American Family Association, Family Research Council Added to SPLC List of Anti-Gay Hate Groups

Seeded on Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:26 AM EST (God Discussion)

As of the latest Intelligence Report from Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Family Association and Family Research Council are now listed as anti-LGBT hategroups--in part for promotion of literal Holocaust revisionism regarding gays and calls for their denationalisation a …

religion, child-abuse, american-family-association, lgbt, hate-groups, family-research-council, human-rights-campaign, southern-poverty-law-center, lgbt-rights

Solid Rock co-pastor signs control of songwriter's hits to relative

Seeded on Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:36 PM EDT (Dayton Daily News)

HAMILTON — Solid Rock Church co-pastor Darlene Bishop has settled a bitter, years-long estate battle with the four children of her deceased brother, a hit Nashville songwriter.

religion, cincinnati, scandals, religious-right, cults, dominionism, big-butter-jesus, solid-rock-church, coercive-tactics

Africa's child-witch hysteria

Seeded on Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:03 PM EDT (The Week (UK))

A new UNICEF report says accusations of child witchcraft are on the rise in Africa — leaving kids vulnerable to abuse, abandonment, and horrific "exorcisms"

unicef, religion, united-nations, child-abuse, scandals, exorcism, religious-right, dominionism, child-abandonment, joels-army

More on the case of the "Mad Annointer" at Norfolk's Jacox Elementary

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:47 AM EDT (PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com )

A Jacox Elementary teacher who anointed students with "holy oil" in the classroom has resigned. School officials say she may have performed inappropriate religious practices during her three years with the division[...]

religion, scandals, religious-right, school-board, dominionism, joels-army, steeplejacking, new-apostolic-reformation

They Cast Out Demons & Burn "Witchcraft Items," and They're Taking Over Entire States

Seeded on Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:45 PM EDT (Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith)

[editor: This story is about a radical right wing movement in charismatic Christianity that claims to fight demons but, leaving demonology aside, is demonstrably close to seizing the reigns of power in entire US states.]

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Teacher resigns after neopente "annointing" of students, desks

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:32 PM EDT (WAVY-TV 10)

A Norfolk teacher has resigned after it was discovered she was rubbing "holy oil" on students and their desks during school, a Norfolk Public Schools spokesperson said.

us-news, scandals, religious-right, dominionism, neopentecostals

Meet The Theocratic Tea Party And Its Inner-City "Prayer Warrior" Cousin

Seeded on Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:07 PM EDT (Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith)

[...][T]he American left, the secular mainstream, and many secular Republicans (certainly conservative but not thrilled with the idea of Christian theocracy or the teaching of Young-Earth Creationism in public schools), have missed, and still do to this day, the disproportionate …

politics, republican-party, scandals, religious-right, young-earth-creationism, dominionism, james-inhofe, john-hagee, constitution-party, christian-reconstructionists

A rare internal look at a Joel's Army/NAR "stealth bomber's meeting"

Seeded on Tue Jul 6, 2010 5:13 PM EDT (Truth Wins Out)

A recent successful infiltration of NAR promoter Lou Engle's most recent training seminars--which were open to the public--gives a rare glimpse at the private face of NARasitism--one where its members are literally described as "stealth bombers", a literal holy war against non-NA …

us-news, scandals, religious-right, domestic-terrorism, cults, dominionism, joels-army, lou-engle

ALERT: Newark Police Dept. in process of being steeplejacked by NARasites

Seeded on Mon Jul 5, 2010 8:53 PM EDT (Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith)

[ ...]Last March, the Rev. Barnard J. Wilks, who leads the church-based Pray For Newark effort in the city, presided over the graduation of 54 new Newark police officers.

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Christian Book On Manly Aggression Inspires Violent Mexican Fundamentalist Narco-Cult

Seeded on Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:45 PM EDT (Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith)

[...]What if your million copy-plus bestselling inspirational book calling on men to act more manly, aggressive, even violent became a key source of inspiration for a ruthless cultic Christian paramilitary fundamentalist crime syndicate that controls most of the Crystal Meth t …

world-news, scandals, religious-right, religious-violence, nar, dominionism, joels-army, narcoterrorism, la-familia-michoacana

"We must never APPEAR to be attempting to rob anyone of their rights"

Seeded on Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:19 PM EDT (Talk To Action | Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith)

Given the current disturbing growth of the U.S. imperial presidency, you might think this headline was a leak from the bowels of the CIA or the NSA.

us-news, scandals, religious-right, conspiracies, dominionism

Cynthia Dunbar of Texas DOE declares educational standards "Nazi indoctrination"

Seeded on Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:31 PM EDT (Texas Freedom Network)

...Texas State Board of Education member Cynthia Dunbar says giving precedence to teachers and scholars when revising curriculum standards for public schools would be like what the Nazis did in Germany during the 1930s. Really? Seriously?

