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Holy Shit: The Sunday Sermons Episode 5: Meet The MAGA Candidates
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! Its taken us a while to get to this point but we are finally ready to continue with our spin off of Holy Shit! So its been a while but I am finally rested and ready to answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! Because the good LAWRD JAYSUS wouldnt want now, now would he? Of course he wouldnt! So this week, weve got a lot planned for you and were going to get right down to it and cut to the chase! So in the number one slot this week, we are going to talk about some of the crazier candidates that the MAGA world is running for office (1). Some of them might win, some of them might lose. We hope they all lose if they side with the unholy Dark One! In the second slot this week is Pastor Greg Locke (2) who literally organized a book burning, because why not burn the Twilight and Harry Potter novels? In the third slot this week is Christian Prophets (3). Because they are making some ridiculous claims about their devotion to GAWD. And none of them are exactly what one would call accurate. Enjoy! And as always don't forget the key!
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My fair congregation! Please be seated! By the way it is so great to have our gospel choir back isnt it, and give it up for them! You know we live in a strange time right now. And you know what? I am not afraid to get docked by the IRS this week because we need to get blunt and straight to the point because the future of our country is at stake here. And its at stake because those who believe in the unholy, ungodly Dark One are running their people for office. And the Dark One is of course a man so foul, so depraved and disgusting, that his name dare not be spoken in my church! But what truly scares me about some of these people is that they seek to undo nearly 200 years of the very principals that this great nation was founded on. One of which is separation of church and state. Which brings me to my first candidate Kandiss Taylor of Georgia, whos not even trying to hide her positions. Nope, theyre on display on her tour bus and theyre very much out in the open!
A Republican candidate running for governor in Georgia gained attention after a tweet of her standing in front of a tour bus displaying the words "Jesus, Guns, Babies" went viral Thursday.
Kandiss Taylor's bus slogan is reminiscent of the song "Lawyers, Guns and Money" by Warren Zevon, which tells the story of a man on the run after losing money gambling in Havana, Cuba.
The bus was the focal point of a tweet that also contained a short rhyme about her supporters.
"WHO'S THAT COMIN' DOWN THE TRACK? A BIG MACHINE THATS RED AND BLACK AINT NOTHIN' FINER IN THE LAND, THAN A CONSERVATIVE KANDISS TAYLOR FAN!!!!" Taylor tweeted.
Also plastered on the bus's side: "I'm The ONE You've Been Waiting For!"
https://gazette.com/news/georgia-gubernatorial-candidate-tours-with-jesus-guns-babies-bus/article_4c888f64-5b6c-5490-92c6-d915aa6f3ab5.html
Kandiss Taylor's bus slogan is reminiscent of the song "Lawyers, Guns and Money" by Warren Zevon, which tells the story of a man on the run after losing money gambling in Havana, Cuba.
The bus was the focal point of a tweet that also contained a short rhyme about her supporters.
"WHO'S THAT COMIN' DOWN THE TRACK? A BIG MACHINE THATS RED AND BLACK AINT NOTHIN' FINER IN THE LAND, THAN A CONSERVATIVE KANDISS TAYLOR FAN!!!!" Taylor tweeted.
Also plastered on the bus's side: "I'm The ONE You've Been Waiting For!"
https://gazette.com/news/georgia-gubernatorial-candidate-tours-with-jesus-guns-babies-bus/article_4c888f64-5b6c-5490-92c6-d915aa6f3ab5.html
I will say this and listen very clearly: NO!!!! You are not the one we have been waiting for! In fact you are the exact opposite of what we have been waiting for! We do not want anyone who supports the unholy Dark One! That is no t what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want! Now what kind of fucked up shithole party supports this nonsense? Well the same party that supports the candidate behind door #2 Wendy Rogers of Arizona! Yes, her credentials with the Dark One are strong, and she is the exact kind of candidate you would expect them to run!
Arizona state Rep. Wendy Rogers released a new campaign ad Tuesday in which she declared that her embrace of right-wing conspiracy theories such as the Big Lie, which baselessly claims that rampant voter fraud stole the 2020 presidential election from former President Donal Trump, is part of an ongoing effort to change the narrative and move the Overton Window.
The Overton Window is a theoretical framework for conveying which opinions or policy positions on a given subject are politically acceptable at any given time. An effort to move the Overton Window generally involves introducing seemingly radical ideas into the mainstream political or cultural narrative repeatedly in order to desensitize the population, thus making once radical ideas more mainstream and thereby broadening or shifting the range of acceptable opinions or policy options.
