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| Pastor Muthee Wasilla Assemblies of God Witch Forced To Leave Village After Sarah Palin's Preacher Accused Her Of Causing Traffic Accidents |
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Pastor Thomas Muthee, a former missionary to
Africa, claims to have driven an African
"witch" from her village. Pastor Muthee
claims that once the "witch" was removed from
the village, most of the bars closed. Keith
Olbermann reports with Shannyn Moore.
"During many ages there were witches. The
Bible said so. The Bible commanded that they
should not be allowed to live. Therefore the
Church, after eight hundred years, gathered
up its halters, thumb-screws, and firebrands,
and set about its holy work in earnest.
Then it was discovered that there was no such
thing as witches, and never had been. One
does not know whether to laugh or to
cry....." -"Bible Teaching and Religious
Practice," Europe and Elsewhere - Mark Twain
Tags : Pentecostal Church Witch Hunt Sarah Palin McCain Obama Rev. Wright Alaska Maher Atheist Creationist Demon Christian Joels Army Reconstuctionism Witchcraft Juneau Bible cult religion crazy scary Bristol Levi Todd Bush |
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| Sarah Palin & the Wasilla Assembly of God 1 of 2 |
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Three months before she was thrust into the
national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah
Palin was asked to handle a much smaller
task: addressing the graduating class of
commission students at her one-time church,
Wasilla Assembly of God.
Her speech in June provides as much insight
into her policy leanings as anything
uncovered since she was asked to be John
McCain's running mate.
Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin
painted the current war in Iraq as a
messianic affair in which the United States
could act out the will of the Lord.
"Pray for our military men and women who are
striving to do what is right. Also, for this
country, that our leaders, our national
leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a
task that is from God," she exhorted the
congregants. "That's what we have to make
sure that we're praying for, that there is a
plan and that that plan is God's plan."
Religion, however, was not strictly a thread
in Palin's foreign policy. It was part of her
energy proposals as well. Just prior to
discussing Iraq, Alaska's governor asked the
audience to pray for another matter -- a $30
billion national gas pipeline project that
she wanted built in the state. "I think God's
will has to be done in unifying people and
companies to get that gas line built, so pray
for that," she said.
This is person could possibly be the Vice
President or, considering the health of her
partner J. McCain, furthermore President.
Allow me to make a “prophetic
declaration” that seems to be more
predictive than any pronouncement from
pulpits of this sort: the continuation of
conversations like this from public officers
can do nothing but detriment our civic
health. Why is it that some leaders of the
United States insist that a “higher
power” or “Jesus” is giving them
support and providing them with impetus to
govern? Why is it that Governor Palin’s
friend and obvious ally Steve Allen called
“this a god thing?” What does that even
mean?
I submit that one of the many deleterious
effects of claims to religious affiliation is
the absence of use of intellectual faculties
generally. When GW Bush vetoed federal
funding on the most promising research in the
history of science, namely stem cell
research, he did so because it was a “god
thing.” When the Archbishop of Canterbury
claims that England ought to adopt Shar’ia
law for its muslim population, he did so
because it is a “god thing.” In present
political situation it is beyond difficult to
challenge the religious backing that so many
politicians, of classically opposing faiths
nonetheless, use to gain support. Look at how
this unknown mayor was able to garner support
from the faithful by her religious devotion
alone. Shouldn’t it be asked what she
really believes economically, sociologically,
or politically? This is the pain of religious
moderation. We no longer hear the truth about
her personality but her lofty and diaphanous
ideas about how the god of Abraham ought to
be consulted for energy policy. One ought to
wonder why it is that other nations of
opposing religious traditions who seek the
same god’s favor in explicitly opposite
requests receive his grace at times. Are the
believers of Alaska less valuable?
Sarah Palin’s preacher, Pastor Kalnins, it
seems wouldn’t think so. He has preached
that critics of President Bush will be
banished to hell; questioned whether people
who voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 would
be accepted to heaven; charged that the 9/11
terrorist attacks and war in Iraq were part
of a war "contending for your faith;" and
said that Jesus "operated from that position
of war mode."
It is impossible to determine how much
Wasilla Assembly of God has shaped Palin's
thinking. She was baptized there at the age
of 12 and attended the church for most of her
adult life. When Palin was inaugurated as
governor, the founding pastor of the church
delivered the invocation. In 2002, Palin
moved her family to a nondenominational
church, but she continues to worship at a
related Assembly of God church in Juneau.
Moreover, she "has maintained a friendship
with Wasilla Assembly of God and has attended
various conferences and special meetings
here," Kalnins' office said in a statement.
"As for her personal beliefs," the statement
added, "Governor Palin is well able to speak
for herself on those issues."
Clearly, however, Palin views the church as
the source of an important, if sometimes
politically explosive, message. "Having grown
up here, and having little kids grow up here
also, this is such a special, special place,"
she told the congregation in June. "What
comes from this church I think has great
destiny."
And if the political storm over Barack
Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright is any
indication, Palin may face some political
fallout over the more controversial teachings
of Wasilla Assembly of God.
Tags : atheism creationism Harris Hitchens Palin politics religion Sarah Shermer |
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| Sarah Palin Wasilla Church Has Kooky Prophecy Sessions |
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Sarah Palin's odd religious sect should NOT
be a test of public office as she runs for
Vice President, but given that John McCain
and Sarah Palin have already made Palin's
religion a campaign issue, it's a valid topic
for public consideration (not as an electoral
factor). The Wasilla Assemblies of God is
holding, in one week, what it calls a Masters
Commission in which prophecies for God and
Alaska and the United States will be
discussed. It seems that the church's leaders
claim that God is "invading" Alaska and say
that Wasilla is the key to God's plans for
the entire world. It's hard to conclude that
they are not talking about Sarah Palin's vice
presidential campaign.
Tags : sarah palin vice president wasilla assemblies of god masters commission kooky prophecies theocracy cult |
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Durée : 161 s |
| Wasilla Did Things Differently |
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If youre cruel enough to charge women for
rape kits, youre probably tacky enough to put
them on sale.
And its true: Sarah Palin allowed charging
for rape kits as Mayor of Wasilla. They
introduced commerce into an unbelievably
inappropriate situation, this just seems like
the natural next step.
Check out the story:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/wasilla-ch
arged-rape-victims-for-their.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/21/pa
lin.rape.exams/index.html
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