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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

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[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

It’s so funny seeing Cristians protest against these clubs that they don’t understand, and the best part is they can’t do shit.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry (not sorry), Christians - religious freedom means freedom to practice ALL religions. This is categorically a constitutional matter, and you do not have a legal recourse to halt this (nor should you).

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which especially funny because it's part of the same religion, just the "other side"

[–] Maven 1 points 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.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Nougat@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Mok98@feddit.it 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pedal to the Baphometal

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You split the thread, dividing reality into two! Who knows what will happen now!

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Two Satans? Double the speed?

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Mok98@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

You divided the thread, splitting reality into two! Now who knows what will happen!

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hail the flying spaghetti monster!

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better than an after-school christian club ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] athos77@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, the reason for the after school Satan club was that they had a pre school Christian club.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Breakfast with God, dinner with the Devil!

How most Christians naturally react through the day due to coping mechanisms that rely on a being that isn't real and can do nothing for you lol.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, and I'd wager it's better than an after-school christian club.

[–] Moops@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Freedom of religion!

... As long as it's ours"

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is indeed their religion they are protesting.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

The whole idea behind it is pretty genius. Metaphorically speaking, the only people that think there's a supernatural devil behind this club is because they want to shove their belief in their Gods into schools. If one must exist in schools then so must the other.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

LOL! Good luck with that. You invited me in. I'm not going anywhere. 😈

[–] BeakersBunsen@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Totally read that as Santa and was confused why 1 they made a Santa club and 2 why people were so angry to ban it. Either way bunch of haters and need to be more tolerant like their Jesus was

To be fair, in both cases the situation would have been the same: An after-school club with a fictional mascot taken from Christian mythology, protested BY Christians who are ironically the only ones to actually believe that said mascot exists IRL.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Lucifer would be proud.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] some_guy 2 points 1 year ago

Conservatives are the most fragile snowflakes. I’m here for it. Sign me up!

[–] Otherwise_Direction7@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn, the new Hate Die: School Satanic Project TV adaptation looks pretty legit ngl

/joking