Sarah Palin's Churches and the "Third Wave"

[Leo 9]

Sarah Palin's Churches and the "Third Wave"
Mon, 09/08/2008 - 9:44am
By: Main Stream

I'm posting this because I believe it is important for voters to know the candidates that they will be voting for in November. Much has been posted about Obama's church and the subject of a candidates' Church and religion appears to be very important to many voters. Here are some facts and observations regarding Sarah Palin's Church and religious beliefs that should be considered, since she MAY be just a heartbeat away from the Presidency:

(This posting documents the extensive involvement of several of Sarah Palin's churches in the Third Wave Movement, also known as the New Apostolic Reformation, Joel's Army, and Manifest Sons of God)

* Sarah Palin's churches are actively involved in a resurgent movement that was declared heretical by the Assemblies of God in 1949....At least three of four of Palin's churches are involved with major organizations and leaders of this movement, which is referred to as The Third Wave of the Holy Spirit or the New Apostolic Reformation. The movement is training a young "Joel's Army" to take dominion over the United States and the world....Sarah Palin was re-baptized at twelve at the Wasilla Assembly of God in Wasilla, Alaska and she attended the church from the time she was ten until 2002: over two and 1/2 decades...The Wasilla Assembly of God church is deeply involved with both Third Wave activities and theology.

* The Third Wave is a revival of the theology of the Latter Rain tent revivals of the 1950s and 1960s led by William Branham and others. It is based on the idea that in the end times there will be an outpouring of supernatural powers on a group of Christians that will take authority over the existing church and the world. The believing Christians of the world will be reorganized under the Fivefold Ministry and the church restructured under the authority of Prophets and Apostles and others anointed by God. The young generation will form "Joel's Army" to rise up and battle evil and retake the earth for God.

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http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/31531

[MissMarple]

1. She believes Alaska will be a "refuge" state in the "end times".

I guess that is why she turned down a sports announcer job on the east coast in the 80's and spends so much time in Anchorage and Wasilla instead of Juneau which is closer to the contiguous states. Regarding the job, she must not have realized it required a change of location. That is one weird woman.

[Leo 9]

2. Palin: The Most Extremist Candidate Since Goldwater

Miles Mogulescu

Palin: The Most Extremist Candidate Since Goldwater

Posted September 5, 2008 | 06:48 PM (EST)

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Sarah Palin is the most extremist major party candidate since Barry Goldwater, aligned with the most far right wing elements in American politics on issues ranging from denying that human activity has helped bring about global warming, to seeking to block protection of endangered species, to advocating the teaching of creationism in the public schools, to opposing abortion even in the case of rape and incest, to preventing teenagers from learning about contraception in school, to advocating drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, to flirting with Alaska voting to secede from the Union, to proclaiming our troops in Iraq are on a mission from God.

Moderates, centrists and independents need to be made aware of these positions and consider whether they want to elect someone with such extremist views to the second highest political office in the land, a heartbeat away from the Presidency of a 72 year old cancer survivor.

Moreover, they should questions John McCain's judgment and claims to be a moderate and a maverick within the Republican Party when he caved in to pressure from the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party to choose someone with the thin resume and extremist views of Sarah Palin to stand second in line to the Presidency.

Palin's nomination marks a decision by McCain to try to turn the election from one about the economy to a replay of past elections about cultural issues and about which candidate represents real Americans. If Republicans can make the election about cultural imagery and who is more of a "real American"--focusing voters minds on the war hero and the hockey mom--they may well win. But when it comes to the specific issues of the culture wars, the religious right represents a minority of voters and their positions scare many moderates and independents. Democrats need to focus on Palin's extremism on the issues and McCain's endorsement of such extremism by choosing Palin to stand a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Here are some examples of of Palin's extremist ideology which the McCain campaign wants to hide and Democrats must expose:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/let-swing-voters-know-tha_b_124384.html

[RagAss]

3. Where Jim Jones when we need him??

[The Night Owl]

4. Sarah Palin prays with a zealot who incites the fear of witchcraft in Kenya...

Speaking before Wasilla Assembly of God, Sarah Palin talked about some sort of prayer session she had with a Pastor Muthee. Skip to 3:50 of the following video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQq4b5IQhq8

Meet Thomas Muthee, the witch hunter...

http://wasillaag.org/index.php?s=au&nid=3731&news_id=8066

Information about Mr. Muthee's activities in Kenya...

http://www.choicesforliving.com/spirit/part4/kenya.htm

PDF: http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2008-0710-200706/holvast.pdf

Did the woman who Mr. Muthee accused of practicing witchcraft leave Kiambu because she was afraid for her life? I don't know but I don't think it's a stretch to suspect that the woman might have felt threatened enough to flee after police killed her snake.

The fear of witchcraft is the impetus for a lot of violence and murder in Kenya and other parts of Africa. For instance, the town of Kisii was recently the site of atrocities perpetrated against people suspected of being witches...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/21/world/main4114504.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4114504

A disturbing and graphic video about the persecution of Africans suspected of being witches...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/video/2007/dec/09/video