Whatever happened to ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies? (That Doper’s last post seems to have been in February 2014.)
Ugh. All this complex talk about math and sciences just makes my head spin.
This seems like a slippery slope that is going to lead to all schools ending extracurricular clubs. This is why we can’t have nice things.
And which was the step too far for you? Was it the hardcore fire and brimstone Christian club whose stated goal is to convert and evangelize kids and get them to start proselytizing their family and friends, or is it the “Satanic” club whose stated goal is to teach about science and our fascinating world?
Admittedly it was a long time ago (the 70s) but I was a member of the Good News Club for a while when I was a kid. I don’t know if they’ve changed their schtick, but I don’t remember them being “fire and brimstone” at all. It was run by a nice lady, we had snacks, and she did these flannel-board Bible study lessons. It didn’t take–I’m a heathen now–but it wasn’t particularly offensive.
That said, the Satan Club’s curriculum sounds fun, but I can’t help but think it’s all a huge goof. Look at the imagery on their website. And the After School Satan club initials? Would any kid want to join the ASS club?
Remembering back to how very dumb I was as a high school boy, I would very much have wanted to join the ASS Club!
If they want to stick with the Satanic Bible, I’m thinking a lot of material similar to what Ayn Rand and the Objectivists already offer.
Irritating their parents and guardians. I predict huge membership potential.
Unlikely. Despite what the OP said, this is NOT affiliated with the Church of Satan or LaVeyan Satanism. This is a project by The Satanic Temple, which adopts the shock-value aesthetic of Satanism, but with a more Humanist, rationalist philosophy. Also, all of the After School Satan clubs are at elementary schools, to protest and counteract the explicit and deliberate targeting of young children for evangelism by the Good-News Club.
The Satanic Temple is my favorite real-life troll.
It’s a little too “Look at me I’m being ironically satanic” for my tastes.
Seven years later, and they’re gaining lots of traction!
I love that they’ve sprung up in Utah.
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Someone tried to do that at a school in my area, and due to lack of interest, it didn’t go forward.
This “Satanic Church” is basically a parody of other religions, and they place their Baphomet statues and the like to express their freedom of speech.
They “accidentally” found them where he wanted them to find them.
That kid is brilliant!
I knew a guy that was sharp like that in high school. He always brought a girl flowers on a date. Even if it was just to go to the movies. I’m sure he got those flowers honestly and the fact he lived near a very large cemetary was just a coincidence.
Did anyone else laugh out loud at the OP title? “After School Satan Clubs”. I love it!
Science?!? What about the kids who want to learn about Satan?
Just as reality has a liberal bias, science is a good start for Satan. First they exercise their rights, then they exorcise the right.
I had first misread the title as After School Santa Clubs, much less interesting.
I was disappointed when I found out the Satanic Temple was a fake. I wonder if the Argentium Astrum have an after-school club.
The legalities aside, if it’s a science club, why call it a Satan club?
To piss off the overweaning religious wackos invading our constitutionally-required secular schools and secular governments.
And because non-nerdly kids won’t join the “after school science / reality” club. But the “after school piss somebody off with our cool rebellious name” club? They’re all over that.
And also because if the school board bans this club they have to ban all religious clubs. There is no protection for a pure science club that might be teaching that evilution.
There are no clubs like this in my district, but they aren’t needed since our school board obeys the First Amendment.