**d-usa**

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Good.... I hope the sanctimonious pricks who'd protest this and call for its removal are railroaded at every opportunity.

Unless of course, the statue was paid for with public funds (which I highly doubt, given how broke Detroit is)

@Bob.... I think you may be thinking of Bahomet... or is that DnD?

It was private funds. This is the statue that was originally donated to the Oklahoma Capitol when they also placed a 10 Commandments Statue there with the justification of "it's donated, so separation still exists". When the 10 Commandments was struck down by the Supreme Court the statue was no longer needed.

**Ouze**

On the whole, I'd have rather have had the Robocop statue.

**Jihadin**

Oh damn
Reminded me of coming movie with Stallone in it
"Creed"
Apollo has a son

Wonder if they throw the statue up of him for the movie

**sebster**

d-usa wrote:
It was private funds. This is the statue that was originally donated to the Oklahoma Capitol when they also placed a 10 Commandments Statue there with the justification of "it's donated, so separation still exists". When the 10 Commandments was struck down by the Supreme Court the statue was no longer needed.

So this group that built this satanic statue to make a point about seperation of church and state, and now that its no longer needed for that purpose, they're just... something.

But at $25 a head to see this thing I can't see them doing business for too long. I mean, I guess if this thing draws 250 protestors to Detroit that will double the local economy, so that's a plus.

**Ensis Ferrae**

sebster wrote:
d-usa wrote:
It was private funds. This is the statue that was originally donated to the Oklahoma Capitol when they also placed a 10 Commandments Statue there with the justification of "it's donated, so separation still exists". When the 10 Commandments was struck down by the Supreme Court the statue was no longer needed.

So this group that built this satanic statue to make a point about seperation of church and state, and now that its no longer needed for that purpose, they're just... something.

I mean, I guess if this thing draws 250 protestors to Detroit that will double the local economy, so that's a plus.

Thing is, even with all the joking we do about Detroit being a complete dump, it's still considered a "major" city and "major" market. From most standpoints, it makes sense to put a statue that is not cheap to design, manufacture and transport, out on display somewhere that someone is going to get enjoyment out of.

**sebster**

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Thing is, even with all the joking we do about Detroit being a complete dump, it's still considered a "major" city and "major" market. From most standpoints, it makes sense to put a statue that is not cheap to design, manufacture and transport, out on display somewhere that someone is going to get enjoyment out of.

Sure, but who is the 'someone'? The world is full of minor statues that are very well made, but of minimal interest. Unless the statue has some historic or religious relevance, that is. And this statue doesn't seem to have that, unless there's a large satanic community in Detroit I was previously unaware of.

**Ouze**

The first rule of Secret Detroit Satanic Worship Club is you don't talk about Secret Detroit Satanic Worship Club.

**BobtheInquisitor**

I'm planning to go to this event with Connie Swail.

**Necros**

So, I clicked this link expecting to see a video for a funny saturday night live skit, and was sorely disapplointed

**Frazzled**

Necros wrote:
So, I clicked this link expecting to see a video for a funny saturday night live skit, and was sorely disapplointed

Thats when happens when you don't have faith in The Dark One.

**agnosto**

sebster wrote:
d-usa wrote:
It was private funds. This is the statue that was originally donated to the Oklahoma Capitol when they also placed a 10 Commandments Statue there with the justification of "it's donated, so separation still exists". When the 10 Commandments was struck down by the Supreme Court the statue was no longer needed.

So this group that built this satanic statue to make a point about seperation of church and state, and now that its no longer needed for that purpose, they're just... something.

But at $25 a head to see this thing I can't see them doing business for too long. I mean, I guess if this thing draws 250 protestors to Detroit that will double the local economy, so that's a plus.

I took the price to mean the $25 was to attend the unveiling event. It's going to be placed in Little Rock Arkansas later, in a public place where it would be difficult to charge admission (courthouse lawn).

My all-time fav poke at the hyper-religious nature of "we're so conservative we make turning left a crime" state governments is the Flying Spaghetti Monster statue in Tennessee:

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BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I'm planning to go to this event with Connie Swail.

I see what you did there.

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