"Let's talk about the Appeal to Heaven Flag" -connection to New Apostolic Reformation

[EleanorR]

Lengthy, informative, terrifying thread about the Dominionists and this flag.

Link to tweet

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1793509450629922985.html

https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/08/underreported-and-massive-theocratic-movement-joins-forces-with-michael-flynn-and-roger-stone/

[Arne]

1. I'm working on my "Appeal To Sanity' flag.

Think I'll use a Unicorn with mouse ears.

[wnylib]

4. There's a Dominionist minister in my community who

grabs media attention whenever he can in order to promote his theocratic politics.

He's as smarmy and dishonest as a Wild West snake oil salesman. He used to be head of the local Tea Party and has MAGA followers now.

[Arne]

5. Dangerous and delirious.

[cayugafalls]

2. There is no hate like Christian love.

[Celerity]

7. and...... No Love Like Christian Hate

[wnylib]

3. Her movements in the video look like she's

riding a horse while talking.

Having Mickey Mouse ears on top of her head illustrates her intellectual and emotional maturity level.

(Apologies to Mickey who has more character than the caricature in the video.)

[Lulu KC]

6. I need to do my homework

I thought Alito was very conservatively Roman Catholic. I didn't know this angle.

[yorkster]

8. I think there's been some blending of far-right

Fundamentalist and Dominonist groups with similar Catholic organizations like Opus Dei and People of Praise.

Too bad there's almost no freedom FROM religion.

[Lulu KC]

10. ha ha

Wow--I had not heard of that! I will discuss with my husband, who has family doing Latin mass etc. They seem like very nice and educated people, and they're sorry I will burn in hell for eternity as a churchless Episcopalian.

[hunter]

9. The "conservative" Catholics want to emulate the Protestant Evangelicals so badly...

...it's truly pathetic.

If these evangelical dominionists had their way these Catholics wouldn't get a seat at the table, they'd be treated like trash.

Our Conservative Catholic Supreme Court justices would probably be forced to denounce their Catholicism as they stood before the firing squad.

It's very similar to the way some Black and Gay voters support Republicans, even the blatantly racist and homophobic Republicans.

[2naSalit]

11. They've co-opted the original Maine State Flag!

Fuckers. Maine should object.

[yorkster]

12. I was wondering about that. But apparently

that Maine state flag was only in use between 1901 and 1910. The original pine tree appeal to heaven flag is from Rev. War era.
You do see flags here in southern Maine with a pine tree and a star. I never know if it's meant as a Maine thing or as a flag with an agenda...

I think maybe Maine should keep the current flag, but longer-term Mainers
may know more about this than I do.

[2naSalit]

13. I saw several...

When I was there last month, not all the same exact tree. I had the same questions rolling through my mind. I remember seeing it in history books when I was in school in Maine but I don't recall seeing it on a flag pole other than at the museum at the Capitol.