Franklin Graham: "Pray God Opens the Eyes of Satanic Temple Leader" Pushing After-School Clubs

Leah Marieann Klett : Aug 1, 2016
Gospel Herald

After all, notes Graham, "Before he came to faith, the Apostle Paul was once the greatest enemy and persecutor of the Church."

[Gospel Herald]—Franklin Graham has urged Christians to pray the eyes of a satanic Temple leader would be "opened to the truth of the Gospel and his own personal need of a Savior" after he announced plans to roll out After School satan Clubs at select public elementary schools across the nation this year. (Illustration via the Daily Mail/Gospel Herald)

According to a report from the Washington Post, Doug Mesner, the satanic Temple's co-founder, said that if evangelical groups are able to influence after-school programs, satanists should be able to, as well.

"It's critical that children understand that there are multiple perspectives on all issues, and that they have a choice in how they think," Mesner, who goes by Lucien Greaves, told the Post. According to the group's website, the "Educatin' with satan" program will seek to counter the success of Christian clubs such as the "Good News Clubs" that have spread across America by focusing on the concepts of "critical reasoning, independent-thinking, fun and free thought."

Mesner told USA Today that TSA plans to host an hour-long club one a month, every month. Instead of teaching kids they "are sinners and going to Hell," the satan club "will be providing a scientific after school club to balance the superstition being put forward by the Evangelical groups."

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