4 Years Ago Pennsylvania churchgoers bring AR-15 rifles, wear bullet crowns to commitment ceremony

[ancianita]

"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]

1. Aren't they led by a branch of "Moonies"? And this crap does not pay taxes 😡😡😡

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[ancianita]

2. No idea. It just looks like a some Pennsylvanian christian church.

[ancianita]

4. I checked it out, and you are exactly right. Wow, I'd no idea moonies were christian.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyung_Jin_Moon

[Ocelot II]

5. They are only vaguely Christian, and traditional Christians consider the Unification Church

to be apostate or heretical. Moon had his own version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church

[CurtEastPoint]

3. omg this is some kind of Moonie church

https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/2022/02/22/five-things-know-sean-moon-and-rod-iron-ministries/6873936001/

[Baked Potato]

6. Many probably have long since passed unto the great unknown. Nt

[IcyPeas]

7. Surprise! here they are at the January 6 insurrection

This is the leader at the insurrection:

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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]

8. Damn. Bible thumpers and gun humpers.

It's really the dark underbelly of a free society, and it organizes 'holy warrior' mindset that's actually domestic terrorism.

[Ziggysmom]

15. Wow I had no idea they were that far reaching. What is wrong with people who fall for these

Cult leaders? Look at the people following the GQP and the rumpy family. So easily brainwashed, it amazes and horrifies me.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Indicted yet?

I can't find any info. Sucker might be encouraged to flip on some pals.

[IcyPeas]

9. Trump Appears at 'Moonie' Event; Cult Expert says Unification Church "Interwoven" into GOP

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[Takket]

10. this pisses me off

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]

11. So what's the Trump deal about this? It's such a beyond weird side I've not noticed.

Is it a kind of political grooming of religious extremism, not to trumpcult, but still.

What do you think?

[Hekate]

17. Thank you for the reminder, and the compilation. The info is out there, but in the overwhelming...

… torrent of news, is easy to overlook or forget on a daily basis.

[BlueIdaho]

12. The GOP coalition is looking more and more

Like the island of misfit toys. How much longer before they turn their guns on each other?

[ancianita]

13. Well,

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]

14. I think I recall this vile gathering.

[Hekate]

16. These are Moonies

[ancianita]

19. I hear you. BUT. I think everyone's dismissal-by-pejorative is missing the larger point here.

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.