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New Billboards Feature Church Message Signed by…Satan

The secular world has created a plethora of billboards aimed at slamming the Judeo-Christian worldview. But while atheists have been infamous for their posted non-theistic placards, the religious, too, have been known to get creative. Take, for instance, a new billboard that’s been posted by Redemption World Outreach Center in Greeneville, South Carolina.

The house of worship has launched an ad campaign that features a billboard signed by Satan. His message? To dissuade human beings from attending church, naturally.

Redemption World Outreach Center Creates Satan Billboard

Image Credit: FOX Carolina

The creative billboard reads, ”Please do not go to Redemption World Outreach Center this Sunday.” Then, the fallen angel’s name is signed below his plea. While some may find the message eye-catching, others — like Josh McCarnan, a communications manager for Hampton Park Baptist Church Ministries — aren’t so sure.

“I am a communications manager, so I deal a lot with graphics,” McCarnan told The Christian Post, going on to say that the graphic elements associated with the sign are poor. ”I understand kind of the motives behind it. But from a graphics standpoint … it doesn’t really say a whole lot about the church.”

Pastor Ron Carpenter of Redemption World Outreach Center says that the church means no offense by posting the billboard. Rather, the house of worship believes it will be a viable method for reaching out to youths.

“I want to go back and reach the young adult generation which has been labeled very extreme, so I said, ‘I need to send an extreme message to try to jump start the curiosity of a younger generation,’” he said. ”They like to talk about maybe good and evil but don‘t want to bring devils and Satan’s name into it. But we believe he exists, and we believe this is a place he wouldn’t really want you to be.”

The church, as The Christian Post notes, will display the billboards over the next four months.

(H/T: Christian Post)

Comments (72)

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  • blackyb
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 8:18pm

    Now that is an eye catcher.

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  • Abraham Young
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 6:29pm

    http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/28.21?lang=eng

    8 And there shall also be many which shall say: aEat, drink, and be bmerry; nevertheless, fear God—he will cjustify in committing a little dsin; yea, elie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a fpit for thy neighbor; there is gno harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

    9 Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, afalse and vain and bfoolish cdoctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

    10 And the ablood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them.

    11 Yea, they have all gone out of the away; they have become bcorrupted.

    12 Because of apride, and because of bfalse teachers, and cfalse doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

    13 They arob the bpoor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart, because in their cpride they are puffed up.

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    • SATAN
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 6:53pm

      This is all good work here… Just don’t quote the Bible. I love extra books, missing books, fad books, and fraud translations all mixed up out there so no-one can tell the real word of God anymore. Anything but a King Jimmy! That Guy Fawkes (the O.W.S. mascott) had it right, almost killed the future translators of the 1611 K.J.V. in the “Gunpowder Plot”, but i‘ve twisted history so people think he’s a hero. This is genius, try to get these verses in everyones hand, and we can even get some spin off-churchs going (that teach our stuff instead)!

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  • SATAN
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 6:14pm

    There is soo much fraud at the voting polls that Obama should fix it all and just end the corrupted voting system altogether. Viva Obama! 2012!
    P.S. It’s all G.W.Bush’s fault Obama has to fix the whole country.

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  • moussiagilda
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 6:06pm

    The Blaze has become the ultimate satanist website. Except when I post. Let my Glenn Beck go…you know he’s sensitive to drugs, thou tormentors…

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  • rdietz7
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 5:59pm

    It looks like vandal did it. And so much of this is going on today with billboards. Really a waste, who would of that that in the 21st century that idiots would still be waring over religion. Grow up world!

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    • SoNick
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:10pm

      here’s a helpful tip: why don’t you read the article before you comment on it

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  • SerikFox
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 5:27pm

    Making fun of satan while promoting a church…. how ironic…. I’d go.

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  • Bruce P.
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:57pm

    It would seem, if there were such a thing as Satan, it would want people to attend church. Who better to tempt to fall, the faithless or the faithful?

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 5:22pm

      “’Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.”
      William Shakespeare..;-)

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    • liltexasgal
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 5:53pm

      Make no mistake, Satan exists. He exists to bring fear, hatred, anger, injustice, and all manor of evil to the world of man. He exists to take away our freedom to choose good over evil or to even recognize the difference between good and evil. God gave us free will, freedom and liberty so that we may decide for ourselves whether to follow him. Satan seeks to take away these things because he knows it is the only way to block our way to God. The bible says “Let every man work out his own salvation with fear and trembling” The big government folks want to take away your right to choose good and force you to accept whatever they decide is good.

