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Palm Sunday Space 2023 Falcoln 9 SpaceX Launch: U.S. Space Force's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program 040223
The payload is part of the U.S. Space Force's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture program, a tactical low-Earth orbiting network of satellites designed to communicate missile warnings, position, navigation, and timing data. This will be the SDA’s first dedicated launch, according to reports.
The 10 Tranche 0 satellites cost about $15 million apiece, the magazine added. Eight of the spacecraft going up Saturday will relay data and two will track missiles, though this first set is intended primarily to demonstrate capabilities that future SDA satellites will take operational.
If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9's first stage will come back to Earth safely, touching down at Vandenberg's Landing Zone 4 just under eight minutes after liftoff.
It will be the second launch and landing for this particular booster, according to a SpaceX mission description(opens in new tab). The rocket previously helped launch a batch of SpaceX's Starlink satellites to orbit.
The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, will continue carrying the Tranche 0 satellites to orbit. The SpaceX mission description doesn't say when the spacecraft are scheduled to be deployed. That's not terribly surprising; details about national security missions such as this one are often hard to come by.
Resurrection Day (or, Easter), will be April 9, 2023. Just one week before Jesus' last days of agony and crucifixion, the religious system thought they can put an end to this, Jesus, and all of Jerusalem were crying, Hosanna! Hosanna! One week they were crying, "Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!"! They even KNEW He was of King David's lineage as was prophesied the Savior would be. They knew their history and the Scriptures. THEN; not even a week later, the same were crying, "Give us Barabbas!" And Jesus was crucified, without a bone on his body being broken,, as prophesied. He was put in a tomb, and on the 3rd day, He arose, spent 40 days with the disciples and various of their friends, both male and female. Then He was caught up to Heaven, yet He still lives in hearts who would only accept Him. Matt 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. John 19:36 Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of His bones will be broken." Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Christians in Poverty, Milo the Perv & The Trump Media Supporter Blues
By: Michael D. Tobin
Feb 22, 2017 For my audio podcast, select this link: Michael Tobin Show: Christians in Poverty (UPDATE MARCH 8, 2017 WE ALL HAVE HEARD BY NOW PRES. DONALD TRUMP WORKING W/CONGRESS FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT REPLACEMENT. I'M NOT ELABORATING ON THAT. I AM MERELY INCLUDING MY FINISHED VIDEO TO THIS BLOG. This is a video originally posted on Feb 22, 2017 but did not post properly, and finally getting to it now, March 8, 2017. It was take 2 of 3, to be included on my podcast, ended up recording from my phone instead. So here it is for my friends and viewers to see in it's entirety. Originally it was muted after the first minute for some odd reason. )
Here is a quote from Brennan Manning: "None of us has ever seen a motive. Therefore, we don’t know we can’t do anything more than suspect what inspires the action of another. For this good and valid reason, we’re told not to judge. Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become." -Brennan Manning And here is a quote I posted on facebook, from April 29, 2013 just one of many throughout the years, that I have tried telling the Church on things to be aware of and in prayer concerning. Someone's been posting a viral picture all over social media asking, "Have you prayed about it as much as you talk about it?" My answer is yes. The problem is too many popular preachers, churches and congregations never pray about their nation, state, county, city, schools, law enforcement and world until they're told it's cool to pray. Sadly that's whenever there's a mass shooting, bombing or natural disaster. We're always in the playground at recess playing Holy Ghost hopscotch and down with the devil dodge ball until it's time to show off what we learned in Sunday school. The biggest prayers are for our family and homes. But little goes up for the homeless, destitute, salvation, and yes, for those who persecute you, loving those who hate you. For how is God's New Covenant house going to be built, and grow? Haggai 1:1-6 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie in ruins? 