{"id":22330,"date":"2014-05-07T11:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T17:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=22330"},"modified":"2014-12-27T01:25:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T08:25:38","slug":"satanic-statues-in-okieland-and-black-masses-at-harvard-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2014\/05\/satanic-statues-in-okieland-and-black-masses-at-harvard-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Satanic Statues in Okieland and Black Masses at Harvard, Oh My!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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So it turns out that those pesky Satanists who want to decorate my state capitol lawn with what is one ugly bit of Satanic statuary<\/a> also have their eyes set on higher ed.<\/p>\n

The Satanic Temple evidently plans to hold a black mass at the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club. That\u2019s Harvard, as in the hugely expensive university where so many of the poobahs that run this country for their own benefit get their tickets to power punched.<\/p>\n

I chose to ignore this story when it first surfaced because I had no idea if it was true, and I had zero time for tracking it down. But Elizabeth Scalia, aka, The Anchoress<\/a>, who is easily as busy as I am, made <\/em>the time to do just that.<\/p>\n

It turns out that yes indeed, Harvard is playing host to the black mass folks, and at least one of them is claiming that they\u2019ve managed to procure a consecrated host to use in their alternative culture extravaganza. Others of them aren\u2019t so sure they have a host, and after thinking it over (and getting flak from The Anchoress) they\u2019ve announced that, even though they have \u2014 or don\u2019t have, depending on who\u2019s doing the talking \u2014 a consecrated host, they won\u2019t be using it (if they do have it) at their shindig.<\/p>\n

Of course, Satan is the father of lies, and these are his disciples, so who knows if they have a consecrated host or not? Who knows if they\u2019ll use it?<\/p>\n

In an interview on Mobile Movement, the leader of this hardy band of the damned first says that they do, in fact, worship Satan. Then, he goes off on a riff<\/a> about literary constructs, referencing Milton and Anatole France. Since, as I said earlier, Satan is the father of lies, I don\u2019t think it matters all that much what this guy says. Believe it or don\u2019t, as it suits you. But, if you\u2019re smart, don\u2019t bet anything valuable on it.<\/p>\n

Deacon Greg Kandra<\/a> reminds us that Harvard was once a Christian university, that it was, in fact, founded on Christian principles. But that, as they say, was then. This is now.<\/p>\n

Academic pretensions aside, Harvard today is the premiere ticket-puncher for the power elite of this country. Go to Harvard, rule the unwashed masses. There\u2019s nothing, but absolutely nothing, Christian about that.<\/p>\n

So, it doesn\u2019t surprise that in addition to worshipping power and mammon, they\u2019re taking the mask off that deal and putting the guy behind the mask right out there in public where we can all see him.<\/p>\n

Not to be limited to ugly art and profaning the mass, the followers of the dark lord are also getting into politics. According to their Facebook Page, The Satanic Temple is running an Adopt a Highway campaign,<\/a> and plans to hold a tongue-in-cheek rally in support of Florida Governor Rick Scott<\/a>, an honor which I doubt the good governor really wants.<\/p>\n

What do I advocate in response to Harvard\u2019s foray into cultural experimentation by way of satan worship and talk of maybe defiling what might be a consecrated host that is the Real Presence of Christ the Lord?<\/p>\n

Just this: Don\u2019t send your kids to Harvard. And write your senators and representatives about taking a good long look at all those government grants that get funneled into that one school.<\/p>\n

We need to do this anyway, you know. Harvard and its little troupe of elite schools are not healthy for this country. They create a 1% that is disconnected from and hostile to the rest of us. They are, in many ways, predatory. It would be much better for this country if we offered some of those grants to other institutions, including non-academic organizations.<\/p>\n

The only other thought I have is to pray for these satanists. Not only are they desperate for attention and more than a little crazy acting, they\u2019ve got horrifically bad taste in art.<\/p>\n

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