In just one term in office, Rogers, a 67-year-old grandmother, has catapulted onto the national stage and raked in record donations thanks not only to her embrace of Trump, who has endorsed her bid for reelection, but also the far-right extremes of the white nationalist America First movement.
Rogers new ad is predictably heavy on Big Lie rhetoric and demands to see arrests and perp walks of those allegedly responsible for supposedly stealing the election.
If you told me two years ago that, Wendy Rogers, youre going to be in the limelight on election integrity issues, election corruption for the nation, I never would have imagined it, Rogers said. Weve collected all this data to arguably show widespread corruption in our voting system. I want to see arrests. I want to see perp walks. I want to see everything out in the open. Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have far worse consequences.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/az-state-rep-wendy-rogers-is-pushing-right-wing-conspiracy-theories-to-move-the-overton-window/
The Overton Window is a theoretical framework for conveying which opinions or policy positions on a given subject are politically acceptable at any given time. An effort to move the Overton Window generally involves introducing seemingly radical ideas into the mainstream political or cultural narrative repeatedly in order to desensitize the population, thus making once radical ideas more mainstream and thereby broadening or shifting the range of acceptable opinions or policy options.
In just one term in office, Rogers, a 67-year-old grandmother, has catapulted onto the national stage and raked in record donations thanks not only to her embrace of Trump, who has endorsed her bid for reelection, but also the far-right extremes of the white nationalist America First movement.
Rogers new ad is predictably heavy on Big Lie rhetoric and demands to see arrests and perp walks of those allegedly responsible for supposedly stealing the election.
If you told me two years ago that, Wendy Rogers, youre going to be in the limelight on election integrity issues, election corruption for the nation, I never would have imagined it, Rogers said. Weve collected all this data to arguably show widespread corruption in our voting system. I want to see arrests. I want to see perp walks. I want to see everything out in the open. Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have far worse consequences.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/az-state-rep-wendy-rogers-is-pushing-right-wing-conspiracy-theories-to-move-the-overton-window/
Yes so theres Kandiss Taylor and Wendy Rogers both of which are certified batshit crazy and the opposite of what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want! Oh and you think we might be done, my fair congregation, that I most assure you we are not! Next up I give you Bianca Garcia a Texas woman who claims that she was sent here by GAWD and that all who do not vote for in 2022 will pay dearly! Imagine the sheer balls that it takes to say something like this. Like I do not, nor ever will command an army of volunteers the way these people do. And the do as I say thing never works. Nobody likes a tyrant!
Bianca Gracia, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who served as president of Latinos For Trump, is currently running for a seat in the Texas state Senate because, she claims, God has called her to take her rightful place in the state capitol and make the devil run.
So positive is Gracia that God wants her to inhabit this seat that she is already claiming victory in the Republican primary, which doesnt occur until next month. On Wednesday, Gracia appeared on fellow conspiracy theorist Chris McDonalds The McFiles program, where she warned that any Christian who doesnt vote for her will be held accountable by God.
I just finished an interview with some pastors, Gracia reported. And I told them, I said straight up, Im only going to win if the church shows up. Thats it. If you do not show up, then you will be held accountable because I have been appointed and assigned for this position and God is testing you all. I dont have anything else to say to you other than that. So, youre going to either have to show up and show out, or youre going to have to deal with it with the Lord.'
Thats where were at, she continued. Weve drawn the line. Were past the party lines. We are now fighting a very evil, evil, demonic [hierarchy].
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bianca-garcia-says-christians-who-dont-vote-for-her-will-be-held-accountable-by-god/
So positive is Gracia that God wants her to inhabit this seat that she is already claiming victory in the Republican primary, which doesnt occur until next month. On Wednesday, Gracia appeared on fellow conspiracy theorist Chris McDonalds The McFiles program, where she warned that any Christian who doesnt vote for her will be held accountable by God.
I just finished an interview with some pastors, Gracia reported. And I told them, I said straight up, Im only going to win if the church shows up. Thats it. If you do not show up, then you will be held accountable because I have been appointed and assigned for this position and God is testing you all. I dont have anything else to say to you other than that. So, youre going to either have to show up and show out, or youre going to have to deal with it with the Lord.'
Thats where were at, she continued. Weve drawn the line. Were past the party lines. We are now fighting a very evil, evil, demonic [hierarchy].
