Satanic clubs, whose members do not worship the devil, usually formed in response to presence of religious groups in schools

Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced.

The After School Satan Club (ASSC) wants to establish a branch in Chimneyrock elementary school in the Memphis-Shelby county schools (MSCS) district.

Cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9594849

  • CoolMatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    Which especially funny because it’s part of the same religion, just the “other side”

    • 📛MavenEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      After School Satan is a program of The Satanic Temple, they’re a religion in name only. More like a civil rights group who uses the guise of a religion to prove a point. Satan as a symbol of freedom, not as a literal deific figure.

      After School Satan is an after-school club meant as a parody and foil to things like the “Good News Club”, but instead of teaching religion, they teach science and rationalism, play board games, and do arts n crafts, while religious proselytizing is forbidden at the club in any form, including of Satanism.