Now, if you removed the fact that the HAIL Program was held at the Satanic Temple, both curricula descriptions sound perfectly reasonable for children, no? LifeWise uses biblical characters to teach positive traits, which I can only assume means they stay away from some of the more salacious biblical characters? Or maybe they just put a fresh coat of Christianese on them? The nuances of King David being and adulterer and murderer yet still a man after God's heart is probably not best designed for kids to understand. Notice that the HAIL program is teaching empathy, compassion and justice, free of religious pressure and coercion. Note the word coercion. That is how the lost view what silly laws such us this really are. We are not supposed to try and coerce people into our faith beloved. The poke they make about telling people who do not go that they will surely burn in hell might sound mean but it basically is just the trolling coming full circle. The message from the NAR to the lost is about them going to hell, so why be offended when someone simply co-opts your position?
Make no mistake about it beloved. Ohio now has to allow students to leave school early to attend a class at the local Satanic Temple because of the NAR -period full stop. When you hear all of the seven mountains nonsense it may sound good. Prayer in schools might tickle the ears but that is only because Christianity is still largely in charge. Who knows what the demographics will look like 10 years, fifty years from now? I am sure in 2014 Ohioans thought this was a great idea. Just ten years later however and here we are. Thirty three percent of this country are either non-Christian identified or not affiliated at all. Forty million people have left the church in the past 25 years alone. The great apostasy is well underway. All the world hears from the church is judgment and hatred. Then they watch as they pass draconian laws or advocate for rules that appear to only benefit the Christian faith. That is not how our country was birthed or currently exists. It never was and never will be a theocracy. Keep mixing church and state but do not whine when other churches and faiths take advantage of the same exact nonsense. Preach the gospel - leave those imaginary cultural mountains far, far behind.
Reverend Anthony Wade - December 4, 2024
