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"Hundreds of parishioners flocked to a Pennsylvania church to exchange or renew wedding vows, while carrying AR-15 rifles. The World Peace Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland included a blessing for the assault rifle, which it believes symbolizes the rod of iron in the book of Revelation."
Lost souls who not even once ask themselves, "what would Jesus do."
Live by the AR-15 sword, die by the AR-15 sword.
"Holy warriors" was always a pharisaic construct, never Christ-ian.
Ziggysmom
(3,410 posts)I
ancianita
(36,130 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)Ocelot II
(115,806 posts)to be apostate or heretical. Moon had his own version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church
CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)IcyPeas
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here he is with Erik Trump
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Trump spoke at a 9/11 'Moonies' conference organized by the widow of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, praising the controversial Unification Church
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-speaks-at-moonies-911-event-praises-unification-church-2021-9
ancianita
(36,130 posts)It's really the dark underbelly of a free society, and it organizes 'holy warrior' mindset that's actually domestic terrorism.
Ziggysmom
(3,410 posts)Cult leaders? Look at the people following the GQP and the rumpy family. So easily brainwashed, it amazes and horrifies me.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,397 posts)I can't find any info. Sucker might be encouraged to flip on some pals.
IcyPeas
(21,901 posts)Takket
(21,609 posts)why is this the first time i've ever heard of all of these prominent rethugs consorting with a literal violent cult? Why am I reading about it on DU instead of on the front page of the NYT or on NBC/ABC world news????????????? Can you imagine if a single Democrat talked to a cult? The media would lose its shit. rethugs do it and no one says a word!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ancianita
(36,130 posts)What do you think?
Hekate
(90,769 posts)torrent of news, is easy to overlook or forget on a daily basis.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Like the island of misfit toys. How much longer before they turn their guns on each other?
ancianita
(36,130 posts)not the way you think. They won't turn guns on each other until they're done using them on whoever they can get away with targeting. Right now, guns are used by his 'believers' to create random chaos. The chaos of angry crowds was exactly how his armed people were going to hide as the Capitol was invaded.
riversedge
(70,273 posts)Hekate
(90,769 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)About christo-fascist warrior movements that serve other larger interests way beyond religion.
There's comfort in causes, seeing enemies and being holy and right, but there's no comfort in finding out who leads their leaders, because that's dangerous information. The dupes we can write off, the leaders are another thing entirely. Which is why trumpworld links arms them.