Army Of Clones: Religious Right Leader Colson Commissions ‘Centurions’ For The Culture War

[Adsos Letter]

SOURCE: The Wall of Separation
March 22nd, 2011
By Joseph L. Conn.

The Washington Post featured a scary article today about Charles Colson, the Nixon-era hatchet-man turned Religious Right commanding general.

Colson, the newspaper says, is quietly training a cadre of fundamentalist true believers who will take their “biblical worldview” into every area of life, including American politics.

“They are called Centurions, a name that conjures battle-hardened Roman soldiers,” the article reports. “They number 640, and their marching orders from their commander are clear — to expand Christ’s kingdom.”

Says the 79-year-old Colson, “What this country needs is a movement.” (And we thought the Religious Right – sadly – has been filling that niche since 1980.)

LINK to AU commentary: http://blog.au.org/2011/03/22/army-of-clones-religious-right-leader-colson-commissions-‘centurions’-for-the-culture-war/

LINK to Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/evangelist-chuck-colsons-final-mission-spiritually-cloning-himself/2011/03/01/AB10oL9_story.html

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According to Conn: "Colson once criticized evangelical Christians for being inadequately militant, charging that too many of them 'worship at the altar of the bitch goddess of tolerance.'"

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Army is the right word.

And the really right way to view that army is through cross-hairs.

[Cheap_Trick]

2. I've got a movement for ya Colson.

I haven't flushed yet.

[Newest Reality]

3. You just have to have some form of militant,

Royal Guard working on the cultural side of overt corporatism. Religious rhetoric has been useful when it comes to controlling people and influencing their decisions.

You get them to believe the basic tenets, and if they are not thinkers, they won't be able to box their way out of the hand they are dealt. Then, anything absurd goes as long as you are good at convincing them it has something to do with the commands of a deity.

[Adsos Letter]

4. They want theocracy, plain and simple.

And the control that comes with it.

[Autumn Colors]

5. No, no, no

THESE are Centurions....

[Adsos Letter]

7. We really need the return of the DUzy's.

:D

[WildEyedLiberal]

12. Hahaha, win.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. What can I say? I find the bitch goddess of tolerance incredibly sexy.

I'm just wired that way.

[tanyev]

8. You need a movement, Chuck? Try prune juice.

We don't need another Crusade.

[provis99]

9. He's 79? Colson has polluted this world for 79 yrs?

It's amazing how shit can exist for that long.

[hatrack]

10. "Fwow him to the fwoor, Centuwion!"

[Wait Wut]

13. WINNER!!!!

:rofl:

[hatrack]

14. So now Colson commands a Cwack Wegion!

:hi:

[WildEyedLiberal]

11. Wasn't it a pair of Roman Centurions who pierced the side of Christ?

What an... interesting role model to adopt.

[Arkana]

15. They haven't reckoned on my secret army of Daleks and Cybermen.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

16. Chuck "When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow" Colson

He had that on a plague in his White House office when he worked for Nixon,

Then he found Jesus in prison.

[eShirl]

17. “What this country needs is a movement.”

[backscatter712]

18. The Cylons believe in One True God...

Those toasters had better not fuck with my belief in Zeus, Hera, Athena, et al...

[felix_numinous]

19. Chilling

If homeland security did their job they'd be after these lunatics.