17 Mar 2004
In Diana Pan Opolis.

It seems as though we've a true nutcase in our midst:

A week ago Sunday, somebody drove a white Jeep Cherokee over the curb in front of the Eagles Lodge in Anderson...

In Indiana, destroying or vandalizing the Ten Commandments has become almost as much a state pastime as downing Ding Dongs or attending tractor pulls.

If history is an indicator, the usual suspect in this caper would be Stephen M. Schroeder, 42, Indianapolis. Indeed, he did damage this particular marker five times when it was on the Statehouse lawn, refusing to pay a $2,500 fine on principle and serving 90 days in jail.

Why would Mr. Schroder do this? Is he an "atheist activist"? Is he genuinely concerned for the maintainance of the seperation of Church and State? Alas, it seems not:

Schroeder did not hate the marker because he hates God. He doesn't. He hates pagans, and he maintains this marker was a sneaky pagan plot.

It did not include the commandment cautioning against graven images. That means it was Catholic, and therefore, he says, bad.

Also, it bore a hideous graven image, he says. "Right above the proclamation 'The Lord my God is One God' was a breasted sun god, a triangle with a crescent moon on top, an all-seeing eye with breasts. It was the same graven image on altars in Carthage." In other words, it was pagan all the way.

Schroeder contends the image was a Masonic symbol. Free Masonry, he says, is the biggest pagan religion there is. That's what offended him so about the marker.

I wonder what this loony would do if he knew about us real Hoosier Heathens? This is supposed to be a funny post, but that is certainly a scary thought ....

(link) [IndyStar.com]

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