us-news, scandals, religious-right, state-board, dominionism, texas-board-of-education, texas-boe-steeplejack

Threats to SLAPP in the face--progressive blogs threatened by dominionists

Mon May 3, 2010 5:46 PM EDT

Recently, the IRS has started to take the entire area of illegal electioneering by dominionist churches and 501(c)3 nonprofits rather more seriously, and in a tit-for-tat move dominionist groups are now going after blogs of progressive organisations--in essence threatening lawsui …

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religion, lawsuits, threats, censorship, scandals, religious-right, dominionism, slapp, barratry

How people get recruited into coercive groups: A view from an ex-Quiverfull survivor

Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:07 PM EDT

Probably one of the main questions--right next to "How do we stop dominionists?"--I'm asked when writing is "Why do into coercive religious groups in the first place?"

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James Dobson and religiously motivated child abuse

Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:28 PM EST

Over the past few days, I've been writing a series of articles on religiously motivated child abuse, largely focusing on the "Bible-based baby beating" empire of Michael and Debi Pearl (whose tactics have been linked to multiple deaths).

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Guardian (UK) article on dominionist child abuse

Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:31 PM EST

Awareness of the sad subject of religiously motivated child abuse within the dominionist community--in a series I began writing on her and which is now being reported on by the likes of Salon Magazine--is now going international...unfortunately due to Americans exporting the prob …

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Two Salon Magazine articles on the Pearls' "Bible-based baby beating" empire

Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:41 PM EST

Over the past few days, I've written a series of articles on the subject of religiously motivated child abuse, in part inspired by the recent tragic death of a child who was literally flogged to death based on instructions from Michael and Debi Pearl's "No Greater Joy" publishing …

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A followup re the Pearls' dominionist child abuse

Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:23 PM EST

So far, I've written several stories on what is probably one of the major "deep, dark secrets" of the dominionist movement--namely, the promotion of religiously-motivated child abuse as a form of "child training", the idea being that one can literally beat the devil out of your c …

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religion, child-abuse, religious-right, homeschooling, dominionism, fatal-child-abuse, religiously-motivated-child-abuse

Death by chastening rod

Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:37 AM EST

As I noted in the opening post of this series, the "Bible-based baby beating" methods of Michael and Debbie Pearl are now linked to yet another death--this time, a literal "death by chastening rod" in which a child was beaten so viciously that their muscles were literally tenderi …

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religion, child-abuse, religious-right, homeschooling, dominionism, fatal-child-abuse, religiously-motivated-child-abuse

Dominionism and child abuse, part 3: Why they aren't in jail

Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:22 AM EST

So far in what will be a continuing series on religiously motivated child abuse, we've been focusing on the most popular promoters of religiously motivated child abuse in the dominionist community.

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Dominionism and child abuse, part 2

Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:24 PM EST

In part 1 of an ongoing series on religiously motivated child and domestic abuse, we've focused on the truly fatal tactics of the Pearls and Ezzos as well as other promoters of regimented childrearing and even the creepy, quasi-pedophiliac "purity balls" held by some of the same …

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Dominionism and child abuse, part 1

Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:46 PM EST

Today, I begin a repost and update on an ongoing series regarding the dirty secret of the dominionist community--a culture of religiously motivated child and spousal abuse.

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Susan Hutchison and her dominionist linkage

Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:32 PM EDT

Much buzz is going on lately regarding Susan Hutchison in the race for King County Executive (and leadership of the Seattle metro area in general)--one thing that has been poorly publicised so far is her extensive and documentable linkage to multiple dominionist groups.

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Joel's Army Mythos 101: Not your grandmother's Christianity

Tue May 26, 2009 11:11 AM EDT

Over the past few days, I've written articles for Wayang Party on the international involvement of Joel's Army groups in the steeplejack of AWARE 1 and the actual agenda of the American-based "Christian Nationalist" group Focus on the Family 2.

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religion, singapore, scandals, religious-right, dominionism, joels-army, steeplejacking

The AWARE steeplejackers and their deep connections to Joel's Army and American dominionists

Thu May 7, 2009 10:37 PM EDT

Thanks to a few Singaporean friends (who shall remain anonymous), I had become aware of a disturbing development--an attempted hijack of a major women's NGO.

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I understand that Rick Warren and his Saddleback Church has a group called Celebrate Recovery which is supposed to be a 12 step program for people with "hurts, habits and hangups". The meetings are held in churches of varying denominations throughout the country. The meetings start with a dinner which is offered for $2.00, followed by a 1 hr. praise and worship service with a band, and followed by 1 hr. group meetings. Rick Warren also sells his Celebrate Recovery bible at these meetings which is supposed to link the 12 steps to his bible. Is this another ploy on the part of Rick Warren to infiltrate churches and get unsuspecting people into his dominist agenda and beliefs?
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I just wanted to say thank you for bringing all of this to light. I fully agree that sunlight is the best antiseptic known to man in regards to corruption and secret practices.
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