re: Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school

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Freedom of religion. Y’all complain when libtards try to hate on christians, then you do the same to these folks. Lmao.

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Nobody who knows anything about the constitution or viewpoint discrimination gives a frick about their Democrat club.

You, yes libtards, need to be honest that they’re activists and it isn’t a legitimate religion

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It's elementary school. Kids can't participate without parents consent.

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Are you sure about this? How many things are taught in public schools without the parents' knowledge or consent these days?

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Satanism - Raping people, and killing puppies. Doesn't sound like a "bad" club to me at all

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Not the same. The club in the OP doesn't actually believe in anything supernatural and admit they are secular. They are just a political group looking to troll.

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secular/sek'y?-l?r/

adjective

Worldly rather than spiritual.

Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious

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Where did you get your definition? Mines from Merriam-Webster

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a
: of or relating to the worldly or temporal
secular concerns
b
: not overtly or specifically religious
secular music
c
: not ecclesiastical or clerical
secular courts
secular landowners
2
: not bound by monastic vows or rules
specifically : of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a religious order or congregation
a secular priest
3
a
: occurring once in an age or a century
b
: existing or continuing through ages or centuries
c
: of or relating to a long term of indefinite duration
secular inflation

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Not being overtly religious =/= being atheistic or non-religious.

There are secular christians and buddhists the world over. I am a Secular Buddhist. I believe that Buddhism and Christianity are Philosophies to live your life by.

I've never understood how Christians who believe in the book that says "But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do."

Could then in good faith go fight for their right to lead prayers in schools.

Reciting the Lord's prayer before every football game always seemed to fit" vain repetition" imo

I don’t think Jesus intends us to recite his prayer. I suspect he gives it to us as a model to guide us, not a passage to memorize.

This is how it starts and then you end up in polygamous relationship sacrificing puppies to the Viking gods.

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I'd be willing to bet the amount of "bad apples" in satanism, is FAR greater than any Christian religion.

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You would lose that bet.


Bigly.

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The temple says it “does not believe in introducing religion into public schools and will only open a club if other religious groups are operating on campus”

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Well then, it seems to be an interesting paradox that a temple/religion/belief system is willing to go directly against their beliefs because someone else does something. That alone tells me that it has no real basis for existence other than to be contrarian. Sort of like someone wearing a screen name referencing the power of the kingdom of God but choosing to provide a seat of honor at the table for those who are in direct opposition to God.

The first amendment's statement: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" should be taken in its historical context. Under English rule the king was the head of the Anglican church and all subjects were, by law, required to be members of that church. Being Methodist, Baptist, and most certainly Presbyterian, was an offense punishable by law since it meant that you rejected the king's sovereignty.

Never did the founders and framers of the Constitution intend to give free reign to the practice of Mohammadism (as they called it) being that it was a religion foreign to their understanding and culture. Nor did any of the founders subscribe to Buddhism, Hinduism, or any of the other various religions that were not based upon Judeo-Christian beliefs.

Furthermore, nowhere in the Constitution does one find the words "separation of church and state." This is a construct of scholars who would have religious beliefs wiped out altogether and replaced with a religion based upon faith placed in the political State and look to the government as being the sole provider of all things.

Those that argue for allowing the "church of Satan" to establish a club in a public elementary school appeal to the letter of the law while gleefully abusing the spirit of the law. But, if we are to look and follow the law to its absolute letter, only congress is prevented from making a law that would prevent Satanists from establishing their club. Schools are not under federal rule. Education is the domain of the states. Therefore, if Tennessee wished to pass a law prohibiting the establishment of a Satanic club in their schools, then Tennessee is entirely within its rights to do so because, unlike congress, the Tennessee state legislature is not prohibited from passing such legislation.

I’m Christian and I support other religions and organizations being able to assemble and have private groups in government funded buildings.

Also, practically, I love it when fringe organizations form and people identify themselves with their association in that group. It’s nice when you don’t have to figure out what people to avoid.