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August 17, 2023

‘In Satan We Trust’

The increasing prevalence of satanic groups is indicative of serious changes in American culture.

It’s not a secret that there has been a relentless effort to remove God from society over the last several decades.

Those behind this movement also have little respect or use for the Constitution when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms, the right to life, or the right to speak freely or openly practice your religion if that religious expression involves praising God and Jesus Christ. However, when they want to allow your young child to access sexually explicit books in school, or have a drag queen perform on stage for toddlers at a night club, then the Constitution suddenly becomes useful in the protection of their “rights.”

The logic seems to be that when there is a push to promote ideas and beliefs that are good, moral, uplifting for children, and represent the Judeo-Christian values upon which America was founded, openly sharing these ideas is an infringement on free speech for children and families who do not believe in God. However, when there is a push to promote depraved, destructive, and amoral ideas and beliefs, it is an infringement on free speech for those who feel they should be able to openly express themselves and their love for degeneracy.

Heads, they win; tails, you lose.

Among those who cite America’s founding principles, solely when it benefits their agenda, is the Satanic Temple.

Though the organization’s website claims its mission statement is “to encourage benevolence and empathy, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense, oppose injustice, and undertake noble pursuits,” the group actively campaigns for causes that carry out child sacrifice.

Members involve themselves in pro-abortion laws that secure this procedure at any stage for any reason, referring to it as a “Satanic Abortion Ritual” that should therefore be protected under religious liberty. They conduct fundraisers for “gender-affirming care” for minors, using donations to cover the costs for youth who want to surgically mutilate their bodies and permanently sterilize themselves.

Based on their definition of “rights,” the Satanic Temple began offering After School Satan Clubs in 2020, insisting that these clubs should be allowed as an option for students in primary and high school as an alternative to other religious clubs that are available to them.

Unfortunately, with the removal of God from society, there has been a void left in people’s minds, hearts, and homes as they search for a sense of purpose. It has created the perfect opportunity for an organization such as the Satanic Temple to step in and fill that void.

The growing popularity of these clubs has been a testament to the fact that people, particularly kids and young teens, are looking for meaning and direction that hasn’t been firmly established in their homes. After a largely positive reception by the public in 2020, After School Satan Club campaign director June Everett said in May 2023, “I anticipate that every year moving forward is going to get busier and busier.”

The question is this: What are they offering children?

A flyer advertising an upcoming event in Lancaster, California, asked kids to join them for “arts & crafts, science experiments, live demos and displays, and refreshments.” However, as stated in the New York Post, S.T. cofounder Lucien Greaves wanted to reassure parents and nervous community members that they are not actively trying to convert kids or have them identify as satanists.

They’re not actively discouraging it, either.

There are plenty of clubs that children could be a part of that do not focus on any kind of central figure. There are science clubs that do not worship Bill Nye and drama clubs that do not yell “Hail Andrew Lloyd Weber” in the streets.

It is a predatory and deceptive tactic to draw children into a club with activities that the organizers know will be of interest to a particular age group. All the while, they insist that they’re not trying to change kids’ minds and values. Yet they know the belief system at the core of their interactions with kids will be present and influential.

Under the best of circumstances, a movement trying to normalize more of the destructive and chaotic ideas that are thrusting kids and teens into the throws of depression, anxiety, and confusion would not be benign or harmless to impressionable and vulnerable young minds.

However, as today’s youth are more lost than ever and are constantly bombarded with messages of hate for everything from their country to their very identity, clubs that are centered on the most well-known symbol of chaos and destruction are inevitably going to have more of a devastating impact than ever.

Deception is necessary and the harm is intentional. For tyrants and dictators, “In God We Trust” steers their potential subordinates toward something that gives them strength to stand up to their pernicious objectives.

“In Satan we trust” will prepare the next generation to be perfect servants of authoritarians as heinous practices are normalized, moral boundaries are obliterated, and the sense of potential power and influence for good that God instills in us is erased.

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