5 Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. So it was back in 2013 that the Lord had showed me about these verses having absolutely everything to do with what we've been seeing in our nation then and all the way up until now. Concerning spiritual warfare, somehow I need to shift my mindset and continue my podcast and missions/evangelism through my show, and continue responding as a Billy Graham disaster response chaplain, as I have had the blessings to do several times from 2003 until last March which was my most recent deployment to Sacramento, the 13th stop on Franklin Graham's 50-state prayer rally. So please consider financial support, if you will, and I'll have info on how you may help, below. My point is Haggai was also in poverty when he mentioned in ch 1:6 the people put their money in bags with holes, and Christians today are under the same lack of blessings or, curses, if you like, as the rest of the nation who ultimately crossed the red line, for a time. But I'm in California and I see California being left out of the so-called new prosperity this administration is going to bring to pass. Except after it becomes a 1-termer? And the next guy nullifies the Trump effect like Trump is nullifying the Obama effect? Is every Presidency going to be a tit-for-tat, with We The People being jerked between many parents, our successes being constantly ripped away by the next, and constant opposition from whoever the losing party is at the time? The trouble with deception is that it causes people who really do know how to think, to see that many statements by our elected officials, spiritual leaders and mainstream media news outlets, as well as independent media on every side of issues, statements are for control and not love. I support Trump and get pretty aggravated by probably 99% of the media anger machine churning out garbage at every chance no matter how stupid and wrong they are, but that doesn't mean people I disagree with are revolting against God purposefully or mistakenly. Most of the times when we revolt, it is because how we are being given information. But the American mainstream media are definitely purposefully deceiving it's viewers, listeners and readers. Most people still don't know this because it has only been since 2015 that enough biased sources on one side figured out how to open the eyes of enough states to elect someone who felt the need to inform you of what myself and others have been trying since the late 1980's, and many more since decades before I began. So as a voter, even though I support Trump, I still dis count 99% of independent media who promote and promoted Trump, because I see that they don't even care about who they support, as it is only for financial gain, exactly like American mainstream media. I would even say that 99% of Christians were also deceived, but they were deceived because like almost everybody else, all they care about is their pocketbooks. But it was well worth it for reasons even more important than Trump actually becoming President in favor of what he supported. The more important thing was that Hillary does NOT become President. I did a broadcast about this last month and it pretty much details more than I could put in a social media comment but I bet you'd think it's very intriguing. It's titled, "Lying Spirits..." We're closer now to Jesus' return than we realize. We've had to have already passed the halfway mark, and we're just inches away from the end of the world as we know it, and ready to enter into eternity without all this chaos we have grown accustomed to. On a clock scale, I'd say we're at 11:59 PM. There's a war on for our minds, and it's been waging since Adam and Eve. But here in the U.S. we seem to be on the cutting edge of it, because like the rest of the world, who have mastered reverse engineering of American industrial and technological engineering, making our ideas better; that is nothing, compared to how well we re reverse engineer communistic/socialistic social engineering. We've mastered the ideas of the former U.S.S.R. and current Communist China, in all their social and brutal tactics controlling the thoughts, actions and private lives of every unfortunate citizen of their oppressive governments, whether you know it or not. And it doesn't matter who our current or next presidents become, as long as things keep progressing as they are and have been for the past 100+ years. And that requires the utmost precision in the execution of all it takes to take a so-called free society, and turn it anarchistic before taking control of all, including those helpful anarchists, and becoming a new world surveillance society, 100% beholden to the government and all it's power and resources seized by said government. I was just explaining a lot of these things to my son who's 30, a couple days ago, when I read about this victory for all those behind the nation's anti-Trump uprisings, especially U.C. Berkeley. So here's the latest on arguably, the most "conservative" independent news corp in America. I've written and spoken out against much of the media and supporters of Trump being the same as the left but have no clue as to what the real stakes are in this election. I even copied my comment so I can at least remember that I was at least aware, that almost everyone on any side of the political spectrum cared about was their pocketbooks but all the other freedoms they claim to cherish, they don't care about at all, until it effects them. Obamacare, or the so-called Affordable Healthcare, was the tipping point. But just look at the most read and shared conservative independent news website adds of young girls in online dating sites, half naked Wal Mart shoppers, gross things looking like male genitals, older