Bible-pushing Christians may have opened the gates of Hell

[Johan]

Bible-pushing Christians open the door for Satanic activity books in Florida schools


The Satanic Temple has responded to an Orange County, Florida decision to disseminate religious materials in public school by creating complementary materials that espouse the philosophy and practice of Satanism.

Last month, a Florida judge ruled that if the Orange County school district allowed Christian groups to disseminate Bibles and Christian-oriented religious materials in its schools, it would also have to allow atheist groups to do the same.

David Williamson of the Central Florida Free Thought Community — who recently fought against Brevard County’s attempt to ban atheists from offering invocations at public meetings — sued the district over its initial unwillingness to allow atheist literature with titles like “Jesus Is Dead” and “Why I Am Not a Muslim” in the schools.

A judge dismissed that case after the school board decided to allow the materials.

The Satanic Temple took advantage of this decision, deciding to flood Orange County schools with a pamphlet entitled The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities that contains kid-friendly Satanic lessons.

“These bullies are mad and afraid of things they don’t understand,” the instructions on the word-jumble reads. “Help Damian use inclusive language to defuse the situation.

The spokesman for the Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves, explained that his organization “would never seek to establish a precedent of disseminating our religious materials in public schools because we believe our constitutional values are better served by respecting a strong separation of Church and State.”

“However,” he continued, “if a public school board is going to allow religious pamphlets and full Bibles to be distributed to students — as is the case in Orange County, Florida — we think the responsible thing to do is to ensure that these students are given access to a variety of differing religious opinions, as opposed to standing idly by while one religious voice dominates the discourse and delivers propaganda to youth.”

The Satanic Temple made headlines earlier this year when it successfully petitioned the state of Oklahoma to allow it to erect a goat-headed Baphomet statue adjacent to a display of the Ten Commandments.

Greaves made it clear that, in both cases, his organization is only responding to provocations by the Christian community.

“Even as we prefer public policies respecting secularism, we feel that opportunities — such as this — to establish an equal voice for contrasting religious opinions in the public square, tend to favor marginalized, lesser-known, and alternative religions,” he said.

“I am quite certain that all of the children in these Florida schools are already aware of the Christian religion and it’s Bible, and this might be the first exposure these children have to the actual practice of Satanism. We think many students will be very curious to see what we offer.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/...or-satanic-activity-books-in-florida-schools/



These guys are AWESOME : They are trolling christians with genius moves.

 

[Will E Worm]

More miserable, and pathetic, atheist trolling America.

 

[Johan]

They aren't trolling America, they are trolling christians that try to breach the 1st Amendment.

The 1st amendme t protects the free exercise of religion. It applies to all religions. Therefor, if you give some privileges to a particular religion, you cannot dny them to any other religion.
The Fouding Fathers made it clear : the US are not a catholic nation, nor a lutherian nation, nor a msulim nation or whatever... If you don't agree with that last sentence, then you don't agree with the 1st Amendment.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

That seems fair and based in common sense. A religion of freedom should be respected like a religion of bondage. Just because they're free doesn't mean they should face discrimination. A religion of freedom sounds very American to me.

 

[xfire]

More miserable, and pathetic, atheist trolling America.

Petra should fix it so that every time you try to post a facepalm you get a little asshat smiley instead. A true conservative would stand up for the 1st Amendment, not attempt to deny other religions the same freedoms Christians enjoy.