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bianca-garcia-says-christians-who-dont-vote-for-her-will-be-held-accountable-by-god/
I know right? Even SAYTAN is having a hard time with this one! And by the way you might be wondering where MAGA finds candidates like this. Well they all fall under the America First banner that the unholy Dark One himself has been peddling for the last few years. And of course if they gather, do not question them! For you see, racists dont like to be called racist. And if theyre attending a racist conference, dont question them. They do not like to be questioned!
The list of those participating in the upcoming America First Political Action Conference continues to grow.
Organized by white nationalist Stop the Steal activist Nick Fuentes, who regularly uses his online platorm to spew antisemitic, misogynistic, racist rhetoric, AFPAC had already announced the participation of a cavalcade of white nationalists, alt-right MAGA activists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists like Stew Peters, Lauren Witzke, Patrick Howley, Michelle Malkin, Jared Taylor, Peter Brimelow, Andrew Torba, Jesse Lee Peterson, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, and former Rep. Steve King.
On Thursday, Fuentes announced the addition of radical birther conspiracy theorist and former sheriff Joe Arpiao and Arizona state Rep. Wendy Rogers, a 67-year-old grandmother who has catapulted onto the national stage after just one term in office thanks to her tireless promotion of the Big Lie, her embrace of former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed her bid for reelection, and her outreach to the far-right extremes of the white nationalist America First movement.
Another Trump-endorsed candidate, Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, is featured among the special guests who are scheduled to appear in a promotional image for the conference, but Lake is disputing that claim, insisting on Twitter that it is a false photo and that it is slanderous to report that she intends to participate in AFPAC.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kari-lake-says-its-slanderous-to-report-shes-attending-the-white-nationalist-afpac-conference/
Organized by white nationalist Stop the Steal activist Nick Fuentes, who regularly uses his online platorm to spew antisemitic, misogynistic, racist rhetoric, AFPAC had already announced the participation of a cavalcade of white nationalists, alt-right MAGA activists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists like Stew Peters, Lauren Witzke, Patrick Howley, Michelle Malkin, Jared Taylor, Peter Brimelow, Andrew Torba, Jesse Lee Peterson, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, and former Rep. Steve King.
On Thursday, Fuentes announced the addition of radical birther conspiracy theorist and former sheriff Joe Arpiao and Arizona state Rep. Wendy Rogers, a 67-year-old grandmother who has catapulted onto the national stage after just one term in office thanks to her tireless promotion of the Big Lie, her embrace of former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed her bid for reelection, and her outreach to the far-right extremes of the white nationalist America First movement.
Another Trump-endorsed candidate, Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, is featured among the special guests who are scheduled to appear in a promotional image for the conference, but Lake is disputing that claim, insisting on Twitter that it is a false photo and that it is slanderous to report that she intends to participate in AFPAC.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kari-lake-says-its-slanderous-to-report-shes-attending-the-white-nationalist-afpac-conference/
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Lets spin it to win it, shall we? And it lands on come on no whammy no whammy no whammy no whammy stop! Chance!
Im OK with this to be fair Ive actually paid more in taxes this year than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos combined! Hey o! Spin it again! And it lands on oh its time for Holy Shit!
Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! Please have a seat. You know we live in trying times right now. For you see there are some who believe they are speaking directly to and for GAWD. Well I can assure you this they are completely wrong. Lets think about this here imagine the sheer balls that it takes to call yourself a prophet. Then imagine that you have command over people. And I can tell you this my fair congregation those people are wrong. They are so wrong in fact that they are punching themselves a one way ticket to the fieriest pit of HELL! And why is that you might ask? Well Im of course referring to the fact that all of these prophets have one thing in common they all support the unholy, ungodly Dark One! I of course speak of a man so foul, depraved, and disgusting that his name dare not be spoken in my church! Weve spoken about these abominations to religion before. But what are these so called prophets up to? Some very scary shit!
Curt Landry is a Trump-loving right-wing pastor who was among the various prophets who boldly and explicitly guaranteed that former President Donald Trump would win reelection in 2020.
Landry proclaimed that 2020 would result in a red tsunami in which Trump won the White House and the GOP won control of both houses of Congress. None of those things happened. In fact, ever after Congress had certified Joe Bidens win as president, Landry was positive that God would ensure that Trump remained president, so much so that he declared that he was making arrangements to be in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 for Trumps inauguration.
