{"id":45975,"date":"2016-08-13T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T15:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45975"},"modified":"2016-08-13T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T15:51:15","slug":"hail-satan-alaskan-council-meeting-opens-with-prayer-to-lucifer-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45975","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hail Satan\u2019: Alaskan council meeting opens with prayer to Lucifer (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/57af23cfc361889b178b45e8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45977\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/57af23cfc361889b178b45e8.jpg\" alt=\"57af23cfc361889b178b45e8\" width=\"675\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/57af23cfc361889b178b45e8.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/57af23cfc361889b178b45e8-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/57af23cfc361889b178b45e8-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>The mundanity of a local council meeting in Alaska was astonishingly broken when a decision to open up the forum to all religions resulted in a Satanist presenting the opening prayer \u2013 to Lucifer.<\/p>\n<p>When the local government of Kenai Borough decided to welcome other faiths to their assemblies they probably didn\u2019t envisage opening up their doors to the Lord of Darkness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/354146-satanic-temple-after-school\/\">Satanic Temple rolls out after-school program for kids<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Iris Fontana \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adn.com\/alaska-news\/kenai\/2016\/08\/10\/satanic-prayer-starts-kenai-peninsula-borough-assembly-meeting-after-complaints-over-invocations\/\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0a member of the Satanic Temple organization that views Satan as a symbol for rebellion and rational inquiry \u2013 gave the assembly invocation usually reserved for pastors.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting attendees were reminded that they did not have to participate in the opening ritual.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly members stood silently in a circle while Fontana asked them to <em>\u201cembrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge.\u201d<\/em> She then ended the surreal prayer with the words <em>\u201cHail Satan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8kFBgTz9fEY&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p>While traditional Satanism may invoke well-worn images of horned beasts, cloaked figures, and fiery underground lairs, the Satanic Temple is an atheist organization. Its <a href=\"http:\/\/thesatanictemple.com\/faq\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0explains that it does not promote evil or the belief in supernatural beings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BEEwqVZHwyk\/embed\/captioned\/?v=7\" width=\"300\" height=\"763\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\"><\/iframe><center><\/center><\/center><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Satanic Temple holds to the basic premise that undue suffering is bad, and that which reduces suffering is good. We do not believe in symbolic \u2018evil.\u2019 We embrace blasphemy as a legitimate expression of personal independence from counter-productive traditional norms,\u201d<\/em> it states.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the unorthodox assembly opening, which preceded a fairly humdrum meeting regarding a $138,000 paving project and changing a hospital boundary, has been posted on the Kenai Peninsula Borough website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/723862799923961857\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"723862799923961857\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<p><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/723689110997626880\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 55.5000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage \" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/723689110997626880\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CgsBedfU8AAt7it.jpg\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" data-srcset=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCgsBedfU8AAt7it.jpg%3Alarge 900w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCgsBedfU8AAt7it.jpg 600w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCgsBedfU8AAt7it.jpg%3Asmall 340w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/723862799923961857\" data-tweet-id=\"723862799923961857\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"u-hiddenInNarrowEnv\"><a class=\"FollowButton follow-button profile\" title=\"Follow RT America on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">Follow<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/547577745874501634\/b1iXLmbO_normal.png\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/547577745874501634\/b1iXLmbO_bigger.png\" data-src-1x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/547577745874501634\/b1iXLmbO_normal.png\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"RT America\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">RT America<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@RT_America\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@RT_America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over 100,000 sign petition opposing Satanic &#8216;black mass&#8217; in Oklahoma government building<a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/on.rt.com\/7ava\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/62EbLr4xla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/on.rt.com\/7ava\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/<\/span>on.rt.com\/7ava<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_America\/status\/723862799923961857\" data-datetime=\"2016-04-23T13:15:14+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: 23 Apr 2016, 13:15:14 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2016-04-23T13:15:14+0000\">9:15 AM &#8211; 23 Apr 2016<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--reply TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Reply\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--retweet TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--retweet web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=723862799923961857\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet_count\">21<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">21 Retweets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heart TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Like\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--heart web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=723862799923961857\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">17<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">17 likes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the excitement of a prayer to the supposedly God-banished angel has not gone down too well with some assembly members.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI appreciate what the Assembly President\u2019s doing with the prayer issue and trying to be fair, but I find it ironic that the prayer from the atheist wasn\u2019t really about doing good and making good decisions,\u201d<\/em> assemblyman Dale Bagley told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiokenai.us\/borough-assembly-hears-first-prayer-to-satan\/\">Radio Kenai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He described the incident as <em>\u201cirritating\u201d<\/em> and questioned whether a local pastor would be allowed to make such a political statement.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT.com The mundanity of a local council meeting in Alaska was astonishingly broken when a decision to open up the forum to all religions resulted in a Satanist presenting the opening prayer \u2013 to Lucifer. 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