Palin's Theological Outlook: Spiritual Warfare Waged from the White House?

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-e-jackson-jr/palins-theological-outloo_b_139154.html

"Pastor Strangelove" on a Showdown with Iran

Rev. John Hagee, an avid supporter of John McCain, spearheads a pro-Israel Christian lobby out of his Texas church. He believes THE RAPTURE won't occur until Israel is a completely sovereign theocracy. More to the point, Hagee has written extensively about an inevitable war with Iran. He has authored an incendiary book, Jerusalem Countdown, purporting to show that the Bible predicts a military confrontation with Iran.

Hagee has earned the nickname of "Pastor Strangelove" in this nuclear age, when Israel possesses nuclear weapons and Iran is trying to obtain them.

Waging Spiritual Warfare

Of course, it is difficult to be certain what Gov. Palin believes. However, she has had a long association with religious leaders who practice an assertive brand of Pentecostalism known as "spiritual warfare." Demons are identified by names and ZIP codes.


Bishop Thomas Muthee, the Kenyan preacher shown on the YouTube video anointing her as she ran for governor, is celebrated internationally as a spiritual warrior who led a prayer movement that drove a witch out of his town in Kenya.


Critics say the goal of the spiritual warfare movement is to create a theocracy. A researcher that tracks religious groups has said: "One of the imperatives of the movement is to achieve worldly power, including political control. Then you can more effectively drive out the demons. The ultimate goal is to purify the earth."

[juno jones]

1. K&R n/t

[grantcart]

2. Since Cindy McCain doesn't plan on putting her assets into a blind trust

they will be waging war and selling beer out of the White House at the same time.