Amazingly, Landry did a livestream on his YouTube channel last Tuesday on the dangers of cancel culture in which he asserted that Christians must repent and apologize for daring to criticize the prophets who got the election wrong.
It is not the prophets who need to apologize for being wrong, Landry said, but rather the body of Christ which must apologize for criticizing the prophets for being wrong.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/curt-landry-says-criticizing-false-prophets-is-cancel-culture/
Landry proclaimed that 2020 would result in a red tsunami in which Trump won the White House and the GOP won control of both houses of Congress. None of those things happened. In fact, ever after Congress had certified Joe Bidens win as president, Landry was positive that God would ensure that Trump remained president, so much so that he declared that he was making arrangements to be in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 for Trumps inauguration.
Amazingly, Landry did a livestream on his YouTube channel last Tuesday on the dangers of cancel culture in which he asserted that Christians must repent and apologize for daring to criticize the prophets who got the election wrong.
It is not the prophets who need to apologize for being wrong, Landry said, but rather the body of Christ which must apologize for criticizing the prophets for being wrong.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/curt-landry-says-criticizing-false-prophets-is-cancel-culture/
No pastor, youre wrong. All wrong! See, thats the very definition of what a false prophet is the fact that you are wrong! You see, these dark prophecies might have worked in the 2016 election when people still believed in that shit. But this is 2022, 6 years later and people are wising up to the fact that these so-called prophets are completely full of shit! The thing is people worship the unholy Dark One and the ground that he walks on. But that is not what the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it?
As such, these prophets spent the last year doggedly promoting the Big Lie about the election and vehemently insisting that they are not, in fact, false prophets.
Just take, for instance, the prophetess Kat Kerr who claimed in 2018 that she had been taken to Heaven where God showed her the results of the next five elections, which she said would result in 24 years of God in the White House beginning with Trump winning reelection in 2020. His term, in Kerrs telling, would be followed by Vice President Mike Pence being elected to two terms as president, followed by the election of whomever Pence has chosen as his vice president.
Needless to say, with the fact that Trump has not been in the White House for the last year and has turned against Pence for failing to stop the confirmation of Bidens electoral win, it is now literally impossible for Kerrs prophecies to come true. But that hasnt chastened Kerr in the least, as she has spent the last year resolutely spreading false claims about a stolen election and insisting that Trump is actually president.
Like Kerr, QAnon conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed prophet Johnny Enlow also prophesied that Trump would win reelection and has correspondingly spent the last year refusing to admit that he was wrong and insisting instead that Trump has secretly become President of the World.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-prophecies-and-the-big-lie-one-year-in/
Just take, for instance, the prophetess Kat Kerr who claimed in 2018 that she had been taken to Heaven where God showed her the results of the next five elections, which she said would result in 24 years of God in the White House beginning with Trump winning reelection in 2020. His term, in Kerrs telling, would be followed by Vice President Mike Pence being elected to two terms as president, followed by the election of whomever Pence has chosen as his vice president.
Needless to say, with the fact that Trump has not been in the White House for the last year and has turned against Pence for failing to stop the confirmation of Bidens electoral win, it is now literally impossible for Kerrs prophecies to come true. But that hasnt chastened Kerr in the least, as she has spent the last year resolutely spreading false claims about a stolen election and insisting that Trump is actually president.
Like Kerr, QAnon conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed prophet Johnny Enlow also prophesied that Trump would win reelection and has correspondingly spent the last year refusing to admit that he was wrong and insisting instead that Trump has secretly become President of the World.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-prophecies-and-the-big-lie-one-year-in/
Thats because todays religion doesnt do that. Todays religion has melded with politics, much like the merging of two robot entities at the end of Terminator 2, and produced something extremely dark. So, so dark in fact! But of course heres where the prophets run amok. Because you know that when the Dark One is involved, they are going to. It is not their right to say that someone doesnt get to appoint a judge, that is determined by the Constitution of the United States! Not by a very small faction of right wing religious zealots!
Right-wing pastor Hank Kunneman is a self-proclaimed prophet who resolutely pushes the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen rather than admit that his divine proclamations that former President Donald Trump would be reelected were false. On Sunday, Kunneman used the services at his Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to insist that President Joe Biden has no right to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer because Bidens presidency is not legitimate.
Kunneman said that Christians have no obligation to refer to Biden as president or to pray for him and asserted that Biden has no right to control the military or appoint new justices because that guy is illegitimate.