women seeking young males, etc... and they are mostly conservative "NEWS" sites! I see none of that garbage on the so-called "opponent's" sites, but then you're dealing with even more lies, deception and false reports and interpretation of the Founders of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Milo Yiannopolous story ought to prove to us that the majority of us don't even know what we are fighting for, when you consider who all sides end up setting into leadership, when we so often find out they are satanists, adulterers, pedophiles, and the list goes on and on and on. If only the majority will read articles, and not just headlines, and read the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and not just listen to t.v. So long story short, it boiled down to money and they all gathered their talking points to paint themselves as angels. Now, back to the Christians in poverty subject. Does it really bother you that you have to be lumped into the same curse as the heathens? Who, today, are NOT putting their money into bags with holes? Who do you know who still has expendable income, yet reduced their giving and support of missionaries, church, and just about anything that would be a blessing to others without expecting something in return? Are you like those God spoke to through Haggai, who care about nothing except your own home? Or like myself and many others, are you going to renew your focus and get back to the basics of being a light in a dark place? Are you going to be in this world but not of it? Is much of what I mentioned above enough to consider yourselves blessed that we have an expected end? God knowing His thoughts of good toward us and not evil? Can we look towards the goal of the High calling, even if our only rewards are going to be in Heaven? I say it's well worth the wait, however long and whatever the cost. Do you? Please help me respond to natural disasters as a BGRRT Chaplain by purchase of my kindle e- book, Making America Righteous-Again: From Bitterness To A Delight at, Making America Righteous Again: From Bitterness To A Delight You may also support through paypal at, https://www.paypal.me/michaeldt
This article is first in a series that will go deeper into the points I presented in “How To Be A Collaborative Partner” last week. Today I’ll address the importance of listening to your gut as an entrepreneur. Your gut instinct—and the instinct of your team—is one of your greatest resources.Instinct is invaluable, but not infallible, as I’d like to explain.
Why is gut instinct so valuable? It is priceless primarily because it’s exponentially faster than your logical mind. Science has now demonstratedthe importance of the “somatic markers” that clue you into why something “just feels right” (or it doesn’t) faster than any conscious thought can take hold. The speed of instinct is another one of the reasons body language is such an accurate marker—the body responds to stimulus within a 10th of a second and reacts with visible signals of dislike, lying, etc., that are difficult or even impossible to hide.
Instinct is a vital survival mechanism that has kept us safe from dangers from the beginning of time. Instincts are also valuable in business in that they demonstrate someone’s instant and unguarded “gut check” to an idea that can be invaluable to a leader or team. It may be the small comment across the table from a John David to a Dusty that indicates how a project might go. Even a partial remark can be meaningful.
Small reactions can mean huge things, and a leader should regard them as such. Hesitation? Fear? Perhaps ramifications you hadn’t thought about, like the sudden need to double customer support to accommodate the great idea you’ve just had? Regard these reactions with the utmost care, as a person’s good feeling or instinctive hesitation could have big implications on how your plan will work out.
Here’s an example of the power of instinct from Lydia Dishman, inFastCompany Magazine, via a researcher named Shabnam Mousavi, an assistant professor at John Hopkins Carey Business School. Mousavi was the lead author of “Risk, Uncertainty, And Heuristics,” a paper that explores the times intuition can be more useful than deliberate calculation.
Mousavi’s premise was that sometimes we muddle our outcomes by bombarding ourselves with too much information. As an example, she quizzed German and U.S. students to see if they could state which city is larger: Detroit or Milwaukee. Despite not being American, the Germans were 90% correct versus only 60% of the American students she asked. Why? Because the Germans simply picked the city they’d heard more about and guessed it would stand to reason it was the larger of the two. They “went with their gut.” Americans, on the other hand, rifled through their mental library of knowledge of the two cities, which got in the way of their reaching for the obvious answer, and they failed.
Why your gut may sometimes get it wrong. Sometimes our instincts betray us. We might hire someone who makes us feel at ease and comfortable and later discover the person is a well-practiced sociopath. We might move in with a roommate or romantic partner we barely know because the friendship felt “right.”
