When you keep messing with the the separation of church and state...it is only a matter of time before the bill comes due...

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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

Now, if you removed the fact that the HAIL Program was held at the Satanic Temple, both curricula descriptions sound perfectly reasonable for children, no? LifeWise uses biblical characters to teach positive traits, which I can only assume means they stay away from some of the more salacious biblical characters? Or maybe they just put a fresh coat of Christianese on them? The nuances of King David being and adulterer and murderer yet still a man after God's heart is probably not best designed for kids to understand. Notice that the HAIL program is teaching empathy, compassion and justice, free of religious pressure and coercion. Note the word coercion. That is how the lost view what silly laws such us this really are. We are not supposed to try and coerce people into our faith beloved. The poke they make about telling people who do not go that they will surely burn in hell might sound mean but it basically is just the trolling coming full circle. The message from the NAR to the lost is about them going to hell, so why be offended when someone simply co-opts your position?

Make no mistake about it beloved. Ohio now has to allow students to leave school early to attend a class at the local Satanic Temple because of the NAR -period full stop. When you hear all of the seven mountains nonsense it may sound good. Prayer in schools might tickle the ears but that is only because Christianity is still largely in charge. Who knows what the demographics will look like 10 years, fifty years from now? I am sure in 2014 Ohioans thought this was a great idea. Just ten years later however and here we are. Thirty three percent of this country are either non-Christian identified or not affiliated at all. Forty million people have left the church in the past 25 years alone. The great apostasy is well underway. All the world hears from the church is judgment and hatred. Then they watch as they pass draconian laws or advocate for rules that appear to only benefit the Christian faith. That is not how our country was birthed or currently exists. It never was and never will be a theocracy. Keep mixing church and state but do not whine when other churches and faiths take advantage of the same exact nonsense. Preach the gospel - leave those imaginary cultural mountains far, far behind.

Reverend Anthony Wade - December 4, 2024

Authors Bio:
Credentialed Minister of the Gospel for the Assemblies of God. Owner and founder of 828 ministries. Vice President for Goodwill Industries. Always remember that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.