Father, you know, I know, they that stole the election know, and those who have had their eyes open know that those who are seated in power are illegitimate, Kunneman prayed. By acts of treason and lies have they sat upon their seats, lofty with pride! And yet, they would even risk and put our own soldiers upon foreign soil by one who has no authority as president to be acting in such ways of authority to put our troops at risk, or to appoint a Supreme Court justice at the expense of being able to legislate and declare verdicts over the people when no power should have ever been given to a point.
This is unjust, he screamed.
Theres too much division in the nation for [the election] not to be settled, Kunneman declared. It demands that the truth be heard, be represented. And so heres my point: Lets just say that that guy is illegitimatewhich all signs point tothen why would we even call him president? Why should we even pray for somebodynow you pray for his soulbut why should we pray for him in the context of being president? Why should he also be given the rightthis is what infuriates mewhy should he be given the right to appoint a Supreme Court justice who judges over the affairs of man if hes not legitimate?
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/prophet-hank-kunneman-says-biden-has-no-right-to-appoint-a-new-scotus-justice-because-hes-illegitimate/
Kunneman said that Christians have no obligation to refer to Biden as president or to pray for him and asserted that Biden has no right to control the military or appoint new justices because that guy is illegitimate.
Father, you know, I know, they that stole the election know, and those who have had their eyes open know that those who are seated in power are illegitimate, Kunneman prayed. By acts of treason and lies have they sat upon their seats, lofty with pride! And yet, they would even risk and put our own soldiers upon foreign soil by one who has no authority as president to be acting in such ways of authority to put our troops at risk, or to appoint a Supreme Court justice at the expense of being able to legislate and declare verdicts over the people when no power should have ever been given to a point.
This is unjust, he screamed.
Theres too much division in the nation for [the election] not to be settled, Kunneman declared. It demands that the truth be heard, be represented. And so heres my point: Lets just say that that guy is illegitimatewhich all signs point tothen why would we even call him president? Why should we even pray for somebodynow you pray for his soulbut why should we pray for him in the context of being president? Why should he also be given the rightthis is what infuriates mewhy should he be given the right to appoint a Supreme Court justice who judges over the affairs of man if hes not legitimate?
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/prophet-hank-kunneman-says-biden-has-no-right-to-appoint-a-new-scotus-justice-because-hes-illegitimate/
Oh shut up Hank. The Dark One is not GAWD! He is one man, and he is a very sick, twisted and evil man who desecrates everything he touches! In fact even our Good Book says that you should be aware of a twisted and foul creature who will present himself as a child of light! And by the way if you want to see someone who worships and follows the prophets,. I give you Christian nationalist Heidi St. John, who wants to bring GAWD back into politics. No, these two should separate much like olive oil and vinegar!
Early in 2021, Christian nationalist home-schooling advocate, author, and podcaster Heidi St. John launched a bid for U.S. Congress in Washington states 3rd Congressional District. Outraged by incumbent Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutlers vote to impeach former President Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, St. John decided to try and unseat her in the GOP primary by appealing to MAGA voters, denouncing public libraries as evil organizations, and pledging to be a mom for America.
Earlier this month, St. John appeared on the Stand Up For The Truth podcast, where she sounded Seven Mountains and Christian nationalist themes that have been central to her campaign, describing politics as a spiritual battle and vowing to bring back the name of God into the political sphere.
[Politics is] in my blood, St. John said. And I think it should be in the blood of every Christ follower. Politics determined policy, and it is policy that has murdered 63 million of our unborn in this country. It is policy that has gotten us into the mess that we are in as a nation, and we need wise people and godly people to ascend to positions of authority in the nation.
What weve observed over years and years and years is a church deciding to pull itself out of arguably one of the most important aspects of the culture, which is determining our laws and determining the policy that governs the people here, she continued. Christians belong in every sphere of influence. We have a command to be strong and courageous. [God] did not say, Be strong and courageous except for in the political sphere, stay out of that one. No, we belong in every sphere of influence. We belong in medicine. We belong in entertainment. We belong in education. And we belong in politics.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/heidi-st-john-is-running-for-congress-to-bring-back-the-name-of-god-into-the-political-sphere/
Earlier this month, St. John appeared on the Stand Up For The Truth podcast, where she sounded Seven Mountains and Christian nationalist themes that have been central to her campaign, describing politics as a spiritual battle and vowing to bring back the name of God into the political sphere.
