Another Satanic Display In America

Members of the Detroit chapter of the Satanic Temple have erected a satanic display which they call a "snaketivity scene" on the capitol lawn in Lansing, MI:

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2014/12/21/snaketivity-scene-capitol-lawn/20724221/

I do not believe that Jesus has anything to do with "Christmas", which is a pagan festival related to the Winter Solstice:

http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2014/12/jesus-was-not-born-in-december.html

In a way, it is more appropriate for this "snaketivity scene" to be present in MI than the more traditional (but mostly fictional) Christmas nativity scene. Jesus came into this world to bring us the truth. Anything which detracts from His authenticity (including the way we celebrate "Christmas") cheapens His gospel.

To the Detroit chapter of the Satanic Temple, I say this: Your statement "the greatest gift is knowledge" is quite misleading. Perhaps you should actually read the Bible before you criticize it:

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:9 KJV

It's not the "tree of knowledge" ... it's the "tree of knowledge of good and evil". It has nothing to do with knowledge per se, but everything to do with rebelling against and challenging G-d.

If Satan's greatest "gift" to you is something which makes you an enemy of G-d, what kind of gift is that?

Update: A nativity display in front of a church in Haverhill, MA has been vandalized. Someone replaced baby Jesus with a pig's head:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/25/baby-jesus-stolen-replaced-with-pigs-head-in-haverhill/

How did Jesus say we should worship?

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:6 KJV

And what did G-d say about things like "nativity scenes"?

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Exodus 20:4 KJV

Clearly, Jesus does not support the construction of such images. On the other hand, I think the proper way for true Christians to treat them is to ignore them. Substituting snakes and pigs' heads is not the way to go.