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Virginia School Board Hears Plea to ‘Protect Children’ from ‘Evil’ of ‘After School Satan Club’
LifeSite News ^ | 4/3/23 | Jean Mondoro

Posted on 04/05/2023 6:12:17 PM PDT by marshmallow

Members of American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) Student Action questioned the educational value of these clubs and the threat they pose to students.

(LifeSiteNews) — Two volunteers from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) Student Action project spoke out last week against the increasingly popular “After School Satan Clubs” popping up at public schools across the country.

The remarks were made during a school board meeting in Chesapeake, Virginia, where one of the Satan clubs was recently permitted to form, sparking backlash from the community.

“The primary and basic end of religion, true religion, links us to God. Satanism is not a religion,” TFP Student Action volunteer Joseph Gensens said at the meeting. “With this in mind, I have to ask: What is the ‘After School Satan Club’s’ true purpose and how does it benefit the educational, cultural, and moral formation of the children at B.M. Williams Primary School?”

“As far as I can tell, at best the Satanic Club exists to go against pre-existing Christian school clubs. At worst, this club really does exist to worship Lucifer and his historic role as the archetypal revolutionary who denies all rules and all authority. Satan is universally regarded through history as a tempter, a liar, a murderer, and a thief. I think it’s safe to say that the second worst case scenario is closer to the true purpose of the club. After all, it’s called Satan Club for a reason.”

Gensens pointed out that one of The Satanic Temple’s (TST) seven tenets is “individual sovereignty,” which “means there is no authority higher than the individual.” Gensens argued that this tenet “will undermine the authority of teachers over their students,” obliterating grades “because who are the teachers to determine which answers.........

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TOPICS: Other non-Christian; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: club; education; satan; virginia

1 posted on 04/05/2023 6:12:17 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

People do not deserve respect.


2 posted on 04/05/2023 6:48:56 PM PDT by Bayard
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>> After School Satan Clubs

Courtesy modern-day Rats

#ing Rats


3 posted on 04/05/2023 6:57:39 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: All
"Class, altogether kids".

Satan hates the little children
All the children in the world
Red and yellow, black and white
They are vermin in his sight
Satan hates the children of the world.

4 posted on 04/05/2023 7:58:51 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Not my fault, yer Honor. I went to the Alec Baldwin School of Firearms Handling. )
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To: marshmallow

I am so glad I don’t have children in school, anymore. But, I worry so much about my granddaughters.


5 posted on 04/05/2023 9:03:27 PM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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