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Ole' Deluder Satan Act
The Old Deluder Act was passed in 1647 and it established the first public schools in America. The schools would teach children to read the Bible.
The Old Deluder Satan Law is the term for Massachusetts School Law in 1647 making schools compulsory. It is named after the opening of the law, which declares that schools are required to allow children to learn Scripture and avoid the trap of Satan to keep them ignorant.
The "old deluder" act was passed in 1647. It is important because it was the beginning of public education. Towns of 50 or more families had to pay a man to teach writing and reading in "town schools".
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The Satan Deluder Act was made in to law in 1647 and required that children (boys in community schools and girls in "dame"/homeschools) be taught to read [and write] so that they may read from and understand the scriptures (the Bible)and live wholesome, productive lives. It was thought that the Bible was the major source of higher thought and intellectualism until the era of post-modernism in the mid 1700's.
It dealt with schools in the new England Colonies or the young America. It required state and municipal funds to go to a public school system. Before these act all children were basically homeschooled.
Elizabeth Hurley played Satan in "Bedazzled".
== This act, known today as the Ole' Deluder Satan Act, established the first town school system in America, a system that recognized the importance of the Bible in a civilized society. Ref. America Land I Love, 1994, A Beka Books, page 35 == The Ole' Deluder Act was passed in Massachusetts in the mid 17th century because the Puritans were deeply religious and believed in the very real presence of evil/Satan. They believed if they read and studied the Scriptures enough they could resist evil and Satan's temptations. This Act was the first Education Act in America to make sure all townships with 50 or more households provided a school to teach children to read and write. Learning to read was a necessity in order to thwart the Ole' Deluder (Satan).
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Satan's downfall occurred when he rebelled against God in an attempt to become equal to Him. This act of pride and disobedience resulted in his expulsion from heaven and his transformation into the embodiment of evil.
The law was remembered as the Ole' Deluder Satan Act.