This week RD interviewed “Lucien Greaves,” the brains behind the proposal for a Satanic monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma capital and the “Pink Mass,” held to convert the spirit of Fred Phelps’ mother to homosexuality, both organized by The Satanic Temple.
My initial suspicion was that Greaves was simply a “smartass” who took issue with conservative Christian hegemony and was employing satire, much like Bobby Henderson when he created the Flying Spaghetti Monster. However, Greaves assured me his commitment to Satanism is sincere, explaining, “There’s nothing easy about openly taking on the label ‘Satanism.’” Greaves’ philosophy of Satanism has led him to fight what he sees as social injustice, and brought him into conflict with conservative Christians and other Satanists, fomenting a discussion about the place of religion in a democratic and religiously plural society.
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