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Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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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.

Cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9594849

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[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago

It’s so funny seeing Cristians protest against these clubs that they don’t understand, and the best part is they can’t do shit.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry (not sorry), Christians - religious freedom means freedom to practice ALL religions. This is categorically a constitutional matter, and you do not have a legal recourse to halt this (nor should you).

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Which especially funny because it's part of the same religion, just the "other side"

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Godspeed

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Satanspeed?

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Beelzebubboost?

[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Beelzeboost

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Accelmodeus

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Baal Out

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

666th gear

[–] Mok98@feddit.it 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mephistophelocity

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bearer of Lightspeed

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pazoomzoom

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lord of Flybys

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Pedal to the Baphometal

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You split the thread, dividing reality into two! Who knows what will happen now!

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Two Satans? Double the speed?

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

DOUBLEHECK

[–] Mok98@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Satanyoooom

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

You divided the thread, splitting reality into two! Now who knows what will happen!

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hell yeah

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hail yourself

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hail the flying spaghetti monster!

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Better than an after-school christian club ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] athos77@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, the reason for the after school Satan club was that they had a pre school Christian club.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Breakfast with God, dinner with the Devil!

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

How most Christians naturally react through the day due to coping mechanisms that rely on a being that isn't real and can do nothing for you lol.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, and I'd wager it's better than an after-school christian club.

[–] Moops@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Freedom of religion!

... As long as it's ours"

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, it is indeed their religion they are protesting.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

The whole idea behind it is pretty genius. Metaphorically speaking, the only people that think there's a supernatural devil behind this club is because they want to shove their belief in their Gods into schools. If one must exist in schools then so must the other.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

LOL! Good luck with that. You invited me in. I'm not going anywhere. 😈

[–] BeakersBunsen@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Totally read that as Santa and was confused why 1 they made a Santa club and 2 why people were so angry to ban it. Either way bunch of haters and need to be more tolerant like their Jesus was

[–] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

To be fair, in both cases the situation would have been the same: An after-school club with a fictional mascot taken from Christian mythology, protested BY Christians who are ironically the only ones to actually believe that said mascot exists IRL.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lucifer would be proud.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

ASS~c~

[–] Otherwise_Direction7@monyet.cc 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Damn, the new Hate Die: School Satanic Project TV adaptation looks pretty legit ngl

/joking