The news: Hail Satan! The New York City-based Satanic Temple has unveiled their design for the monument that worshippers of the Dark One everywhere hope will soon grace the Oklahoma Statehouse.
It's got everything your Lucifer devotee could want. It's a
7-foot-tall stone carving of Baphomet, a prominent demonic member of the
hierarchy of hell, with a gigantic pentagram. The unholy throne is
flanked on either side by two smiling children, whose parents presumably
haven't told them not to speak with strange goat-headed monstrosities
from the underworld. And the finished design will include quotes from
Lord Byron and William Blake.
However, it will not be covered in dogs' blood or be the site of any virgin sacrifices.
"The monument has been designed to reflect the views of Satanists in
Oklahoma City and beyond. The statue