G. I. Jesus and the End Time Apocalypse
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G.W. Bush is part of a maniachal cult that promotes wars against Muslim countries, with young "christian soldiers" doing the fighting, laws that take away women's rights to make decisions about their bodies, and other anti-sexual and homophobic ideas...
(San Francisco) "I would execute gays only if we catch them indulging
in sodomy,†Gary DeMar, popular Christian evangelical minister is
quoted in the December, 2005 issue of Mother Jones. DeMar, who casually
condemns millions, envisions sinners in line for the death penalty. [1]
Capital Punishment for Sinners
Gary DeMar
stated he’d execute gays only if they were caught indulging in sodomy,
but others envision sinners in line for the death penalty would include
women who commit adultery or lie about their virginity, blasphemers,
witches, children who strike their parents, and gay men. Thus, DeMar is
considered somewhat of a liberal in this extreme authoritarian
movement.
Gary DeMar is not a fringe Christian. He is in the
same realm with Mainstream Extremist Christian leaders such as
Televangelist Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. DeMar is leader of the
Restore America Rally, head of American Vision and one of the most
prolific publishers of the movement.
Katherine Yurika writes
in The YurikaReport.com "The Despoiling of America"[2] “As Antonin
Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court explains, the Bible
teaches and Christians believe ‘...that Government.....derives its
moral authority from God. Government is the ‘minister of God’ with
powers to ‘revenge,’ to ‘execute wrath,’ including even wrath by the
sword...’â€
Observing the NeoCon Christian Crusaders
I’ve scrutinized these NeoCon Christian crusaders very closely since
1999 when I realized for certain G.W. Bush was one of them. Horrified,
I decided I would go to their inside circles and debate them on key
issues, mainly about Jesus' complete prohibition of violence and how
they could justify war.
I accepted an invitation to go with
Dr. Charles Stanley’s In Touch Ministry on a cruise to Alaska [3] to
help a friend with her five-year old daughter and so I could have a
deeper look inside the mentality of these people who seemed to me to
have gotten Jesus’ message all wrong, yet were claiming to be his most
dedicated followers.
I discovered many of these people
believe the vast majority of Americans, especially anyone disobeying
God's laws, earn God’s wrath by their licentious and undisciplined
lives. They believe "The government is put in power by God and if you
question the government you are questioning God. So don't, in a
nutshell." This was their faithful response when questioned about
Bush’s ethics, "He is a Believer,†implying immediate allegiance is
expected.
I received identical answers from virtually
everyone. They were all plugged in and connected to the same belief
structure as Dr. Charles Stanley, Rush Limbaugh and others. The media
dominance of these fanatical extremist types means they can put out
their messages in customized brain washing packages. They utilize all
means of modern communication to spread their message. This version of
“Pop Christianity†is now sweeping the country with its mind, heart and
sex controlling traps.
To answer my question about the war in
Iraq and pointing out that "there were some 100,000 casualties in this
war led by a self proclaimed Christian,†Stanley and his followers
proclaim defensively and somewhat eerily "we are not fighting people,
we are fighting Satan and Evildoers," and "George Bush claimed God
counseled him to go to war for our country and furthermore, sometimes
God favors war.†Charles Stanley boasted repeatedly about G.W Bush
being his good friend and intimate prayer partner.
Famous
Right Wing Christian stars such as Pat Robertson, Billy and Franklin
Graham, Dr. Charles Stanley, Ted Haggard, James Dobson, John Ashcroft,
Jerry Falwell, Tom DeLay, Gary DeMar, Tim LeHay, author of the
bestselling End Times Apocalypse "fiction" series and others, are
moving aggressively into the arena of recruiting youth from pre-teens
into early adulthood.
Reconstructionist/Dominionism Thinking at the Root
This group of Christians is aligned with Dominionist [2] [4] ideology.
The father of the Christian Reconstructionist/Dominionist movement is
Rousas Rushdooney who believed we should “...subdue all things, and all
nations to Christ and his law word.†Dominionists believe, according to
Gary DeMar “The reign of Christ...is meant to subdue every enemy
of righteousness.†Domininists believe “non-Christians cannot rule
themselves and must be excluded from government under God’s law.â€
They also believe, according to the Texas GOP, the only legitimate
functions of the State are: 1. Restraining evil, 2. Punishing evil, 3.