[Politics is] in my blood, St. John said. And I think it should be in the blood of every Christ follower. Politics determined policy, and it is policy that has murdered 63 million of our unborn in this country. It is policy that has gotten us into the mess that we are in as a nation, and we need wise people and godly people to ascend to positions of authority in the nation.
What weve observed over years and years and years is a church deciding to pull itself out of arguably one of the most important aspects of the culture, which is determining our laws and determining the policy that governs the people here, she continued. Christians belong in every sphere of influence. We have a command to be strong and courageous. [God] did not say, Be strong and courageous except for in the political sphere, stay out of that one. No, we belong in every sphere of influence. We belong in medicine. We belong in entertainment. We belong in education. And we belong in politics.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/heidi-st-john-is-running-for-congress-to-bring-back-the-name-of-god-into-the-political-sphere/
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Gather around my fair brothers and sisters! Its time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and its time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:
My fair congregation! Please be seated! You know we here at the Holy Church Of The Top 10 are doing our job heavily keeping tabs on what our brothers and sisters on the far right are up to. Well this week I am completely dumbfounded that we are at the literal book burning stage. Which if anyone follows world history or the history of famous dictators, were about to do some really evil shit. But how were they able to hold a literal book burning in the year 2022? Well in the US its not illegal to burn a book that *YOU* own. Not necessarily a book that someone else owns. Yet, pastors took to the streets to burn the books of popular franchises like Harry Potter and Twilight. Like what, do they have a problem with emotional teenage vampires who listen to equally emotional rock music? But anyway this situation we have brewing is what we might call a holy clusterfuck and its definitely not something that the good LAWRD JAYSUS would approve of now, is it?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) A Middle Tennessee pastor held a burning of books and other materials on Wednesday night, citing the church's "biblical right" to "burn ... cultic materials that they deem are a threat to their religious rights and freedoms and belief system."
The event took place in Mount Juliet, Tenn. at the Global Vision Bible Church led by Pastor Greg Locke.
The pastor has been no stranger to controversy, calling the COVID-19 delta variant "nonsense," vaccines a form of government control, and the pandemic "fake." The assertions led to a ban of his account on Twitter. In addition, Pastor Locke has criticized Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, calling the governor a "coward...noodle...waffler" for an executive order which allowed the National Guard to assist hospitals strained during the heights of the pandemic last year.
Now, the pastor has turned his ire to books and other materials deemed "demonic." During a sermon before the burning, Locke also targeted the Department of Homeland Security which he claimed was at the event, saying "Homeland security showing up to a church cause we're gonna have a burning. This country's lost its mind."
https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-pastor-holds-burning-of-books-other-materials-deemed-demonic-nashville-mt-juliet-religion-church-state-politics-twitter
The event took place in Mount Juliet, Tenn. at the Global Vision Bible Church led by Pastor Greg Locke.
The pastor has been no stranger to controversy, calling the COVID-19 delta variant "nonsense," vaccines a form of government control, and the pandemic "fake." The assertions led to a ban of his account on Twitter. In addition, Pastor Locke has criticized Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, calling the governor a "coward...noodle...waffler" for an executive order which allowed the National Guard to assist hospitals strained during the heights of the pandemic last year.
Now, the pastor has turned his ire to books and other materials deemed "demonic." During a sermon before the burning, Locke also targeted the Department of Homeland Security which he claimed was at the event, saying "Homeland security showing up to a church cause we're gonna have a burning. This country's lost its mind."
https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-pastor-holds-burning-of-books-other-materials-deemed-demonic-nashville-mt-juliet-religion-church-state-politics-twitter
No Rev, it is you who are the devil! For you are a supporter of the unholy, ungodly Dark One a man who is so foul, depraved, and disgusting that his name dare not be spoken in my church! So why are they targeting popular franchises like Harry Potter and Twilight? What did they do to hurt Pastor Locke and why is he getting revenge on them? Well Pastor Locke is a hit with the newly converted born again segment of Christianity, unfortunately.
A pastor from Tennessee, U.S, organized a burning of books and objects from Harry Potter, Twilight and Disney for considering them demonic influences. A few weeks ago, the same state made headlines after the school board removed Art Spiegelmans Maus from the curriculum.
We have a constitutional and biblical right to do what we are going to do. Witchcraft and cursed things must goPastor Greg Locke, leader of the Global Vision Bible Church, says in a video.
