A few quotes I felt were particularly worth pulling out.
A few quotes I felt were particularly worth pulling out.
These include the belief that God speaks through modern-day apostles and prophets. That demonic forces can control not only individuals, but entire territories and institutions. That the Church is not so much a place as an active “army of God,” one with a holy mission to claim the Earth for the Kingdom as humanity barrels ever deeper into the End Times.
Walking across the bleak, hot parking lot to my rental car afterward, I could understand how people were drawn into their realm. After that, I started seeing the futuristic world of the NAR all over the place. Sprawling megachurches outside Atlanta, Phoenix, and Harrisburg with Broadway-level production values; lower-budget operations in strip malls and the husks of defunct traditional churches. Lots of screens, lots of flags. Conferences with names like Open the Heavens. A training course called Vanquish Academy where people could learn “advanced prophetic weaponry” and “dream intelligence.” Schools such as Kingdom University, in Tennessee, where students can learn their “Kingdom Assignment.” In a way, the movement was a world with its own language. People spoke of convergence and alignment and demon portals and whether certain businesses were Kingdom or not.
If you’ve got a child and he says, ‘Come and let us go serve other gods,’ go tell on him. Tell them, ‘I’ve got a kid who is saying we need to serve other gods. Can you help me kill him?’ ” Garlington said he wasn’t being literal about the last part. “But you need to rebuke them,” he said. “You need to say, ‘Honey, if you keep on that path, there’s a place reserved in hell for you.’ ”
A few women followed me into the lobby, apologizing that it had come to this. They were sorry for me, as believers in the movement were sorry for all of the people who were lost and confused by this moment in America—the doubters, the atheists, the gay people, Muslims, Buddhists, Democrats, journalists, and all the godless who had not yet submitted to what they knew to be true. The Kingdom was here, and the only question was whether you were in, or out.
At what point do organizations like this tip from "religious" to "cult" and see state based intervention. A lot of the rhetoric in that article feels like we're verging on religious/political...
At what point do organizations like this tip from "religious" to "cult" and see state based intervention. A lot of the rhetoric in that article feels like we're verging on religious/political violence.
Tell them, ‘I’ve got a kid who is saying we need to serve other gods. Can you help me kill him?’ ”
Some bored FBI folks could have fun with sting operations. Total tangent about our new Director of Homeland SecurityI'm surprised she's not the new head of ATF. That seems a more appropriate role...
Tell them, ‘I’ve got a kid who is saying we need to serve other gods. Can you help me kill him?’ ”
Some bored FBI folks could have fun with sting operations.
Total tangent about our new Director of Homeland SecurityI'm surprised she's not the new head of ATF. That seems a more appropriate role for her talents.
A few quotes I felt were particularly worth pulling out.
At what point do organizations like this tip from "religious" to "cult" and see state based intervention. A lot of the rhetoric in that article feels like we're verging on religious/political violence.
Well the problem is that the cult and state have merged.
Cults as in high control religious sects, frequently exist without government intervention in this country.
Some bored FBI folks could have fun with sting operations.
Total tangent about our new Director of Homeland Security
I'm surprised she's not the new head of ATF. That seems a more appropriate role for her talents.Archive