Protecting the law abiding and 4. Defending the nation.
They believe a government controlled and funded welfare system is unbiblical. Scripture makes
it clear; God is provider, not the State.
Wikepedia defines Christian Reconstructionism as follows: In the
terminology of Christian Reconstructionism, theonomy is the idea that
in the Bible, God provides the basis of both personal and social
ethics. In that context, the term is always used in antithesis to
autonomy, which is the idea that self provides the basis of ethics.
Theonomic ethics asserts that, the Bible has been given as the abiding
standard for all human government: individual, family, church and
civil; and that, Biblical Law must be incorporated into a Christian
theory of Biblical ethics.
Puritan, Calvinist, Protestant,
and Catholic theologies are the roots of the umbrella of Dominionist
thinking. It is the far Christian right, with the common thread of the
belief of the inclusion of the military state with free market
corporate influence, which is the type of Christianity in question.
Dominionist theory seeks to utilize "justified" violence, including
judicial dominance and state sponsored military might, to enforce the
perspective of a literal biblical world order.
In addition,
Leo Strauss, Jewish philosopher, has brought a neoconservative movement
idealizing a Machiavellian model of governance. It is similar to and
therefore linked to Dominionism. These models join with the violent,
extremist branch of Islam to form a triplet Dominionist world view.
Strauss,
Neoconservative guru, requires his disciples to take
leadership of religious organizations. For example, Donald Rumsfield,
Dick Chency and Paul Wolfowitz are all disciples of Strauss.
The neoconservative dictate utilizes Machiavellian principles to
purposely despoil [2] in order to control. To despoil means to render
something so fully into disorder or chaos that the “governed†people
can do nothing but writhe in misery trying to survive. People in this
position offer no resistance to the Despot attempting to rule with, in
this case, a biblical iron fist.
These extremists are gaining
momentum to further cement their takeover of the separate branches of
government: the U.S. House, Senate, judiciary and Executive. Two more
anti-choice Christian extremist Justices have just been confirmed to
the Supreme Court. Bush said in a fundraising letter in March, 2005 “We
need common sense judges who understand that our rights are derived
from God. Those are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench.â€
Thirteen states have considered or are considering abortion bans. Two
hundred ninety more anti-choice federal candidates are running for
office this November. It is the mid-term elections which give rise to
the greatest opportunity to gain seats in the government.
Pat
Robertson set out with the goal to take control of the Republican Party
from the bottom up. With the Christian Coalition in 1994, a watershed
year, they distributed 40 million voter guides in 100,000 churches.
These people state from the onset, God's regents should take Dominion
of the land and enforce God's Law. They consider themselves God’s
freelancers. In Revelations, we learn they believe the annihilation of
the earth will force the return of the Messiah. All "believers" will
rapture up to heaven. Hence, the drive for the lost lambs because they
don’t think there is much time left.
These "Rapturists"
are energetically trying to force their angry and murderous God's hand
by creating the destructive, life denying conditions on Earth to force
their god to act and destroy the world utterly by their promiscuous use
of radioactive uranium, [5] [6] It is an orgy of violence as they
scatter disease, death and wanton destruction throughout the world in
the form of unending imperial wars.
They are working
backwards to engineer a gigantic Holocaust killing billions of people
and destroying the planet on purpose. The idea is that the sooner the
earth is destroyed, the sooner the return of Jesus and the Kingdom of
God. [7] Therefore, it makes no difference if we use up all of the
resourses of the planet since God is returning. (And what rough beast,
its hour come round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?
Yeats, “The Second Coming.â€)
The Holy Land and Mesopotamia Lay in Waste
The Iraqi people are privy to being located in the eye of the
“Apocalypseâ€. In Salam Pax’s, The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary
Iraqi, [8] Salam states in his blog entry of Wednesday, 9 October 2002,
“Now this next article is grrrreat. I bet you haven’t read something
like it during all this media-on-war block party.â€
“But there
is one other little-known scenario, based on the American leadership’s
theological belief system. Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and
Attorney-General John Ashcroft are all self-professed Evangelical or
Born-Again Christians, and like their co-religionists could well
believe in the Bible’s end-time prophecies to the letter. Such
Messianic prophecies include the stipulation that before the Messiah
can return to earth, there will be a major East-West war and the Jews
must rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.â€[9]
Salam concludes
“You see, they are preparing for the return of the Messiah. It’s the
end times scenario, stupid! I wonder if anyone has bought the film
rights yetâ€.
