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Fresh Air on NPR yesterday had an interview with Rachel Tabachnick, who researches the "New Apostolic Reformation" movement. The NAR is a far-right evangelical group that believes in "dominionism": that fundamentalist Christians should take over all institutions of society and government (the "seven mountains" of arts and entertainment, business, education, family, government, media and religion), uniting all Protestant churches as one to bring about the Second Coming. It's come to the fore because they're a major force in Gov. Perry's run for the presidency.
The entire transcript is here. But the part that should interest Unitarians is about half way through the interview where she describes the beliefs of Mike Bickle, leader of the International House of Prayer:
So, a guy who's organized prayer rallies for the leading Republican presidential candidate thinks that Oprah Winfrey is leading America astray because she's reasonable. How does that work?
What a dark, twisted ideology this is. Somehow, those of us who are trying to bring about an age of tolerance, are going to be flipped into an absolute, intolerant worship of an antichrist. This seems illogical to liberals, but to the Strict Father school of morality, tolerance is equivalent to moral weakness, which lets the demons in. To me, the real moral weakness is intolerance, and believing that your own ideas capture the Infinite in a nice little box to be imposed on others is a major cause of evil in the world.
But be advised, that there is a "religious" organization that is directly and literally opposed to tolerance and acceptance of one another (unless/until you believe what they believe). Hence, they believe that what UUs stand for is not just misguided, but actively evil. We are, after all, working for a "worldwide religious network of great tolerance". (If only!) And, Universalism does teach that "all roads lead to God" in the end (perhaps with significant detours if you're not watching out
).
This "religious" organization is hoping that Gov. Rick Perry will be the next President of the United States, as opposed to President Obama, endorsed by that harlot Oprah Winfrey.
Thankfully, this group is extremely small and not representative of the vast majority of evangelical Christians. Still, never forget what a small group of committed people can do.
The entire transcript is here. But the part that should interest Unitarians is about half way through the interview where she describes the beliefs of Mike Bickle, leader of the International House of Prayer:
So, a guy who's organized prayer rallies for the leading Republican presidential candidate thinks that Oprah Winfrey is leading America astray because she's reasonable. How does that work?
What a dark, twisted ideology this is. Somehow, those of us who are trying to bring about an age of tolerance, are going to be flipped into an absolute, intolerant worship of an antichrist. This seems illogical to liberals, but to the Strict Father school of morality, tolerance is equivalent to moral weakness, which lets the demons in. To me, the real moral weakness is intolerance, and believing that your own ideas capture the Infinite in a nice little box to be imposed on others is a major cause of evil in the world.
But be advised, that there is a "religious" organization that is directly and literally opposed to tolerance and acceptance of one another (unless/until you believe what they believe). Hence, they believe that what UUs stand for is not just misguided, but actively evil. We are, after all, working for a "worldwide religious network of great tolerance". (If only!) And, Universalism does teach that "all roads lead to God" in the end (perhaps with significant detours if you're not watching out
).This "religious" organization is hoping that Gov. Rick Perry will be the next President of the United States, as opposed to President Obama, endorsed by that harlot Oprah Winfrey.
Thankfully, this group is extremely small and not representative of the vast majority of evangelical Christians. Still, never forget what a small group of committed people can do.
