Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter seems to be associated with the authoritarian, charismatic Christian right. 2 months ago, The Christ for The Nations Institute (CFNI) honored Cindy Jacobs, a top apostle and prophet in the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation movement. - ThreadSky

brucewilson.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter seems to be associated with the authoritarian, charismatic Christian right.

2 months ago, The Christ for The Nations Institute (CFNI) honored Cindy Jacobs, a top apostle and prophet in the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation movement.

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brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

The Christ for the Nations Institute was founded by Gordon Lindsay, the publicist & right hand man to faith healer William Branham, whose many exploits included inspiring the violent Nazi cult "Colonia Dignidad" cult now featured in a multi-part Netflix series.

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Branham was the source for many of the most toxic elements of the New Apostolic Reformation movement including its "Manifested Sons of God" doctrine (sometimes referred to as "Joel's Army".) MSOG teaches that, in the last days there will arise an army of supernaturally empowered believers who will..

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

..cleanse the earth of evil, including people they deem to be evil. One of the better sources on this is the writing of John Andrew Collins, a walkaway from a Branham cult. See:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/joels_army

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Colonia Dignidad was founded & led by a former Nazi officer and pedophile whose authoritarian cult compound was the location of extensive atrocities carried out on behalf of the authoritarian regime of Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet.
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/sinister-sect-colonia-dignidad/

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

As John Andrew Collins documents in his 2023 book "Weaponized Religion: From Latter Rain to Colonia Dignidad", the Nazi Colonia Dignidad leader Paul Schäfer worked directly with William Branham (The "Latter Rain" movement promoted the Manifested Sons of God / Joel's Army doctrine.)

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

For many years, New Apostolic Reformation movement leaders refrained from talking about their movement's ties to the Latter Rain/Manifested Sons of God movement but in recent years they have been quite openly acknowledging their ties to William Branham and the [hellish] doctrines he spawned.

thesandwichman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Holy shit, Bruce. You are on it!

thesandwichman.bsky.social•4 days ago

The 2020 animated film about Colonia Dignidad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP8MPgWI7Pc

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

That looks truly nightmarish.

heatherturiello.bsky.social•4 days ago

More connection to MAGA…https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=128142

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh yeah, thanks. I forgot to mention the Jonestown angle.

heatherturiello.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m interested in more modern connections, like heritage or Koch investments. I wonder if he was paid.

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

The NAR movement is driven more by belief than by money.

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

The NAR is happening *right now*, and played a substantial part in the 1/6/2021 insurrection to overthrow the 2020 election.

heatherturiello.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m actually reading about it now. I’m not familiar with the history.

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

That Matthew Taylor podcast series on the NAR that I linked to is quite engaging.

dingodingo14.bsky.social•4 days ago

If Speaker Johnson or any other Republican throws out the "Waltz appointee" deflection, I hope the interviewer throws this in his face.

raflw.bsky.social•4 days ago

Surely why this statement was made by MN GOP.

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Heh.

rnapril.bsky.social•4 days ago

Everything is political. From the air we breathe to the taxes we pay to the quality of water we drink to who saves us when our house is burning, and the food we eat. Etc
Everything is political and it's high time people start to care.

Dont know, don't care crowd will kill us all w/apathy

njsmith.bsky.social•4 days ago

😬

johncastiglione.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/johncastiglione.bsky.social/post/3lrlxasbyqk2o

vanja-s.bsky.social•4 days ago

Charismatic?

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Faith healing, "prophecy", etc.

bryanquinn1981.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

aimophoto.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team

brucewilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hard to tell how much of this is real and how much is hype. That's common among charismatic Christian right leaders. They tend to bullshit their way into wealth, influence, and power. Hence the affinity with Trump.

tcar2000.bsky.social•4 days ago

Right-wing Trump-lovin’ evangelical Christians love to kill so much they call it “pro-life.” https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/14/health/maternal-infant-death-abortion-access

epluribusunumyo.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/epluribusunumyo.bsky.social/post/3lrltm2jun22j

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