An 'After School Satan Club' at an elementary school is drawing outrage. That's largely the point.
"The initial reaction is definitely that of shock and disgust," Lauren Mae, a mother in Tehachapi and a volunteer with the After School Satan Club, told SFGATE in an email."There's also a lot of confusion between The Satanic Temple and The Church of Satan, which are two different things. They definitely do seem to think that we are devil worshippers, which we are not. We don't believe in a supernatural Satan.".
The group says that in club meetings, it is"not interested in converting children to Satanism" and that sessions"will focus on free inquiry and rationalism, the scientific basis for which we know what we know about the world around us.", parents at Golden Hills Elementary School expressed strong displeasure with the fact that the After School Satan Club exists."I think it's wrong and it shouldn't be in the school," said another.
Mae said that some people changed their minds after learning that the group is not actually encouraging children to worship Satan. "Some have reacted very positively," she wrote."Others refuse to accept that what we stand for is genuine. It's typically still being seen through the lens of someone that believes Satan is a real being, and we believe differently."
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