When we let our emotions bear sway without an accompanying cost/benefit andrisk analysis, we might be hurtling down a path that is 100% wrong. In my own life, I can’t remember a time when “putting a gap between the stimuli and the response” has failed to serve me well. Sometimes that gap may be simply standing up and walking a bit before responding. Or it may be a few hours, or you may need to sleep on it. Typically the great idea will become stronger, or you may realize your initial inclination was an emotional response without adequate accompanying intelligence behind it.
When we let our emotions bear sway without an accompanying cost/benefit andrisk analysis, we might be hurtling down a path that is 100% wrong. In my own life, I can’t remember a time when “putting a gap between the stimuli and the response” has failed to serve me well. Sometimes that gap may be simply standing up and walking a bit before responding. Or it may be a few hours, or you may need to sleep on it. Typically the great idea will become stronger, or you may realize your initial inclination was an emotional response without adequate accompanying intelligence behind it.
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As Marine veteran Andrew Tahmooressi appeared in a Mexican courthouse in Tijuana today for an evidentiary hearing, a host of lawmakers and a movie star are voicing their support for him.
Tahmooressi says he missed his exit at the San Ysidro border crossing March 31, entering Mexico with three firearms and dozens of rounds of ammunition in his truck before being arrested by Mexican authorities. His court proceedings were delayed by a series of legal hiccups: he has fired his attorney twice before hiring lawyer Fernando Benitez to represent him.
While the results of the hearing, which began at 11:30a.m. local time, have not been released yet, Fox News has this good primer on the action:
video is from MAY 24, 2014
So far, thousands of members of the public have come to Tahmooressi’s support, with more than 100,000 people signing a White House petition asking the president to intervene on the veteran’s behalf.
On the eve of today’s hearing, Tahmooressi got one more fan: Gary Sinise, best known for playing “Lieutenant Dan” in the 1994 classic Forrest Gump.
Sinise, a longtime advocate of troops, took to Twitter to blast his support for Tahmooressi.
Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of 74 lawmakers, led by Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Lee Terry, R-NE, have sent letters to Benitez and the Mexican circuit court judge, Victor Octavio Luna Escobedo, asking them to take Tahmooressi’s character and service into account and render a fair verdict.
SELECT ABOVE URL LINK TO SEE CONGRESSIONAL LETTERS AND SIGNATURES
U.S. Marine ‘optimistic’ he’ll soon be released from Mexican prison
(CNN) — U.S. Marine Corps reservist Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi told CNN by phone Sunday that he was “more hopeful” and “optimistic” than ever that he would be released from a Mexican prison after a court hearing coming on Wednesday.
“I’m not as down as I once was,” he said. “My relationship with the guards has turned more into a friendship, so I don’t feel as alone, I guess. Once the media started covering it … things did start changing. … I’m just trying to keep my cool and stay relaxed.”
July 5 Independence Weekend Ride For Sgt. Anthony Tahmooressi by: Michael D. Tobin July 5, 2014
USMC Marine Reservist/Afghan war veteran, SGT, Anthony Tahmooressi, "...has been held in Mexico since March 31, when he was arrested after accidentally crossing into Mexico with three legally-purchased guns in his pickup truck. Fox News has highlighted how poor signage, as well as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Tahmooressi got from serving two tours in Afghanistan, could have contributed to his mistake." As in July 2, 2014 Fox article, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/02/tahmooressi-mother-makes-fourth-july-appeal-to-us-ambassador-to-mexico/
Tahmooressi's mother makes Fourth of July appeal to US ambassador to Mexico
Tahmooressi Run July 5, 2014 credit San Diego News 10 ABC 100# Motorcycles
In case any of my Christian peeps are wondering if it's "cool" to be involved, well, here's permission: P.O.D. and John Harrington San Diego Harley Tahmooressi Run July 5, 2014 FREE USMC SGT. ANTHONY TAHMOORESSI MOTORCYCLE SAN DIEGO/MEXICO BORDER RUN
Today, July 5, 2014, was one of the most beautiful Saturdays one can imagine in San Diego, California. It started Thursday, Independence Day Eve and will last the whole weekend. We all say we can be doing better things, and we all want to have fun and quality family time. And think of the prospects with me living two blocks from the beaches in Carlsbad, CA. Well, I was able to squeeze it all in yesterday and today, but I was torn between going north to Murrieta, CA where illegal alians from accross the Mexican border into Texas have been flown and bussed to, to protest the federal governments exploitation of illegal immigration, or go south to support our marine. I chose the latter.