Thousands of tons of genocidal weaponized
uranium gas was dropped on Iraq in the five week 2003 “Shock and Aweâ€
bombing campaign alone. From Bob Nichols’ Project Censored [6] article
we learn: “Civilian populations in Afghanistan and Iraq and occupying
troops have been contaminated with astounding levels of radioactive
uranium weapons as a result of post-9/11 United States’ use of
thousands of tons of uranium munitions. Researchers say surrounding
countries have already received the fallout as well.â€
“Most
American weapons (bullets, land mines, tank shells, dumb bombs, smart
bombs, missiles, cruise missiles, etc.) contain high amounts of
radioactive uranium. These types of uranium weapons, on detonation,
release a radioactive gas and dust which, when inhaled, goes into the
body and stays there. It has a life of 45 billion years. Basically,
it’s a permanent and deadly radioactive contaminant, distributed in the
environment, where dust storms or any water nearby can disperse it.
Once ingested, it releases subatomic particles that literally slice
through DNA.â€
To sum up, radioactive rubble lasts for eternity and now lies permanently over the Middle East and the world. [10]
End Times Ideology
These Dominionist minded "Christians" are contributing to the belief in
the End Times of Revelations in the form of unending wars. They are
purposely using lies to lead us into these violent missions for “Godâ€.
They are encouraging the Revelations symptoms by believing they exist,
therefore consciously and unconsciously contributing to them.
Domionists believe that large scale world war, famine, natural
disasters, and the view that varying expressions of personal sexuality
are perversion and must exist if their version of the bible is true.
They are creating a demented circular argument and self-fulfilling
prophesy.
I learned through research the trend toward
Dominionist thinking has been in motion since the founding of the
United States. Its upsurge over the past three decades is largely due
to these Christo-fascists fighting the Equal Rights Amendment! This,
along with the utilization of television and radio, is what is
responsible for the acquisition of the enormous power they now wield.
After having whittled away at women's right to choose, they strive to
enforce the relinquishment of the right of sovereignty over our bodies
by working to overturn Roe vs. Wade and making it difficult, already,
if not impossible, to obtain abortions, especially in the red states.
They assert they will deny all women the legal right to reproductive
freedom.
I discovered this secretive Christian cult
thinking controls the actions of the White House and sets the agenda
for the whole nation. This agenda, like a coup, has re-claimed the
so-called “original intentions†of the founders of the United States
for it to be a "Christian Nationâ€. [11]
Persecution is a compliment and a sign of following in Jesus’ footsteps
Dissent is a given, persecution is seen as a compliment or confirmation of following in Jesus’ footsteps of crucifixion.
Ever wonder why George Bush looks so proud, smug and arrogant in the
face of his current 70% disapproval rating? The bible writes in its own
free ticket to be happy if people yell at you. From the bible one is
instructed to expect persecution. It is the religious right’s loophole
from accountability for the rising tide of distress the public
naturally exhibits in response. Justified fingers are pointed at
“evildoersâ€, while military “solutionsâ€, pushing Armageddon, are
pursued.
Tom Delay received a standing ovation at the “War on
Christians†conference, reports The Washington Post of March 29, 2006.
[12] Speaking of DeLay’s forced resignation due to his affiliation with
lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Rick Scarborough, convener of the conference
said “I believe the most damaging thing that
Tom DeLay has done
in his life is take his faith seriously into public office, which made
him a target for all those who despise the cause of Christ.
When DeLay finished speaking Scarborough said to him,†God always does
his best work right after a crucifixion.†DeLay basked in the rapturous
ovation that followed. “Keep your eyes on Jesus,†Scarborough called
after the fallen leader as he departed the stage. If the left thinks
that the right is embarrassed or ashamed for the Abramoff scandal, they
are wrong. It is proving to them that God’s “chosen ones†will be
persecuted.
Peter Perl writes in his article in the Washingon
Post April 9, 2006 titled “DeLay’s Next Mission From God.†“DeLay may
be leaving Congress, but he will be back with a vengeance, in a new and
potentially more powerful role, because he is a ferociously determined
man who believes he is on a politico-religious mission from God.â€
Christianity packaged into youth enticing, easy to swallow pills.
