The following report is by Gist Fest via MSN:
Since the recent House Bill 931 or Senate Bill 7044 was passed in Florida, religious groups have been clamoring to enter into schools, including the Satanic Temple. The bill was passed to allow more religious expressions in Florida public schools. But what does this mean for students and the community?
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The full text of the bill can be read here.
The Satanic Temple is a group recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt religious organization that fights for religious freedom. They actively involve themselves in challenging rules or laws that allow religion into government or public sectors. They fight this course to promote fairness for all beliefs.
They have announced their interest in sending their volunteer chaplains to Florida schools. The Satanic Temple did not respond immediately to a request for comment from The Independent. However, one of its leaders told the Tallahassee Democrat that the group is prepared to assist children.
Any opportunity that exists for ministers or chaplains in the public sector must not discriminate based on religious affiliation. Our ministers look forward to participating in opportunities to do good in the community, including the opportunities created by this bill, right alongside the clergy of other religions.
Wrote The Satanic Temple’s director of ministry, who goes by Penemue Grigori, in an email.
According to its website, the religious group, despite its name, doesn’t believe in Satan. Instead, it promotes “effective and artful protest.” The Satanic Temple introduced the “After School Satan Clubs” as an alternative to faith-based school programs. These clubs offer science projects, community service initiatives, arts and crafts, puzzles, and games.
“The After School Satan Club does not believe in introducing religion into public schools and will only open a club if other religious groups are operating on campus,” the church’s website says.
SEE: After School Satan Clubs Grow In Popular Across US, With Pennsylvania Adding Their First
Additionally, the group also advocates for reproductive rights, the safety of mental health patients, and alternative addiction recovery methods. Interestingly, its advocacies seem to align with the principles behind Florida’s bill. The bill is being promoted as a means to support students with their mental health needs.
The bill cleared its final committee hearing earlier this week. A final Senate vote appears ready to take place, and if passed, the law will go into effect on July 1, just in time for the next school year.
The bill grants school districts and charter schools the authority to permit volunteer school chaplains to offer student support, services, and programs. These programs are assigned by the district school board or charter school governing board.
Additionally, it mandates that districts screen volunteers and obtain parental consent before students can access their services. Parents can select from a list, which will be publicly posted by each district, containing the volunteer’s name and religious affiliation.
Regardless, many are skeptical about the Satanic organization introducing itself into schools. Many fear that it goes against traditional values and might influence kids negatively. They believe the bill could allow strange or harmful doctrines into schools.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs 18:3
Many of times these governors and state lawmakers in their zeal to try and increase religious freedoms and liberties at schools, whether consciously or unconsciously, create loopholes that allow for filthy atheists and satanists to flex their influence even more than they already did.
You can’t legislate this stuff: the people have to demand it and uphold righteousness themselves; but since the people have chosen not to for a VERY long time now at this point, this is the result. You can legislate liberty; but when people abuse liberty and use it for an occasion for the flesh and sin, then governance must increase, and it usually never works out well in the end (1 Peter 2:13-18; Galatians 5:13-26).
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Modern concentration camps for brainwashing other people’s children and messing them up for the rest of their life.
Well, just another jolly old article for today’s motivation and cheer. Nothing else to here. (Lol sarcasm)
LOL, I feel ya.
You know ain’t surprised they doing this now BUT what does surprise me is the fact parents still sending them to these places.
Man, it just rubs any right minded person the wrong way.
Pure trainwreck syndrome.
Great article and hope this naps them out of lala land.
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Yup, that’s what I’ve been hammering on for a while. Blows me away. Thanks for your support.
The conservative states are just as satanic as their liberal counterparts. Oh boy I tell ya what, this nation has totally given themselves over to Satan just like Haiti has. Haiti is a country where voodoo is practiced; but America is worse because it uses christendom false christianity as a cover up, but either way, they handed the devil America, and now the Lord Jesus is going to say “alright Satan, America has given themselves over to you and rejected Me and My word, so let’s see how America likes it when you give them what they want,” and the devil will follow orders.
Expect more tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, and in Florida, more sinkholes and especially more hurricanes. There’ll be hurricanes even in places like Colorado and Kansas where there’s no ocean.
Also, expect more laws restricting our freedoms, more economic crumbling, and soon…WAR.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 9:17
Children are under assault. Florida has Disney World. An evil place that markets to children, who then lobby their parents (some unsuspecting) to go there, get indoctrinated by the ‘hidden in plain view’ evils promoted in the cartoon characters.
Tragic that kids can’t ‘just be.’
It doesn’t help any that the parents of children today aren’t Christian (in large part) to begin with.
I pray for the children of today. Lord willing, each and every one will have at least one positive influence in their life, that is also a committed Christian, invested in their rearing, spiritual and emotional development.
Amen sister.