Following are some pictures and statements of today's event that began at the San Diego Harley Davidson on Morina Blvd, and ended after the Tijuana/San Diego border run by more than 100 motorcyclists from around the country, at the Kearny Mesa Rd San Diego Harley Davidson store. There were free donuts, snacks, hotdogs and all kinds of food at both locations. THANX New York Mike! Owner of San Diego Harley Davidson and former San Diego Mayoral Candidate!
New York Mike
I met John Harrington, founder of Shield Tactical in Shiner, Texas, between Houston and San Antonio.
John Harrington grew tired of waiting on President Obama to intervene on the Marine’s behalf, so he organized a ride to the Mexican border to demand Tahmooressi’s release. And this is the second ride he and others from around our country have done, in the past several weeks. We're at the Kearny Harley Davidson in this picture.
John Harrington and me
Pete Santilli of Guerilla Network, was actually at the Morina Blvd. Harley Davidson earlier before the border ride, but I had missed him. Before this article is done, I will have some of his words as an update on today's events.
Here's a guy named Steve (SKE), who rode all the way from Utah. I'll call him Utah Steve. Made me want to cry when I met him because he came all the way on bike just for one man.
Utah Steve (SKE)
Here's an audio I did today beginning with New York Mike talking about various incidents of American intervention in saving lives and him introducing one of San Diego's newest candidates, Larry A. Wilske running for California 53rd Congressional District against Susan Davis
Party: Republican Occupation: Retired Navy Seal Master Chief. Overseas Deployments (6-Combat deployments) Published Author, Community Leader & Coach Teacher at the Naval War College / Senior Enlisted Academy Grew up and currently lives in the 53rd district Larry@WilskeforCongress.com
Here's Larry A. Wilske talking with a veteran and some Oathkeepers.
Larry A. Wilske 53rd Congressional District CA Candidate 2014
For my audio click link here. New York Myke discusses previous military ops and introduces San Diego's 53rd California Congressional District candidate, Ret. US Navy SEAL Larry Wilske
Thank you so much for visiting my page. For reference, here is Pete Santilli's link. I just realized he was in San Diego for the Tahmooressi ride, and he immediately went back to Murrieta for the immigration issue instead of stopping at the kearny location where I made it to. Cheers, Pete! And he's got some video of the first location and the Tijuana run.
SAN DIEGO - A group of about 100 riders mounted their motorcycles Saturday and rode together in a show of support for Andrew Tahmooressi, the Marine reservist being held in a Mexican jail.
Bikers from as far as Texas met at the San Diego Harley-Davidson's main location at 4645 Morena Blvd. on Saturday. Their push was urging the release of Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi.
Organizers say Tahmooressi fought for our country's freedom, so they wanted to do the same for him.
"We need people to be aware of what's going on," said supporter Paul Hawker. "We have a no soldier left behind. He's being left behind in Mexico."
Tahmooressi is in a Mexican jail accused of bringing legally registered guns across the border three months ago.
He had just moved to San Diego for post-traumatic stress disorder treatment. He was living out of his truck and he says he took a wrong turn at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Some 100 bikers participated in the rally. They headed south on Interstate 5 and turned onto state Route 905, dodging the border.
The bikers say their message is not for the Mexican government.
"We just want to get a message loud enough to the White House for President Obama, to pick up the telephone to call the president of Mexico and get Tahmooressi free," said "New York Myke," who organized the rally.
San Diego police say they had five extra officers keeping a close eye on the border in case the group decided to protest at the San Ysidro border crossing.
The event ended at Kearny Mesa Harley-Davidson where bikers ate lunch and listened to music.
Mother Jill Tahmooressi is overjoyed supporters have not lost hope.
"The family is honored and Andrew is so appreciative that so many people are interested in seeing him free," she told 10News.