As the extremist Muslims recruit their youth, recounted by Salam Pax in
his diary, so do the Christians. With the packaging of Christianity
into the Pop youth culture of feel good rock concerts [13], they are
selling redemption, during and after life, to the impressionable,
sexually developing and questioning, fearful youth of our times. This
coalition of emotionally crippled Christians creates "Teen Mania†[14]
to redirect the natural sexual development of the youth to a
militaristic style movement.
Uncertain and impressionable
youth are attracted to this psychotic and globally suicidal version of
Christianity by its Pop Culture presentation. It’s okay to own the
military’s civilian version of the gas guzzler Hummmer. It’s okay to
have a gun, but it’s not okay to be sexual. What is this? Selective
abstinence? Yes for handling and shooting cold phallic guns! No to the
warm intimacy of sex!
When I was on the Christian cruise,
I noticed a palatable rigidity among the group. These are people who
care a lot about doing the right thing and believe their version of
biblical interpretation is correct. They mean well and have convinced
themselves they are among the most righteous, perhaps even claiming to
be the chosen ones. They are willing to fight to hold onto their
version of “truthâ€.
With that, there is a sense of
self-righteousness, there is a fear of doing something wrong, of having
the facade crumble. A peculiar tension ensues. Under these dreadful
conditions, people seem to develop internal thought police to keep up
with the authoritarian rules, which are an integral part of this
system. George Orwell would be nauseas, shake his head and say “I told
you so.â€
My friend who sponsored me on the cruise has a
five-year-old daughter. I witnessed her use the reward/punishment,
good/bad style of parenting the bible says is required. When I
attempted to discuss a mutual respect model of parenting, this is the
reply I received "This and like expressions of ‘disobedience’, are
proof of our fallen nature, and she is, as all humans are, violent by
nature. The belief is that we must discipline with strictness to
overcome the inherent evil nature.â€
I thought, “spare the rod, spoil the child?†A shiver entered my spine.
I have another friend who is a Fundamentalist Christian. Her teenage
son made a serious attempt to commit suicide. She said he claims he is
no longer a believer. The thought crossed my mind that perhaps it is
likely his fear of his own parents overwhelming disapproval of him if
he wasn't a "Christian" likely contributed to his attempted suicide. Or
perhaps, the thought of living with this horrific Christian supremacy
world view is more than he can bear.
The latest trend
these despots are pursuing are Mega youth rally/rock concerts in key
cities throughout the United States. The parallels to Hitler’s youth
movement and the current day Islamic Madrasahs are disquieting. But
this one has a candy coated twist. As the popular movie Matrix asks
“Which do you want, the blue pill or the red one?â€
To further
this trend, a high priority on the Christian agenda is the drive for
school vouchers in order to create “Christian†classrooms which teach
biblical law. Many of the rallies are staged by faith based initiative
sponsored, tax free religious corporations and held in corporate
dominated public arenas. Projects of this nature are popping up in many
ways, shapes and forms.
The event "Battlecry, Acquire the
Fire†[15] is in the disguise of a rock concert. San Francisco's
Battlecry event held at Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) Park drew
twenty five thousand youth for two days. These concerts are being held
throughout the country all year long with various different promoters
and sponsors. Pop Christian magazines are there to advertise, turning
Christianity into pop cultural christolatry and a commodity. [16]
At "Battlecry,†I saw the pumping up of extreme nationalism featuring,
among others, the Navy Seals, and an Oakland Raider Quarterback, who
all gave Christian testimony and talked of how our government is facing
Evil Forces just like the youth are in their personal lives. Ron Luce,
[17] leader of the “Battlecry†youth movement, claims the phrase “they
are building an army for God" is metaphorical. Military rhetoric and
paraphernalia, images of automatic weapons abound in the arena,
complete with a Hummer on stage displaying a red revolution style flag,
Navy Seals, military fatigues and dog tags. I didn’t think to ask them
if the government was paying them to be there to recruit for them or if
they signed out for the hummer.
After each pounding rock band
is a hard sell pitch from someone giving "biblical guidance" and
testimony. It's a giant glitzy "Let's get you all charged with juicy
music, all open and happy, then let's plug you into some brain
programming" kind of gig.
