Satanic Church of Texas Condemns Christians for Hitting Children

Before I continue let it be known, I am a Secular Humanist. I neither believe in gods, spirits or an afterlife.
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Their objection to hitting children is understandable if the Satanic Church of Texas go by the Satanic bible written by Anton Szandor LaVey, or if they derive their beliefs from that writing. They would believe that children are the incarnation of carnal knowledge. As they said in the article, “One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.” also applies to animals.

I can also understand if people get a reaction of fear. In the original article from Pathos they were quoted to say 'It’s not okay when Christian parents “train up a child” either.', which upon further reflection means;

Proverbs 22:6 King James Version: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

...or if translated into contemporary speech would come out to say "Brainwash your children with the ways of Christianity and when they are old they will remain Christians."

I'm not trying to be mean to believers, but they have ideas about the whole thing that were provided to them from childhood as the adults around them "train up a child", thus they experience fear with the thought of "Satan".

Apparently, the Satanic Temple mentioned in the article is an organization of atheists. When one does further research one finds the true origin of the modern Christian notion of Satan. It is derived from Paganism, or should I say, it is a bastardization of several Pagan beliefs. None of those beliefs had anything to do with burning in Hell as eternal punishment for rejecting a myth. If anyone sees the word "Satan" and reacts with fear, they are reacting in the way the Christian church wants them to react, and reacting that way because of ignorance. Ignorance that was put upon them through cultural genocide and brainwashing (“train up a child” ) the child for many generations.

Fear is a tool used to control people. The political parties and the Church employ it all the time. While they attempt to employ fear to control you just keep in mind one thing. Knowledge imparts understanding. Understanding drives away fear.

We all need to study our ancestral and cultural roots. For instance, my roots are of Celtic Scot origins. My pre-Christian ancestors, from whose beliefs the modern version of Satan was twisted out of, were building the various Stonehenges while studying the motion of the Sun, planets and stars, and doing it a couple thousand years before the birth of Christ. While my ancestors made steel, used soap and revered nature, The Romans who invaded my people's ancestral lands were enslaving them for the blood games, worshiping their own pre-Christian gods and bathing in olive oil then scraping it off their skin with animal bones. The Romans called my ancestors "barbarians" too. I think if one were to study the history of the Celtic people they would know who the real barbarians truly were.

I realize that what I mentioned in the previous paragraph happened long before the Celtic people were converted. It had to be mentioned because the Roman method was employed in the conversion.

So study up and gain knowledge. Obtain understanding so that you no longer live in fear. Don't allow other people to control you with fear. Question everything. Especially question long held beliefs. Another old saying comes to mind about now, "The truth shall set you free." Be free.