Atheist Invokes Mother Earth, Zeus, Satan, Krishna During City Commission ‘Prayer’
LAKE WORTH, Fla. – An atheist recently led a Florida commission meeting in “prayer” to a variety of entities from across the spectrum of religions, invoking the names of Mother Earth, Allah, Zeus, Satan and Krishna in addition to Jesus.
As Preston Smith stepped to the podium to deliver the invocation on Dec. 2, a number of commissioners stepped out of the room so they would not be participants in what was about to take place. Mayor Pam Triolo also left the room as well, but told local television station WPTV that she did not do so because Smith is an atheist, but rather because he had mocked Scripture on Twitter earlier this year and did not wish to hear what he might say next.
“Free speech works both ways,” Triolo told the outlet. “You can say what you want and I can choose to leave.”
As Smith observed the mayor and three commissioners leave the room, he commented, “Duly noted,” and then proceeded with his statements.
After discussion ensued in the days that followed about those that chose to walk out on the invocation, atheist and blogger Chaz Stevens, known for erecting a Festivus Pole made of beer cans at the Florida Capitol Rotunda, submitted a request to lead a prayer to Satan at a future meeting.
“My name is Chaz Stevens, father of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Festivus Pole,” he wrote. “I’d like permission to give a Satanic, yes Satan, invocation at an upcoming City Commission meeting. Everyone is welcome to sing along, or as is the recent case when Miami atheist activist Preston Smith gave the invocation, like Elvis, they can leave the building.”
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Update: Atheist Whose Invocation Prompted Walkout Fighting to Open Meeting Elsewhere 12-12-14
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re: "I can choose to leave"
The little message is clear--those who will not bow to 'Baal' can 'leave the room'...and...it will be "duly noted". Note that agreement is not being required here, right at this point, just acceptance. Quietly accepting is the same as bowing. Note also the Mayor's statement that she did not leave the room because the 'prayer-giver' was an atheist, but for another reason. If supposedly the prayer-giver had not previously "mocked scripture", presumably 'insulting her beliefs', she presumably would have had no problem staying in the room. In other words, praying with an atheist, to her mind, is perfectly fine. Regardless of leaving the room 'this time', this also is actually 'bowing to Baal', for "what concord hath Christ with Belial" - 2Cor. 6:15 in the room or out? (answer: none).
Nice little skit though to provide the object lesson - namely bow or git in the new Antichrist world the would-be-as-gods (Gen. 3:5) crowd are trying to pull off. And again, as this little skit makes clear, the Antichrist-ers are taking the wraps off now everywhere. Be acutely aware...because it really is...'in or out?' see: 666
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Compare: Antichrist 'School Of Theology' Opened By CA University; First Ever 11-6-11 "Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues and mosques...Beyond Christians, Jews and Muslims, administrators here are already talking about enrolling Jains, Buddhists and Hindus" - 1 John 2:23 "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father." ...God sent his Son into the world...a world of proud men who refuse to submit themselves unto God and have rejected him (John 1:10-11), for as the apostle John tells us, "men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil' (John 3:19). Consequently in their rejection they have left themselves with NO way to the Father (John 8:24). Apart from the shed blood of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross there is no reconciliation possible between fallen mankind and an infinitely holy God (Isaiah 57:15)...With reconciliation no longer possible, there is only one other option - confrontation. This brings us to the book of Revelation. That day is looming large. Rom 10:9-10,13
Rev. 18:4
LAKE WORTH, Fla. – An atheist recently led a Florida commission meeting in “prayer” to a variety of entities from across the spectrum of religions, invoking the names of Mother Earth, Allah, Zeus, Satan and Krishna in addition to Jesus.As Preston Smith stepped to the podium to deliver the invocation on Dec. 2, a number of commissioners stepped out of the room so they would not be participants in what was about to take place. Mayor Pam Triolo also left the room as well, but told local television station WPTV that she did not do so because Smith is an atheist, but rather because he had mocked Scripture on Twitter earlier this year and did not wish to hear what he might say next.
“Free speech works both ways,” Triolo told the outlet. “You can say what you want and I can choose to leave.”
As Smith observed the mayor and three commissioners leave the room, he commented, “Duly noted,” and then proceeded with his statements.
After discussion ensued in the days that followed about those that chose to walk out on the invocation, atheist and blogger Chaz Stevens, known for erecting a Festivus Pole made of beer cans at the Florida Capitol Rotunda, submitted a request to lead a prayer to Satan at a future meeting.
“My name is Chaz Stevens, father of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Festivus Pole,” he wrote. “I’d like permission to give a Satanic, yes Satan, invocation at an upcoming City Commission meeting. Everyone is welcome to sing along, or as is the recent case when Miami atheist activist Preston Smith gave the invocation, like Elvis, they can leave the building.”
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Update: Atheist Whose Invocation Prompted Walkout Fighting to Open Meeting Elsewhere 12-12-14
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re: "I can choose to leave"
The little message is clear--those who will not bow to 'Baal' can 'leave the room'...and...it will be "duly noted". Note that agreement is not being required here, right at this point, just acceptance. Quietly accepting is the same as bowing. Note also the Mayor's statement that she did not leave the room because the 'prayer-giver' was an atheist, but for another reason. If supposedly the prayer-giver had not previously "mocked scripture", presumably 'insulting her beliefs', she presumably would have had no problem staying in the room. In other words, praying with an atheist, to her mind, is perfectly fine. Regardless of leaving the room 'this time', this also is actually 'bowing to Baal', for "what concord hath Christ with Belial" - 2Cor. 6:15 in the room or out? (answer: none).
Nice little skit though to provide the object lesson - namely bow or git in the new Antichrist world the would-be-as-gods (Gen. 3:5) crowd are trying to pull off. And again, as this little skit makes clear, the Antichrist-ers are taking the wraps off now everywhere. Be acutely aware...because it really is...'in or out?' see: 666
***
Compare: Antichrist 'School Of Theology' Opened By CA University; First Ever 11-6-11 "Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues and mosques...Beyond Christians, Jews and Muslims, administrators here are already talking about enrolling Jains, Buddhists and Hindus" - 1 John 2:23 "Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father." ...God sent his Son into the world...a world of proud men who refuse to submit themselves unto God and have rejected him (John 1:10-11), for as the apostle John tells us, "men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil' (John 3:19). Consequently in their rejection they have left themselves with NO way to the Father (John 8:24). Apart from the shed blood of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Calvary's cross there is no reconciliation possible between fallen mankind and an infinitely holy God (Isaiah 57:15)...With reconciliation no longer possible, there is only one other option - confrontation. This brings us to the book of Revelation. That day is looming large. Rom 10:9-10,13
Rev. 18:4
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