The facilitators warn the youth
“Christ is the ONLY way toward salvation†from the ills of a degraded
society and the certain End Times [18] in the foreseeable future. The
"Battlecry" tag line is utilizing scripture to produce the implied
meaning of "there is a war for your heart and your soulâ€. The End Times
are here and only those proclaiming Christ as their savior will be
saved.†One musical artist, Hawk Nelson, titled a song "Smile, the end
of the world is hereâ€. [19]
The concourse floor is
saturated with hanger-on businesses selling books describing End Time
Apocalypse. T-shirts, books, bracelets, ATM (abstinence 'til marriage)
mock credit cards, fancy bibles, and Christian rock band paraphernalia
abound. Youth in military fatigue is a common sight. Young men wearing
shirts with the biblical verse Timothy 2:3 is quoted "Therefore endure
hardness, as a soldier of Christ."
T-shirts sporting the
“Battlecry†theme quoted scripture, Jeremiah 4:19, "My heart pounds
within me, I cannot keep silent, for I have heard the sound of the
trumpet, I have heard the Battle Cry.†This is likening the world to
the one in which the earth was torn to shreds due to the wrath of God
toward his people whose "own conduct and actions have brought this upon
them".
Jeremiah 4:10 reads “You have deceived the people of
Jerusalem by saying, 'you will have peace, when the sword is at our
throats.†This is the announcement of the judgment, by laying waste to
the land, against the people for their wickedness. The leaders of this
movement then add Revelations apocalyptic metaphors about the End
Times, insinuating it is at hand. Now!
Sex phobia and Homophobia
Featured at “Battlecry†was former Miss Black California, Lakita Garth,
[20] to speak on bible based abstinance advocacy. Mrs. Garth instructed
the youth to not even kiss before marriage and to stay married until
death do ye part. Marriage, of course, only being possible between a
man and a woman as that is what is deemed appropriate in "God's
instruction book.†Divorce is seen as a giant no no.
Mrs.
Garth spent a good hour describing the horrors of sexually transmitted
diseases, for example: She described advanced untreated herpes in great
and gory detail, convincing the youth if they have sex, it is
inevitable they will get herpes or another horrific STD. She ostensibly
coaches that if they do have sex, they will get an STD, be embarrassed
and wish they were dead. Therefore, the “Battlecry†crew proclaims, the
youth absolutely must take a vow of abstinence in order to avoid these
"plagues".
The dialogue about sexual possibilities is
adamantly ignored and shut tight with double-barreled locks. It is a
given in this culture to have the attitude "it’s not ok to be gay and
if you are, only Christ can fix you.†Millions of dollars are being
funneled by the Bush Administration to “faith based organizations†to
teach abstinence only based sex education to public middle school
students and third world countries.
The April 10, 2006 Los
Angeles Times reports: “The religious right aims to overturn a broad
range of common tolerance programs: diversity training that promotes
acceptance of gays and lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words
against homosexuality and anti-discrimination policies that require
college clubs to open their membership to all.†[21]
In
Carmichael, California, in April, just three weeks after the Battlecry
event in San Francisco, The World Can’t Wait organization was contacted
by distressed students at the high school to ask for support in
combating a rage of Christian homosexual hatred that has surfaced. The
Christian students have begun bringing signs denouncing homosexuality
as “sinfulâ€. At the core of Dominionist philosophy is the biblically
based belief that homosexuality is unequivocally wrong.
This
onslaught of hate directed at diversity of sexual expression on a daily
basis is devastating to the cultural climate of society to an extremely
dangerous degree. Case in point: In Kansas, the Rev. Fred Phelps and
his Westboro Baptist Church have been picketing services for dead
soldiers and the veterans' hospitals.
Members of the Topeka
church are picketing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington,
D.C., and carrying signs that say, "Thank God for maimed soldiers."
"America's doom is now irreversible," the church said in one statement.
"All the resources of a Sovereign God are now devoted to cursing this
Land of the Sodomite Damned."
Phelps and his followers
believe soldiers' deaths and serious injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan
are God's punishment for the United States tolerating homosexuality,
and they're promising to protest outside every Veteran’s Administration
hospital.
Phelp's church said the United States faced "the
white-hot wrath of God" for tolerating homosexuality and persecuting
Westboro Baptist. The church cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2003
striking down a Texas anti-sodomy law as "a fateful line" the nation
crossed. Not only do they want sodomy laws, but ultimately what they
seek are death penalties. In other words, they want blood.
