Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced.

The After School Satan Club (ASSC) wants to establish a branch in Chimneyrock elementary school in the Memphis-Shelby county schools (MSCS) district.

The ASSC is a federally recognized nonprofit organization and national after-school program with local chapters across the US. The club is associated with the Satanic Temple, though it claims it is secular and “promotes self-directed education by supporting the intellectual and creative interests of students”.

The Satanic Temple makes it clear its members do not actually worship the devil or believe in the existence of Satan or the supernatural. Instead Satan is used as a symbol of free will, humanism and anti-authoritarianism.

  • @Hoomod
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    1121 year ago

    Satan accepts everyone

    Not his fault that God is picky

    • @[email protected]
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      11 months ago

      Satan doesn’t whisper “Believe in me”.

      He shouts “Believe in yourself”.

      Satan is rad as hell.

    • @madcaesar
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      God is the dickhead that puts a dangerous tree in the garden despite knowing exactly what’s going to happen. God is the asshole that wipes out everyone (even the animals) except one drunkard and his family because God apparently fucked up again. God is the one who creates a place of infinite punishment for finite crimes.

      God is the real villain of the Bible.

      • Flying Squid
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        And Satan is the hero that fought an omnipotent being knowing he would lose because he wanted freedom more than he wanted victory.

        • @CaptainSpaceman
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          1211 months ago

          something about better to die on your feet than live on your knees?

          • @[email protected]
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            211 months ago

            If you have access to BBC content (the broadcaster not the big people) then I would surely recommend viewing the whole series there!

      • @pinkdrunkenelephants
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        Satan’s the one who tempted Eve to eat the apple, though. Without him, that tree would have been left alone.

        • @madcaesar
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          Wrong. It’s not satan but the serpent. BUT even so the serpent is the one that tells the truth in the story.

          God lies, saying Adam will die if he eats from the tree. The serpent says he’ll gain knowledge of right and wrong. Again, God is always the asshole in the stories.

          Nevermind the fact that he punishes his children for eating a fruit from the fucking tree he put in the middle of the garden and said DON’T TOUCH!

          The whole story is just so stupid.

        • OctopusKurwa
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          Genesis never says that the serpent is Satan, just that it’s a serpent.

            • OctopusKurwa
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              Genesis only makes sense from a Gnostic point of view imo. Snek was good guy all along.