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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Christian and I have no problem with this. I think atheistic Satanists are wrong theologically, but I also think that about Muslims, Pagans, and plenty of other Christians. If we're going to let groups use public spaces, it's going to include lots of people, whose beliefs I think are wrong.[/quote]

I think of those others you’ve mentioned as “different”, not “wrong”.  Literally worshipping evil counts as “wrong” in my book.  I get that the school is backed into a corner based on their desire to provide space for the Christian club, but no, I would not be okay with that.  [/quote]

This Organization and Satanic Temple are not teaching children to be Satanist.  They are using the word Satanic in their name to make a point about separation of Church and State, and to provide an alternative to the Christian Club. [/quote]

What do they do in their weekly after school meetings, if atheism isn’t a system if thought as pp keeps posting?  [/quote]

It is our goal to provide a fun,
intellectually stimulating, and
non-proselytizing alternative to
current religious after school clubs
being offered in our public schools,
which aim to indoctrinate children into
their religious view.
We are not offering any materials or
lectures to your child about Satanism;
instead, our focus will be on free
inquiry and rationalism, bolstering
scientific understandings of the
natural world, and nurturing your
child’s already awesome ability to be
curious about the wonders around
them.

https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/after-school-satan[/quote]

That's a different, although similar, organization.

I am not an atheist, but would absolutely sign my elementary school aged kids up for that.  The name doesn't bother me, and I do think it is good to raise the question of whether we actually want people of any belief system to have access to our children on public school grounds for the purpose of proselytizing.  [/quote]

No it's not, this is the organization in Chesapeake [/quote]

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