Pat Robertson claimed on his TV show “The 700 Club,†that Katrina was
probably God's way of showing wrath for all the sexual promiscuity
going on in New Orleans. Condoleezza Rice stated in a church in
Louisiana after Katrina hit, the hurricane was a good thing, “it meant
Jesus was coming soon.â€
Dr. Condoleezza Rice is the United States
National Security Advisor. On January 28, 2005, President Bush attended
Dr. Rice's swearing-in ceremony as the 66th Secretary of State.
This is the sort of sadistic, homophobic and religiously fanatic
attitude that we see when persons of strict "faith" try to jam their
literal biblical views onto the lives of others through means of the
judiciary.
In the afternoon before the event began on Friday,
March 24, leader of Battlecry, Ron Luce, a Bush appointee to the
Anti-drug Task Force [22] called for a special press conference and
rally on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall.
The Battle
Cry invitation to teenagers, on their website, made plain the symbolism
of gathering in San Francisco for a pre-event rally was “on the very
same steps where just months ago gay people were marriedâ€. Members of
the resistance added, “This is the same City Hall in which a right wing
Catholic assassinated a mayor and a gay supervisor.†[23]
Luce claims the reason for this action is so the youth may proclaim
their taking a stand for “Biblical values†in response to a degraded
culture where gangs, violence, drugs and excessive sex are prevalent.
Many believe this is code for wanting to entrench Biblical values into
the judicial system. Is this behavior not on the road to Kansas Phelps’
land?
Resistance in California
San Mateo
Peace Action, San Mateo County Green Party, War Resisters League West ,
American Atheists, The World Can't Wait, Code Pink members, and many
people from the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay community converged in
uproarious protest. [24] The World Can’t Wait [25] organization is
taking a major lead in the peace activism community to initiate further
protest against extremist Christianity, especially among youth.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Tom Ammiano and Californa State
Assemblyman Mark Leno proclaimed an official citywide condemnation of
“Battlecry†on the basis of the homophobic rhetoric on its website.
Their “homosexuality is wrong†stance clearly demonstrates an adamant
lack of toleration of sexual diversity and promotes a hate filled
public homophobic [26] public response. They are contaminating the
commons with hate inducing attitudes. Our society is in extreme danger
as a consequence.
Journalist Bob Nichols, Project Censored [6] Award Winner, states in his October. 12, 2005 article
“US Military, President out of Control.â€
“In the famous Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, established after World War
II to try Nazi War Criminals and assess their guilt and punishment, the
Chief Prosecutor said of the German people something that applies
directly to Americans today. He speaks knowingly and directly across
more than 50 years of time to resolutely instruct American Citizens on
exactly what our duty is today, right now:"
"Individuals have
international duties which transcend the national obligations of
obedience…therefore have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent
crimes against peace and humanity from occurring."
- Nuremberg Tribunal, 1950
Nichols goes on to say, "The statement was affirmed by the Nuremberg
Tribunal. It is now international law and by extension, American Law.
It is our duty as Americans. The fascist government controlling America
and the US Military can no longer be allowed to exist. The world and
international law holds us all accountable, and the price is dear ".
Maniacal Cult
On the "Bill O'Reilly" Show, Ron Luce, when debating Sunsara Taylor
[27] of The World Can't Wait the day after the protest, claimed the
“Battlecry†warrior theme is a metaphor for the spiritual war humanity
is facing. Luce is not, at least publicly, admitting the societal
consequences of the meanings of this
guns = glory metaphorical mandate.
Pat Robertson sharply criticized the city of San Francisco for
condemning "Battlecry" as well and showed the protest on the steps of
city hall on his 700 club TV show. Whistleblowers Katherine Yurika, in
her Yurika report [2] and Joan Bokaer of Theocracy Watch[4] draw a line
from Pat Robertson's televangelical beginnings in the 1970's to the
rise of this fascist type of Christianity.
This is the very
same bloody artery of Religious tradition that G.W. Bush is connected
to. Think of it! The person in charge of our entire country is caught
up in a maniacal cult!
[End.]
