The Satanic Temple is helping students form after-school clubs, and parents are furious—but they’re blaming the wrong people.

The after school satan club is making inroads in the US thanks to the supreme court and in particular Clarence Thomas. There are now 4 states (CA, OH, CT, and PA with KS as a proposal) with active clubs where kids can learn unfiltered science and other subjects I’m sure.

Hopefully the new year will bring many more thanks to the SC and we can have better educated kids.

Maybe the motto should be join the After School Satan club and play games and learn things the schools are too afraid to teach. Also kudos to whoever dreamed up the name.

    • notaviking@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      11 months ago

      After school satan is an initiative from The Satanic Temple, or TST, they are different from the Church of Satan, like Catholic and Protestant are different. TST is basically the politically active one and they do not follow the satanic bible but rather have the seven tenets

      • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, the Satanic Bible is kinda fucked up, totally different spirit than the 7 Tenets. It encourages selfishness, manipulation, grifting. Feels more like a pick up artist type self help book than anything else. Anton LeVey, the leader of the Church of Satan wrote it, along with the Satanic Witch- the ladies version of the Satanic Bible and they are both trash.

        https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us

        With unfortunate regularity - and much to our chagrin - The Satanic Temple is confused with an earlier organization, the Church of Satan, founded by Anton Szandor LaVey in the 1960s. The Church of Satan expresses vehement opposition to the campaigns and activities of The Satanic Temple, asserting themselves as the only “true” arbiters of Satanism, while The Satanic Temple dismisses the Church of Satan as irrelevant and inactive.

        The 7 Tenets are lovely:

        I One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

        II The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

        III One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

        IV The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.

        V Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.

        VI People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

        VII Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

      • blackstampedeEnglish
        13·
        11 months ago

        They’re also a fundamentally atheist organization, so I’m not sure the analogy holds.