I found this article on Yahoo News. Apparently, a satanic group has petitioned the Oklahoma legislature to have a 7 foot tall statue of satan placed at the Oklahoma State Capitol. Back in 2012, a Ten Commandments monument was placed there. While I love to see the Ten Commandments publicized and placed where everyone can see them because I am Christian, I do not like the door that it is opening. I won't post the picture of the statue on my blog for obvious reasons. But, if you want to see the planned statue and read the article, here is the link.
http://news.yahoo.com/group-unveils-satan-statue-design-oklahoma-224102124.html
It will be interesting to see what the Oklahoma legislature decides to do about this. I guess legally, you can't include the Ten Commandments and leave out other religions. If it comes down to that, I would rather see them remove the Ten Commandments than add the statue of Satan.
They need to get creative. The Ten Commandments can be displayed without calling them the Ten Commandments, well most of them anyway. :( But, at least we could get the jist of them on a statue and not make it religious. It could look something like this:
Guide To Life
Be Good to Your Parents
Do Not Kill or Hurt Other Things
Be Faithful to Your Spouse
Do Not Steal
Do Not Lie
Be Happy with What You Have
These are the last 6 commandments and I believe they can be adhered to by anyone regardless of your religion. So, I really do hope that Oklahoma or any other state for that matter, does not allow this proposed statue to be placed anywhere that the public would have to be subjected to it.
So, I almost closed this blog. But, then, I realized this is my opportunity to share the Ten Commandments with my readers.
