After-school Satan club launched at elementary school, parents protest
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Launch of 'After School Satan Club' draws protest at Chimneyrock Elementary
According to The Satanic Temple's website , the organization does not believe in Satan or anything supernatural, but merely sees Satan as 'a symbol of the eternal rebel who opposes authority.' , as an activity policy, aims to separate religion and superstition, and to embrace rational inquiry away from superstitions based on supernaturalism and old traditions. The organization is believed to be the only Satanic religious organization recognized as a church by the Internal Revenue Service and the federal court system.
As part of its activities, it operates an `` After School Satan Club, '' which aims to foster children's intellectual and creative interests, and it seems that similar clubs have already been launched in California, Ohio, and Connecticut. is. What the after-school Satan Club does is bring together children to do science projects, community service projects, puzzles and games, nature activities, and make arts and crafts. Rather than trying to convert people to religion, he is said to be striving to foster free inquiry and rationalism that focuses on scientific evidence.
Tennessee's first after-school Satan club started at Chimney Rock Elementary School in Memphis. It is unclear what specific activities took place, but a spokesperson for The Satanic Temple said only, ``The children had a great time.''
When parents learned that the meeting was going to take place, they gathered outside the school and staged a protest. Some people held up slogans taken from the Bible or hymns such as ``The wages of sin is death'' and ``There is power in the blood of Jesus'' to appeal to passersby. A protest organizer said, ``This battle is not a battle between the school and the devil's club. It is a battle between God and the devil's club. God will defeat it.''
On the other hand, a spokesperson for After School Satan Club stated, ``We have not forced religion into schools. We will not be active unless another religious club is active at the school.'' maintained that the meeting was legitimate. In fact, an evangelical club has been active at Chimney Rock Elementary School for some time.
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