Saturday, September 13, 2008
I am annoyed. The Republicans made such a big deal over Obama's pastor. Why has there been no equivalent examination of Palin's church?
This, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/sarah-palins-churches-and_b_124611.html, is a rather long (and perhaps sensationalized) description of her church, the Wasilla Assembly of God, its connection to The Third Wave of the Holy Spirit (a.k.a. the New Apostolic Reformation, perhaps you are familiar with the movie "Jesus Camp"), a movement declared heretical by the Assemblies of God.
Even if you don't read the whole thing, watch the video. She's in it. I find the statement at the end, at about 9:06, about how "when you have defeated them, you must destroy them totally, make no treaty with them, show no mercy to them, ... smash their idols, break down their sacred stones...", to be especially frightening, particularly as applied to a person who could be someday at the helm, and who seems to think she is there as God's warrior, chosen and raised up to this task, and that war is "God's work".
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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1 comment:
Yeah. It is scary. Charismatic and fundamentalist movements are scary, whether they're in the Roman Catholic Church, led by Muslim clerics, or broadcast by a Christian 'news' network.
If you get a chance to read 'A Year of Living Biblically', it's worth the time. The things this guy follows make no sense now ('Let all thy raiment be white' - with no mention of Memorial Day or Labor Day, mind you), but once upon a time, they did - maybe.
Where it gets scary is when intolerance is the rule rather than the exception. Oh, and the "I'm so special, God anointed me' business is scary, too.
And who on earth could be glad that Mother Theresa died??
Somehow, I just can't picture Joe Biden falling down and speaking in tongues.
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