Debra Schaffer Hubert is a
peace and social justice activist. She is exposing and instigating
nonviolent direct action confrontation of the right wing Christian
extremist movement. She encourages interested potential allies to
e-mail her at dshubert@gmail.com
Notes:
1. December, 2005 issue of Mother Jones, “A Nation under God.â€
2. Katherine Yurika, Yurkia Report, News Intelligence Analysis, “The
Despoiling of America, How George W. Bush became the head of the new
American Dominionist Church/State. February 11, 2004 YurikaReport.com
"The Despoiling of America"
3. Dr. Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries http://www.intouch.org/
4. Theocracy Watch, Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy, Cornell University. A must see is
http://www.theocracy
watch.org for an in-depth analysis and historical perspective of how
the Christian Extremists, with the leadership of Pat Robertson and
Ralph Reed in the early 90’s, took working control of the Republican
Party. A must see is “Are We Becoming a Theocracy?" Joan Bokaer's talk
at the New York Open Center, recorded April 29, 2005.
5. Leuren Moret, “The Queens Death Star,†Support the Truth , Dennis Kyne, http://www.Dennis Kyne.com
6. Bob Nichols, August, "US Military, President Out of Control, What does 'Mildly Radioactive' Mean, Anyway?" http://tinyurl.com/lhsxq and http://tinyurl.com/qdasf
Project Censored http://www.projectcensored.org http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/4.html
7. Stephenie Hendricks, Dominionism: 'Wise use,' dominion theology, and the making of American environmental policy.
8. Salam Pax, “The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqiâ€, 2003 Grove
Press, NY. The quote on the first page of Salam's Diary reads - "The
West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or
religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.
Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do." Samuel P.
Huntington
9. Might Sharon Nuke Iraq? How Things Could Go Bad, Very Bad†(2 October 2002) by Linda S. Heard at http://www.Counterpunch.org.
10. http://www.rense.com/general70/deathmde.htm
11. We Will Pray for Election Day, Thomas Freiling and Michael Klassen, Pg. 111,“Read America’s founding documents.†Go to http://www.WallBuilders.com to see how they claim the United States was meant to be a “Christian†Nation.
12. Washington Post, Dana Milbank, March 29, 2006. “ DeLay a Star at ‘War on Christians’ Conference.â€
13. http://www.battlecry.com and http://www.harvest.org/crusades/
14. Teen Mania http://www.teenmania.com
15. The ATF symbol is used on Battlecry merchandise including posters
which show youth with automatic weapons. This picture was taken at San
Francisco’s Battlecry event on March 24, 2006.
16. Christian
Music Planet is published six times per year by Educational Media
Foundation, Inc, a nonprofit organization recognized for tax-deductible
giving by the federal government. wwwChrisiianMusicPlanet.com
CCM Christian Music Magazine http://www.ccmmagazine.com/
17. Luce is an addict who formerly used cocaine, and now claims to be clean and sober, through Christ.
18. Tim LeHaye, author of the Bestselling series Left Behind Series http://www.leftbehind.com/
19. Hawk Nelson, “Smile, its the end of the world.†ww.hawknelson.com
20. Lakita Garth, http://www.lakitagarth.com Garth is the proprietor of “No Ringy, No Dingy†Abstinance ‘Til Marriage mock credit Cards and educational material.
21. http://www.religiousheadlines.org
22. In March 2003, Ron Luce was recognized as a national voice on teen
issues and appointed by President George W. Bush to the White House
Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities. The eleven-member
commission was established in 1989 to provide input and expertise on
the Drug-Free Communities Program.
23. Referring to the
assassination of San Francisco Board of Supervisor Harvey Milk and
Mayor George Moscone in 1978 by Catholic right wing extremist Dan
White.
24. San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 27, 2006,
“Christian Soldiers throw down in SFâ€, San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, March 25, 2006, “Evangelical Teens Rally in SF,†San
Francisco Bay Times
March 30, 2006 “BattleCry Fundies Invade the City – So What?â€
25. http://www.worldcantwait.net/ Read the World Can’t Wait’s call to drive out the Bush regime which talks about the theocracy in the United States.
26. Homophobia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia
27. Sunsara Taylor’s blog spot Sunsara’s World. http://www.sunsara.blogspot.com/
Be sure to check out the video of Bill O’Reilly’s interview with
Sunsara and shots of the Battlecry protest on the steps of City Hall in
San Francisco.