Tahmooressi is due in Mexican court July 9 for an evidentiary hearing. Jill Tahmooressi says it will be his first time facing a judge and she is planning on attending.
“Destruction is all around us,” said a woman helped by Samaritan’s Purse. “Shops are closed. We stand in line for hours for a loaf of bread. We can’t afford fruits and vegetables. Our only hope is in the Lord, Jesus Christ. We need your prayers to keep us safe.” http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/aid-for-syrian-refugees/?utm_source=SPFacebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=m_Y000-SOCM_SocialMedia
The quote above was fromFranklinGrahams latest update from the Samaritans Purse ministry, which I've had the opportunity to work with several times as I've mentioned in my profile on this blog.
Meanwhile, US atheists from New York plan a Satan statue in Oklahoma capitol . So my question is. Will the Gothic gargoils on early American rooftops get to come down lower also? While America rejects God, the Middle East is accepting Him. The only Him that gets an uppercase H.
It's no secret what the Bible reveals about the devil, and all of mankind in the past, present, and future. You won't find much more than brief concepts, half truths and opinions from today'suniversity and jr college religion and philosophy classes, and with high price tags, too. That's why I always say, read the Bible for yourself whle you are legally and intellectually able to.
Be all that as it is, here's a artists rendition of the proposed statue. Also, see the mainstream media version of the story below, and an update I inserted which is a video of Ray Comfort and his latest commentary on this, from his January 8, 2014 broadcast of, The Comfort Zone..
Group unveils 7-foot-tall Satan statdesign to be placed near Ten Commandments monument
Statue will function as chair for 'inspiration'
Satanic Temple/ AP Photo
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press.
01/07/2014
Last Updated: 1 hour ago
SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY - A satanic group unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments monument was placed in 2012.
The New York-based Satanic Temple formally submitted its application to a panel that oversees the Capitol grounds, including an artist's rendering that depicts Satan as Baphomet, a goat-headed figure with horns, wings and a long beard that's often used as a symbol of the occult. In the rendering, Satan is sitting in a pentagram-adorned throne with smiling children next to him.
"The monument has been designed to reflect the views of Satanists in Oklahoma City and beyond," temple spokesman Lucien Greaves said in a statement. "The statue will also have a functional purpose as a chair where people of all ages may sit on the lap of Satan for inspiration and contemplation."
The Satanic Temple maintains that the Oklahoma Legislature's decision to authorize a privately funded Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol opened the door for its statue. The Ten Commandments monument was placed on the north steps of the building in 2012, and the Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has sued to have it removed.
Similar requests for monuments have been made by a Hindu leader in Nevada, an animal rights group and the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
In response, the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission recently placed a moratorium on considering any new requests.
"Anybody can still make their request, but we'll hold off on considering them until the lawsuit is adjudicated," commission Chairman Trait Thompson said.
The push by the Satanic Temple has rankled elected leaders in this conservative state known as the buckle of the Bible Belt, who say such a proposal would never be approved by the commission.
"I think you've got to remember where you are. This is Oklahoma, the middle of the heartland," said Rep. Don Armes, R-Faxon. "I think we need to be tolerant of people who think different than us, but this is Oklahoma, and that's not going to fly here."
While Greaves acknowledges the Satanic Temple's effort is in part to highlight what it says is hypocrisy of state leaders in Oklahoma, he says the group is serious about having a monument placed there.
The group already has raised nearly half of the $20,000 it says it needs to build the monument.
"We plan on moving forward one way or another," Greaves said.
Another Oklahoma legislator, Rep. Earl Sears, called the group's effort "an insult to the good people of the state."
"I do not see Satanism as a religion, and they have no place at the state Capitol," said Sears, R-Bartlesville.
On its website, the Satanic Temple explains that it "seeks to separate Religion from Superstition by acknowledging religious belief as a metaphorical framework with which we construct a narrative context for our goals and works.
"Satan stands as the ultimate icon for the selfless revolt against tyranny, free & rational inquiry, and the responsible pursuit of happiness," the website says.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Ray Comforts Comfort Zone video. Click on the arrow to view his 30 minute broadcast commentary.
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