In a sermon, which he also shared through his Facebook page, Locke called for a burning service, that is, a service to burn different objects linked to witchcraft. This activity, he added, will be part of an ongoing series to free us from demons.
Gather all your Harry Potter stuff. Let the haters laugh all they want. I do not mind. Its 100 percent witchcraft, assured the pastor. He also asked to bring tarot cards, Ouija boards, healing crystals and everything else related to the occult to the burning. You have to go, he stated.
https://then24.com/2022/02/09/a-tennessee-pastor-organized-a-harry-potter-book-burning/
We have a constitutional and biblical right to do what we are going to do. Witchcraft and cursed things must goPastor Greg Locke, leader of the Global Vision Bible Church, says in a video.
In a sermon, which he also shared through his Facebook page, Locke called for a burning service, that is, a service to burn different objects linked to witchcraft. This activity, he added, will be part of an ongoing series to free us from demons.
Gather all your Harry Potter stuff. Let the haters laugh all they want. I do not mind. Its 100 percent witchcraft, assured the pastor. He also asked to bring tarot cards, Ouija boards, healing crystals and everything else related to the occult to the burning. You have to go, he stated.
https://then24.com/2022/02/09/a-tennessee-pastor-organized-a-harry-potter-book-burning/
Dont burn books people, because that leads down a slippery slope to some true evil here. But in addition to last weeks banning of a book about the holocaust by white supremacist pieces of shit, this weeks book burning should be a human rights cause for alarm. But in case youre wondering, burning books is but step one of something leading a country down a very dark path. And you might be wondering where does it end? It could end with Nazi Germany or it could not.
In November Greg Abbott told state agencies to develop standards to block books with "overtly sexual" content in schools.
Two books removed by schools recently were based on LGBTQ characters. One of the books includes a graphic illustration and the other includes depictions of sex.
The political fight started when Keller Independent School DistrictGender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe.
Texas state Rep. Matt Krause, from Fort Worth, who chairs the Texas Houses General Investigating Committee, made a 16-page list of roughly 850 book titles he said might make students feel discomfort.
https://www.kxxv.com/news/in-depth/in-depth-burning-books-in-tennessee-texas-pushes-to-keep-certain-books-off-shelves
Two books removed by schools recently were based on LGBTQ characters. One of the books includes a graphic illustration and the other includes depictions of sex.
The political fight started when Keller Independent School DistrictGender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe.
Texas state Rep. Matt Krause, from Fort Worth, who chairs the Texas Houses General Investigating Committee, made a 16-page list of roughly 850 book titles he said might make students feel discomfort.
https://www.kxxv.com/news/in-depth/in-depth-burning-books-in-tennessee-texas-pushes-to-keep-certain-books-off-shelves
OK now that is something that you should burn! Burn hot pokers, dont burn books! You do not want to go down that path! Whats even more disturbing is that Pastor Locke isnt alone here. Look at Texas where religious wingnuts want to ban something like 850 books. And this is the party that frequently rails about free speech. Lets examine the irony of this for a minute here. The free speech or die crowd is burning and banning books! Im getting mixed signals here!
Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church held a mass book burning last week, targeting volumes he considers to be demonic. NBC News reported that during the event, which was livestreamed on Facebook, churchgoers hurl books and other items deemed associated with witchcraft into a massive bonfire on the churchs parking lot in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
In the same state, a school board in McMinn County captured national headlines after it voted last month to remove the graphic novel Maus, a retelling of the Holocaust, from the eighth-grade language arts curriculum.
Not to be cut out of the action, the mayor of a small city in Mississippi has apparently decided that his religious beliefs give him the right to decide what everyone else in town can read at the public library.
Mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland, a community of about 24,000 residents in Madison County, is holding back $110,000 in funding for the county library system, reported Mississippi Free Press, an online news site.
Tonja Johnson, executive director of the county libraries, told the Free Press she reached out to McGee after she failed to receive a quarterly payment from the city. What he told her was surprising.
https://www.au.org/blogs/Miss-library-ban
In the same state, a school board in McMinn County captured national headlines after it voted last month to remove the graphic novel Maus, a retelling of the Holocaust, from the eighth-grade language arts curriculum.
Not to be cut out of the action, the mayor of a small city in Mississippi has apparently decided that his religious beliefs give him the right to decide what everyone else in town can read at the public library.
Mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland, a community of about 24,000 residents in Madison County, is holding back $110,000 in funding for the county library system, reported Mississippi Free Press, an online news site.