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    • SoNick
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:16pm

      @liltexasgal
      so if we follow your reasoning, government = satan? then I guess we don’t need elections, we need exorcisms! And a sidenote: why do you people have such a hard on for “fear and trembling”.?Are you masochists?

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:51pm

    The thing about “Satan” and the “Devil” is those identities represent negative vibes. The younger generation and anyone alive can relate to “vibes” right?

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  • SATAN
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:42pm

    I don’t exist, remember evolution is proven beyond fact, don’t even consider any so called proof contrary from religous nuts, they all lie. There is no hell so live you life in sin or sainthood, but just don’t go to church and listen to theat “Jesus (ack!) paid for your sins stuff”, your hopeless anyway, give up and be a nice little athiest. B.T.W. the Bible is full of sooo many errors I can’t even list them here so just throw your away, and don’t read it, It’s hate literature. Watch T.V. instead, there are some new seasons of endless crap coming out for you to watch, that will harden your heart even more.
    Till we meet in hell, your sweetest friend, (nameless)
    P.S. Mock some Christians next time you get a chance, for believing in stupid stuff.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 5:41pm

      Obama is that you?

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    • SATAN
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 5:56pm

      @rickc34
      There are some trials headed your way next month I hope will be bringing us closer. Just give up on praying, God is mocking you. Live for yourself and don’t let a few little problems make you think about your eternal soul. I have big plans for your life, DON”T blow it (Isn’t there some meaningless hobby like drinking you could be doing?).

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    • asittner
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 7:14pm

      Haha thats good **** man u do a good satan impression

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    • SATAN
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 7:22pm

      @ASITTNER
      *Chuckle *Chuckle, he thinks it’s an impression….

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    • palerider54
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:40pm

      SATAN, I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords to get thee behind me. I have put on the full armor of God and your powers, great as they may be, are of no use to you against the power of Jesus.

      Enjoy what little time you have left to roam your domain, devouring lost souls. Get ready to be bound with chains and tossed into the bottomless pit for a thousand years.

      Sucks to be you.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on May 12, 2012 at 7:23pm

      Satan is far more powerful in the Christian tradition than God–without the Devil, and the threat of eternal punishment hanging over everyone’s heads, very few people would be swayed by the empty assertions of theists. Reason is not easily tricked into false belief, but powerful emotion is blind to truth and falsehood–in a state of fear, people can be made to believe, or feel, anything you want them to fear. That is why fear, the power held by the figure Satan to scare otherwise reasonable people into blind beliefs through the threat of the most exquisite punishments man’s mind could conjure, is necessary to Christianity, and most if not all proselytizing religions for that matter.

      Look at Judaism or Buddhism–neither of them “proselytizes” in the traditional sense of a central tenet, or requisite, of the faith to the faithful is to attempt to expand the faith. Particularly Judaism. In both those cases, there is no metaphysical equivalent to “hell” in their theology.

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    • snibbles
      Posted on May 12, 2012 at 7:32pm

      there you go lying again

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    • DeavonReye
      Posted on May 14, 2012 at 12:39pm

      Satan really needs a spell checker.

      Stuff like this,. . . . and the idiotic billboard, are truly laughable. Reverse psychology may work on the simpleton, but not on those who actually use science based logic/reason. I’m not going to listen to the fictional characters of any book for any type of life direction. And I definitely wouldn‘t go to that church just so its pastor’s wallet can grow even larger.

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  • chubby
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:39pm

    Why was this sign elevated to the level of what is usually respected reporting?

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  • Injunator
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:15pm

    Matthew 24:11 & 15; 1 Peter 4:17; Revelation 18; 2 Thessalonains 2:3-5; and 2 Corinthians 11:12-15 : God clearly states what is NOW “seated, AND to be seated is “to rule”” in what was His church—-He has sent unto YOU many signs that you can not dispute though You, are ensnared in the iniquity of the World . . . you may want to search yourselves of why———————————————————seek Him Now !

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 10:00pm

      “Be good and I’ll bring you presents.” – Santa Claus

      What’s the difference?

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  • moussiagilda
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:14pm

    Obnoxiously fake news.

