(WATCH) Christians Protest Satanic Holiday Display Installed Alongside Nativity Scene In Illinois Capitol (VIDEO)
Members of the Satanic Temple of Illinois traveled to the Illinois Capitol in Springfield to install a Satanic display in the rotunda alongside a Christian nativity scene already present. The Satanic display mocks Christianity with a statue of Baphomet as a baby.
The Stanic Temple members allege the display is meant to recognize the holiday of Sol Invictus. However, the Sol Invictus Holiday is grounded in ancient Greek and Roman polytheism and unrelated to the Baphomet Satanic figure.
A group of Satanists stood around the display and offered praise of the statue and Satan, saying, “We invite you today to bring wisdom, justice, rationality…equality, tolerance, and passion…” and chanting “Hail Satan”. The Satanists were drowned out by a massive group of Catholic protestors praying on their knees.
