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Date: September 24, 2024 at 08:37:04
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: REAL PERIL: Expert says growing religious group seeks world domination |
URL: https://www.rawstory.com/new-apostolic-reformation-trump/ |
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...with Trump's help...
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I put those first two words in caps, not the article.
Because IMHO people need to get their eyebrows on the
ceilings, if they're not already there, eyeballs nice and
perky, to really take in what's happening there! Hey, I
know everyone's busy and beyond exhausted of this
election's surreality...but if you don't want your entire
reality reworked and ruled by rightwing Fundamentalist
Christian dogma, it's time to not take eyes off this
monster as it forms behind the scenes... And it's not
just this author/this book/this group; there are many who
vibe with this intention globally, and are joining
together...
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A powerful fringe Christian movement behind the Jan. 6
U.S. Capitol attacks believes former President Donald
Trump will help them take over the world, a theologian
reveals in his soon-to-be published book.
Salon's Amanda Marcotte spoke with Dr. Matthew Taylor
about the dark implications of "The Violent Take It by
Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our
Democracy" about the rise of the New Apostolic
Reformation, a group even evangelicals find extreme.
"There's real peril that some of our fellow Christians
are posing to our democracy," Taylor told Marcotte. "The
consequences are so dire."
The New Apostolic Reformation is a leadership network
created by C. Peter Wagner, a charismatic seminary
professor who, convinced he was an apostle, surrounded
himself with would-be prophets obsessed with taking over
society, Taylor told Marcotte.
"They embrace Christian supremacy, this idea that
Christians are supposed to be in charge of society and
are mandated by God to take over societies and transform
them into conservative Christian utopias," he said.
"They want to create a new vanguard of Christian
leadership that will take over every nation in the world.
And they've especially targeted the United States right
now."
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Trump became connected to the group in 2015 through
televangelist and Florida megachurch pastor Paula White
Kane, whom he asked to help mount his first presidential
campaign, according to Taylor.
Because Kane's connections were with fringe Christian
movements such as the New Apostolic Reformation, it was
their members that became Trump's close advisers and
helped him connect to more mainstream American
evangelicals, the theologian said.
And when Trump lost the 2020 election, it was the New
Apostolic Reformation that took action.
"They truly believed that God had willed Trump to win the
2020 election," said Taylor. "When Trump refused to
concede, all these prophets and apostles decided that it
was that their prophecies were not wrong, but that God
was going to intervene in a miraculous way to reinstate
Donald Trump."
The group mounted a "mass spiritual warfare campaign"
against the "demons" they believed had stolen the
election — and spurred a large swath of Christians to
show up at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Taylor said.
Taylor argued that Trump's relationship with the fringe
Christian group explains how a former reality television
host was able to commandeer the Republican Party and hold
onto power despite a lost election and a criminal
conviction.
"Trump came as an outsider and brought with him this
whole wave of fringe characters," said Taylor. "People
like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone: People who were very
much on the margins."
Taylor argued Trump has triggered "a tectonic shift" in
U.S. religion and society, concluding, "It's reflected in
the extremism we see every day in evangelical and
Republican politics."
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Date: September 24, 2024 at 14:04:00
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: REAL PERIL: Expert says growing religious group seeks world... |
URL: https://radicalisationresearch.org/about/ |
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Found in my travels, you may find of interest:
Radicalization Research
Our aim is to provide policymakers, journalists, and
anyone whose work utilises concepts such as
radicalisation, fundamentalism or extremism, with easy
access to high-quality academic research on these
controversial issues. By taking a non-partisan approach
and providing access to the best, including the latest,
research we hope to challenge ungrounded assumptions
that may obscure a clear understanding of violent
extremism, especially where that is associated with
‘Islamicism’.
Many of the pieces of research included here show how
and why recent uses of the term ‘radicalisation’ can be
misleading, especially when that term is used to refer
to a simple process of ‘brainwashing’ which drives
individuals along a conveyor belt from ‘normal’ to
‘violent’. There is growing evidence that there is no
necessary connection between ‘extremist’ views and the
resort to violence: other factors are involved. This
also has implications for ‘de-radicalisation’.
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Date: September 24, 2024 at 10:21:26
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: REAL PERIL: Expert says growing religious group seeks world... |
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Sorry..these are not true Christians and harm the faith
by their doctrine of violence and hate.
The bible warns about how satan steers Christians away,
pretending to be of the faith himself.
These people are dangerous, and most of all, to true
Christianity which is a faith of love, mercy and
forgiveness.
What they have sounds like the inquisition, denounced
now by those of true faith.
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Date: September 24, 2024 at 10:40:41
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: REAL PERIL: Expert says growing religious group seeks world... |
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I wholeheartedly disagree with these folks being
identified as *Christians* as well, Redhart...
I used to use the term Biblicans, as a substitute...but
that doesn't always track either from several different
directions...
I will always do my best to differentiate between those
who truly follow Christ, as they best understand to do
so, and those who are utilizing religion toward enslaving
others...
Thank you for being such a natural model of what real
Christianity is about, dear Red...
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