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  • pghpatriot
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:10pm

    Ever notice, the more you pay attention to someone/something the longer it remains in the public‘s eye’ and the less attention given usually makes it disappear faster?

    I try and do that with most of thse attention starved geniuses who think the can (re)invent the wheel. Be sincere, honest, forthcoming and fair and that should do it. If that is not what people what, they aren’t worth having.

    All these news alerts and chest pounding against Obadman and whatever his latest folly is, is almost comical. After three and a half years of his inane policies, his divisive rhetoric and his pitting one class, one race, one religion of people against another, if you aren’t convinced who is the better choice for this country, then I can only believe you just don‘t give a damn about this nation or it’s citizens (of all races, creeds or genders.)

    This election is not about party affiliation or one’s color of skin. It is about the longevity of this Nation and it’s Constitution as we know/knew it. And if that is not enough for people to swallow their pride or hate or contempt for each other and do the right thing, then this nation deserves what it gets.

    As someone brilliantly once said, “we have met the enemy, and it is us.”

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  • Irongardenia
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:05pm

    This is in Greenville, South Carolina not North Carolina. It is a 15,000 member mega church that is also on a local christain TV station. I know where this sign is but I have not been by there yet to see it. It is meant to get attention and it has! If just one person stops to think about their life and where they will go after this life, then I think it is worth it. We never know what impact we may have on each other, either positive or negative.

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:00pm

    It‘s all fun ’n games ’till you let Obama sign your sign…

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  • jimmycrackcorn
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:54pm

    It’s not in Greenville, NC. It’s in Greenville, SC. This is a charismatic, prosperity gospel, megachurch on Haywood Rd, in Greenville, SC. Their “pastor” calls himself an “apostle”.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:15pm

      ‘Their “pastor” calls himself an “apostle”’. That’s what I loved about my little stone Catholic Church on a hill overlooking the Hudson River in upstate, NY many years ago. Our guy just called himself “Fitz”… short for Father Fitzpatrick.

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    • Obama Snake Oil Co
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:38pm

      You are right, SC, not NC, although we did have church run a sign saying “marriage is one man and one woman” during the amendment to ban same sex marriage…..They got a lot of positive attention about it on our news in Greenville, NC.

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  • Blkcatwm
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:52pm

    There’s nothing wrong with the Church using Satan in their ad. If the Atheists can tell people not to go to church, then are they , themselves Satan? Since they don’t believe in God? I, for one, am tired of the Atheists getting their way. If you don’t believe in God, fine. But don’t harass and condem those that do. I’m also tired of the Minority of people who complain, being able to have people removed from pulpits, have signs removed, and have our 10 commandments and prayer taken out of public places. All our morals and belief in right and wrong are based on biblical values whether you want to admit it or not. I was not raised in a Religious household, but my parents were spiritual. They passed along what they had been taught which was based on Religious teachings, whether they realized it or not. It is what is needed. We are seeing what it is like without it, with the OWS people and with the communists that surround our current Commander in Chief. It scares me to see how barbaric we have become. Next they will accomplish making Pedophilia a Disability instead of a Crime…it is in the works….God help us.

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    • Teabunny
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:58pm

      In Jesus name…dear God, father in heaven…help us. Amen.

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  • Paul
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:51pm

    satan

    You’re a dead man walking.

    God

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  • JimL
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:42pm

    Very polite.

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  • child of God
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:42pm

    i understand the logic….but i don‘t think they should’ve gone through with it.

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  • thibx
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:40pm

    stupid

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  • lukerw
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:38pm

    FAKE… Everyone knows Obama’s signature… and using the world “please”… Really!

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  • damonblankenship
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:38pm

    Better hang one on the White House……………

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:36pm

    “The house of worship has launched an ad campaign that features a billboard signed by Satan. His message? To dissuade human beings from attending church, naturally.”
    See, the problem with this line of reasoning is that the people who ALREADY believe Satan is a real thing, are not the people who aren’t ALREADY coming to Church…

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    • Teabunny
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:51pm

      amen. (unless, of course, they have a valid reason…most will not get it, though) being associated with this billboard could bring persecution down on the house of God, and the pastor/priest associated with It.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:35pm

    This reminds me of CS Lewis’ “Screwtape Letters”. I personally don’t think it will be effective.

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