After school Satan club

Bad branding IMO. Why? "My mama says your mama is going to burn in hell for all eternity and you with her". Would think parents would be leery of a club with such a name - maybe Running With Scissors Club or Taking Candy From Strangers Club or maybe something more to their intent: The Rational Thought Club or Science and Fun Club. No need to politicize the kiddies - the name was picked for the adults to stick it to other adults. They are elementary school students - let them be such.

 

Weird thing to get steamed about IMO. It’s voluntary participation.
We have a great organization doing great things here.
https://www.ridgefca.org/

 

I don't know what they discuss or do in the meetings but is a God belief inherently political?

 

Another nothing burger. Worship who you want as long as it doesn’t affect someone else who’s not involved.

 

What exactly are "miscreant evangelical types" and is that what the pRoGrEsSiVe tOlErAnT crowd considers all Americans acting within their constitutional rights?

 

It is allowed in your local schools. Almost every public school has such things

 

what is the schools involvement? Just allowing a religious group to meet on school grounds doesn’t seem egregious. Haven’t they been doing that forever? And is a satanic group something you want your children involved in? Per definition “characterized by extreme cruelty or viciousness”. Obviously their right, but is this using children to make a political point.?

 

I don’t see the problem with either club; they are after school & voluntary. I am sure that my kids public HS had lots of religious clubs & they met during lunch. Neither succumbed to silliness

 

The student who lead our high school Cristian club back in the day is currently doing a 15 year prison sentence for molesting young boys. Go figure..

 

Student Association To Ascertain kNowledge? Maybe Absorb News is a better last two?

 

It isn't being taught in the schools.
Its a public building funded by taxpayers.

You may be surprised to find out how many schools have churches using their auditoriums on Sundays.

I think you are confused. The unconstitutional part would be blocking the free exercise, not allowing it

 

Ok sure...and lots of non believers molest children too. Go figure that too.

 

My fault for straying OT. Sorry you took it personally.

 

Perhaps I missed a reply, but I echo Tilly's question, why did you refer to the people who started the Christian Bible study group as "miscreant evangelical types"? It's the sort of rhetoric that ratchets up the animosty, possibly increasing the confusion over a rationalism / science group calling itself After School Satan Club. Using elementary age children it appears "concerned parents" who organized it intended it to be a mocking irritation. Not at all a "healthy" alternative.

 

More science - yes. Placing a figurative Satan in the picture keeps the focus on a religious villain. There is no rationality in doing it. I'm not going to send or permit my child to participate in a science club that uses a mythological symbol of evil and temptation as its avatar. It's disturbing and non-sensical.