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TA'MALAyuHilangDiDUNIA - Bayt Iblis, kumpulan agama yg
berpangkalan di New York, adalah untuk membina rumah bab pertama di Detroit, di
mana ia akan melak-sanakan per-khidmatan seperti perkahwinan, termasuk jantina
yang sama, dan pengebumian.
Ia berkata, pengorbanan orang atau haiwan tidak
akan berlaku.
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Detroit telah dipilih sebagai lokasi untuk rumah
bab perdana kerana "underdog" reputasi dan sejarah memupuk derhaka
komuniti seni bawah tanah, pengasas Kuil Iblis Doug Mesner, aka "Lucien
Greaves," memberitahu Detroit Metro Times.
Lokasi rumah bab, dan juga sebagai hari pembukaan,
masih akan diputuskan, kata Mesner, yang dilahirkan dan dibesarkan di Detroit.
Seorang wanita berusia 32 tahun yang dikenali
sebagai "Jex Blackmore" akan menuju operasi di premis Detroit. Mesner
menjelaskan bahawa ahli-ahli adalah digalakkan untuk menggunakan nama samaran
dan bukan nama sebenar mereka, kerana mereka mendapat "banyak di jalan
ancaman kematian dan begitulah keadaannya."
Blackmore berkata kuil itu mempertimbangkan
beberapa ciri-ciri, dan keutamaan akan diberikan kepada tempat di mana setiap
orang berasa selamat dan selesa.
"Jika ia tidak memenuhi keperluan ahli-ahli
kita kepada umum, maka kita mungkin membuat keputusan untuk membuat lokasi
swasta. Walaupun, kami akan memilih untuk tidak berbuat demikian,
"katanya.
Pelan ini adalah untuk membuka rumah bab kepada
orang ramai pada waktu tertentu dijadualkan. Ia akan menyediakan sastera untuk
pelawat, & juga seba-gai ruang mesyuarat, dan melaksanakan perkhidmatan
tradisional seperti perkah-winan dan pengebumian.
Menurut Blackmore, kuil juga bertujuan untuk
menawarkan majlis perkahwinan sama jantina di Michigan, di mana perkahwinan gay
telah ditangguhkan menunggu ke-6 Amerika Syarikat Litar Mahkamah Rayuan
keputusan.
Dalam satu temu bual dengan Detroit Free Press,
Blackmore berkata Kuil Iblis berharap untuk menggunakan isu perkahwinan sejenis
untuk mencabar undang-undang atas alasan kebebasan beragama.
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Sebelum itu, kumpulan itu mencetuskan kontroversi
agak kekecohan di kalangan orang ramai apabila ia mengumumkan mahu mendirikan
sebuah patung setinggi tujuh kaki syaitan berhampiran monumen 10 Perintah di
Bangunan Kerajaan Pusat Oklahoma.
Lakaran yang dicadangkan mencadangkan bahawa kuil
itu mahu menggambarkan syaitan sebagai tokoh Baphoment kambing berkepala dengan
janggut yang pan-jang, tanduk dan bersayap, dgn reka bentuk pentagram
diletakkan atas. 2 kanak2 tersenyum akan diletakkan kedua-dua belah
patung.
Walau bagaimanapun, pemimpin kumpulan itu berkata,
mereka tidak menyembah syaitan.
"Kami percaya dalam metafora, membina sastera
syaitan," kata Blackmore. "Dia seorang simbol untuk pemberontakan,
simbol sifat manusia, yang dahagakan pengetahuan."
Dalam erti kata Mesner itu, perbezaan di antara
Iblis Kuil dan tempat-tempat ibadah lain ialah ia menggalakkan "perbezaan
antara agama dan kepercayaan karut."
"Kami tidak menyokong penjelasan ghaib di
dunia. Kami, bagaimanapun, mem-punyai masyarakat yang telah berkongsi
nilai2 dan struktur estetik & simbolik dan amalan yang menyediakan
segala elemen yang perlu sesuatu agama, "katanya.
Kumpulan itu juga menggariskan bahawa ia adalah
semata-mata aman dan tidak mengamalkan apa-apa jenis mengorbankan haiwan atau
manusia.
"Idea pengorbanan khusus adalah untuk menyenangkan
hati beberapa syaitan atau tuhan, dan itulah kepercayaan ghaib yang kita tidak
melanggan," Blackmore memberitahu Detroit Free Press.
Kuil itu kini mempunyai kira-kira 20 ahli di
Detroit - bab pertama daripada 15 yang akan diumumkan dalam masa terdekat.
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DEVIL in Detroit: SATANIC Group to build temple
in
Motor CITY . . .
The Satanic Temple, a New-York-based religious
group, is to build its first chapter house in Detroit, where it will perform
services such as marriages, including same-sex, and funerals. It says the
sacrificing of people or animals will not take place.
Detroit was picked as a location for the flagship
chapter house because of its “underdog” reputation and history of nurturing
rebellious underground artistic communities, Satanic Temple founder Doug
Mesner, aka "Lucien Greaves," told the Detroit Metro Times.
The chapter house's location, as well as the
opening day, are still to be decided, said Mesner, who was born and raised in
Detroit.
A 32-year-old woman known as “Jex Blackmore” will
be heading operations at the Detroit premises. Mesner explained that members
are encouraged to use pseudonyms rather than their real names, as they get “a
lot in the way of death threats and that kind of thing.”
Blackmore said the temple is considering several
properties, and preference will be given to the place where everyone feels safe
and comfortable.
“If it doesn't meet the needs of our members to be
public, then we might make a decision to make a private location. We would
prefer not to do that, though,” she said.
The plan is to open the chapter house to the public
during certain scheduled hours. It will provide literature for visitors, as
well as a meeting space, and perform traditional services like marriages and
funerals.
According to Blackmore, the temple also seeks to
offer same-sex marriage ceremonies in Michigan, where gay marriages have been
put on hold awaiting the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals decision. In an
interview with the Detroit Free Press, Blackmore said the Satanic Temple was
hoping to use the same-sex marriage issue to challenge the law on the grounds
of religious freedom.
Earlier, the controversial group sparked quite a
stir among the public when it announced it wanted to erect a seven-foot tall
statue of Satan near the Ten Commandments monument at the Oklahoma State
Capitol. The proposed sketch suggested that the temple wanted to depict Satan
as a goat-headed Baphoment figure with a long beard, horns, and wings, with a
pentagram design placed overhead. Two smiling children would be placed both
sides of the statue.
However, the group’s leaders say they do not
worship Satan.
“We believe in a metaphorical, literary construct
of Satan,” Blackmore said. “He’s a symbol for rebellion, a symbol of human
nature, the thirst for knowledge.”
In Mesner’s words, the difference between the
Satanic Temple and other places of worship is that it promotes “a distinction
between religion and superstition.”
“We don't endorse supernatural explanations of the
world. We do, however, have a community that has shared values and aesthetic
and symbolic structures and practice that provides all the necessary elements
of a religion,” he added.
The group also underlined that it is purely
peaceful and does not practice any kind of sacrificing of animals or humans.
“The idea of sacrifice specifically is to appease
some demon or some god, and that’s a supernatural belief that we don’t
subscribe to,” Blackmore told the Detroit Free Press.
The temple currently has about 20 members in
Detroit – its first chapter out of 15 to be announced in the near future.
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