Tonja Johnson, executive director of the county libraries, told the Free Press she reached out to McGee after she failed to receive a quarterly payment from the city. What he told her was surprising.
https://www.au.org/blogs/Miss-library-ban
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My fair congregation! We now come to the end of the episode! But before we go, we are here to answer your prayers from the Holy Shit Hotline To Heaven! Now of course because this is a free-floating segment so anything can happen and theres no telling which direction it will go in! Now I know that we are going through a difficult time right now with the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, but that doesnt mean that we still cant have fun, right? Now we do get a lot of prayers and we pull the best of them which you can send to our Twitter account at @churchoftop10. We read the best of them and post them here with any articles or videos that will accompany your questions and thoughts! We also welcome all hate mail! So lets fire away and answer as many as we can!
Monica S. from Brooklyn, New York writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why do so many on the right tend to side with Russia when Russia is the enemy?
Well that is a good question, Sister Monica! Because I have been monitoring the activities of our brothers and sisters on the right for quite some time. They seem to love and adore Putins brand of Christian nationalism. Which is not necessarily something that the good LAWRD JAYSUS would want now, is it? Theres something inherently wrong with these people who worship the Dark One and we may never find out what that is. But heres some clips.
Yeah because when youre picking a fight with Putin, youre picking a fight with GAWD! That is some next level crazy there! Our next prayer:
Gregory T. from Park City, Utah writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why are those on the right further increasing their embrace and love violence and insane conspiracy theories? I do not get it.
Honestly the only answer that we could come up with here is that violence is all that they have! Just look at this guy from North Carolina. All they do is threaten violence and ask questions that have no answers. Lather, rinse, repeat!
Mark Burns, an unabashed Christian nationalist Trump-loving pastor who is running for Congress in South Carolina, spoke at the ReAwaken America conference last weekend in Canton, Ohio, where he called on right-wing activists to launch a wave of civil disobedience to shut down America in an effort to prevent schools from teaching critical race theory.
The ReAwaken America event was organized and hosted by conspiracy theorist Clay Clark, who has been bringing various election, COVID-19, and QAnon conspiracy theorists together in churches around the country for the last year. The Ohio event featured the likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and Eric Trump, who used his time on stage to call his fatherthe real presidentfrom his cell phone, much to the delight of the crowd.
Do you want critical race theory in your schools? Burns asked the crowd. Is it in your schools right now? Then what are you doing about it?
Are you organizing here in Ohio? he continued. What is the goal? To keep critical race theory out of your schools!
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/maga-pastor-mark-burns-calls-for-mass-civil-disobedience-to-shut-down-america-to-prevent-the-teaching-of-critical-race-theory/
The ReAwaken America event was organized and hosted by conspiracy theorist Clay Clark, who has been bringing various election, COVID-19, and QAnon conspiracy theorists together in churches around the country for the last year. The Ohio event featured the likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and Eric Trump, who used his time on stage to call his fatherthe real presidentfrom his cell phone, much to the delight of the crowd.
Do you want critical race theory in your schools? Burns asked the crowd. Is it in your schools right now? Then what are you doing about it?
Are you organizing here in Ohio? he continued. What is the goal? To keep critical race theory out of your schools!
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/maga-pastor-mark-burns-calls-for-mass-civil-disobedience-to-shut-down-america-to-prevent-the-teaching-of-critical-race-theory/
Oh they are definitely crazy all right! My next prayer:
Nick C. from Athens, Georgia writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why do my friends who are parishioners love people like Marjorie Taylor Greene? Are they crazy or am i?
No, Brother Nick! You are definitely not the crazy one in this equation. Women like Marjorie Greene and Lauren Boebert they are not on the side of light. They stand for the Unholy Dark One and all of the hate and division that he brings. And weve got plenty of video evidence to prove it!
Wow, that is some next level crazy there! Our final prayer this week comes to us from:
Martha J. from Palo Alto, California writes:
Heavenly Father,
Why do so many who love Q Anon and worship the Dark One love the idea of mass arrests and public executions? I do not get this one.
Well, sister Martha, I honestly dont have an answer for this one, and we have been following the cult of Q Anon for quite some time now. All we know is that we are in for a rocky ride the next few years and things are going to get absolutely crazy. Especially with folks like these!
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Thank you very much my fair congregation! I will see you for episode 6 on March 20th! See you then!
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