The Charisma News headline blared out something that seemed almost too bad to be true - "Elementary School Offering Satanic Studies!" It seemed like such obvious clickbait, that Charisma is renowned for, that I passed it by until this morning when I saw the report offered on a mainstream news website. So, I decided to take a look at the above link from Charisma and see how they framed this true story, whose blame can be laid directly at the feet of the NAR dominionist church. I have constantly tried to warn that this country is not a theocracy, so when you pass rules and laws to benefit your religion by mixing it with the state, you open Pandora's Box for any other religion as well. There is a reason why the founders believed in the separation of church and state and please do not fall for the brain-dead NAR talking points that try and pretend they did not want that. They absolutely did and to claim otherwise is to show a breathtaking stupidity when it comes to the history of this country. That essential part of the founder's philosophy was not to shut Christianity out but rather to prevent any and all religions from taking over the government. They did not want the systems they escaped from which relied upon religious dogma to dictate many public institution's direction. The NAR does not care though because of their staggering arrogance and they just never thought ahead as to what the consequences might be. Allowing Christian prayer in school for example, means that Muslim prayer has to be allowed on equal footing. Allowing the Ten Commandments in a courthouse paves the way for other religions to be equally represented as well. So, let us reason once more through this bizarre short story above.
"An elementary school in Marysville, Ohio, is offering a "satanic studies" program. The Hellion Academy of Independent Learning (HAIL) program serves as a "religious release" period for children. The Satanic Temple operates the program. June Everett, described by NBC 4 as the "campaign director for the After School Satan Club and an ordained minister for the Satanic Temple," said a parent reached out to the Satanic Temple, requesting a program be implemented at the school. "We aren't trying to shut the LifeWise Academy down, but I do think a lot of school districts don't realize when they open the door for one religion, they open it for all of them," Everett said." - Charisma News
In 2014 the NAR church leaders and influencers in the cultural mountain of government thought it would be cool to mix public school with Christianity. They created the religious release program that allowed schools to release students early to engage in religious studies. I am surprised it took ten years for someone else to take advantage of this absurdity but now we have what appears to be the most excellent example of trolling the NAR I have seen in some time. June Everett, a minister at the Satanic Temple tried to explain what many Christians cannot understand:
"We are not devil worshipers. Different Satanists across the United States will give you different answers depending on how they personally believe. But as a whole, we are non-theistic, meaning we don't believe in any supernatural deities and that includes, you know, God or Satan." - June Everett
Please, I am not suggesting that this means they are harmless, far from it. That is not the point. The point is this is the end result of trying to Christianize the country, instead of preaching the gospel and letting people be drawn by the Holy Spirit. Realize that a parent reached out to Everett and asked for this. You cannot continue to show disdain for the lost and think you can shove our beliefs down their throats. At some point, they will push back. Like Everett or not, she is 100% correct when she says that when you open the door for one religion, you open the door to all of them.
'Each lesson in LifeWise, a Christian program, focuses on three areas: Head, Heart and Hands.
The curriculum is "designed to take students through the entire Bible, beginning in Genesis and ending in Revelation," LifeWise's website says. "Each lesson reviews a Bible passage as well as a 'Living LifeWise' character trait. The lessons' order and activities are flexible and can be modified as the teacher finds necessary." The Satanic Temple described the HAIL program as a program for students that "allows them to learn about values such as empathy, compassion, and justice in a fun environment without religious pressure or coercion." "Any students who choose not to attend are later regaled with stories of fun activities and warnings from their classmates that they will surely burn in hell for not participating," the Satanic Temple added. "These programs have been heavily pushed in recent years by groups such as Lifewise Academy and Joy El Club."' - Charisma News
