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littlemissmartypants's JournalI hope you don't mind if I share... The Violent Take It By Force by Matthew D. Taylor
https://substack.com/@matthewdtaylor
It Has to Be Read. • The Violent Take It By Force by Matthew D. Taylor
Oct 01, 2024
Originally Recorded April, 2024
I hope you enjoy my Conversation with Matthew D. Taylor, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, & Jewish Studies, exploring his work and the themes of his forthcoming book, The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy.
Listen here:
https://substack.com/@matthewdtaylor/p-149638483
https://icjs.org/people/matthew-d-taylor/
New book examines a group of charismatic Christian leaders and their ties to Jan. 6 attack
September 22, 20247:54 AM ET
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with religious studies scholar Matthew D. Taylor about his book "The Violent Take it By Force" and charismatic Christianity's role in U.S. politics.
NPR Interview transcript excerpts:
RASCOE: So in this book, you track over 50 charismatic Christian leaders who were in D.C. on January 6, and they all have ties to this thing called New Apostolic Reformation, or NAR. What is New Apostolic Reformation?
TAYLOR: The New Apostolic Reformation is a set of leadership networks that were formed by a seminary professor named C. Peter Wagner in the 1990s and early 2000s. They're built around this idea that is very popular in charismatic circles, that the church needs to be led by a renewed echelon of apostles and prophets. And if you know your New Testament or Biblical history, the apostles and prophets are pivotal leadership roles in the early church. But most church traditions have found ways of pushing those more to the side. But within these charismatic circles, there's this popular belief that we need apostles and prophets again, that God is commissioning new apostles and prophets. And so Wagner was putting together networks of people who thought they were apostles and prophets, who had adopted those titles and those roles and were trying to figure out, how do we do this?
RASCOE: You do have charismatic churches, like the church I grew up in, Church of God In Christ, which is a denomination, and it has a leadership structure. But these churches, New Apostolic Reformation churches - they're nondenominational.
TAYLOR: Yeah, this is what we scholars will talk about sometimes as the independent charismatic sector, that intersection of that nondenominational governance along with this charismatic spirituality, that is sort of the wild west of American Christianity. I mean, this is a space with all kinds of experimentation. It's very tech savvy. A lot of entrepreneurial leaders - and the NAR is trying to offer, in many ways, an alternative to denominations, saying, denominations are slow moving. They've got all these bylaws. And instead, why don't we just invest authority in these charismatic individuals, these leaders, these apostles and prophets who can lead the church into grand revivals? And we can move a lot faster and more expeditiously.
RASCOE: The other key aspect of this, which is the part that I didn't really know about, is that society can be transformed through strategic-level spiritual warfare. In churches, I'm familiar with - people talk about spiritual warfare. But this is different.
TAYLOR: Yeah, spiritual warfare is a very common practice and set of beliefs within Christianity. I mean, in many ways, the idea of spiritual warfare is rooted in the New Testament and passages like the Book of Ephesians that speaks about putting on the armor of God. So many evangelicals, many Pentecostals, many Catholics practice spiritual warfare, so that's very widespread. And the basic idea is that there are angels and demons battling in this invisible spiritual realm all around us and that warfare affects us.
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Listen to the interview in its entirely here:
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/22/nx-s1-4862611/new-book-examines-a-group-of-charismatic-christian-leaders-and-their-ties-to-jan-6-attack
Starts at 32:42
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Thank you.
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Helene Affected and All NC Voters News
Eligible individuals who want to cast their ballot by mail or on Election Day, November 5, must register to vote by 5 p.m. Friday, October 11.
More...
https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2024/10/04/voter-registration-deadline-approaching-2024-general-election
Find information for North Carolina voters in the Helene disaster area during the 2024 general election. Continue reading, or click the links below to jump to specific parts of this page.
https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/upcoming-election/helene-recovery-and-voting
Map showing the FEMA designated disaster areas in Western North Carolina as described in the list.
Designated disaster areas in Western North Carolina (Source: FEMA)
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Buncombe
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Cherokee (Tribal Area)
Clay
Cleveland
Gaston
Graham (Tribal Area)
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Swain (Tribal Area)
Transylvania
Watauga
Wilkes
Yancey
County Boards of Elections Office Closures
North Carolina county boards of elections offices in the FEMA designated disaster area are open and operational, except for the following list. We are keeping track of their closure, phone, and internet status and will update the information routinely until all offices are open and fully operational.
Avery: Closed (Elections staff are working.)
Buncombe: Closed (Elections staff are working.)
Mitchell: Closed
Watauga: Closed (Elections staff are taking calls (828-265-8061) and can meet by appointment. Office to open Monday, Oct. 5.)
Yancey: Closed
Last update: 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.
Watauga County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Patrick Gannon, Public Information Director
Watauga County Board of Elections: Despite Hurricane, November Election Will Go On
Note: The State Board of Elections is sending out this press release on behalf of the Watauga County Board of Elections. We are grateful to the Watauga County Board and staff for their continued hard work to serve voters during this disaster.
Boone, N.C. -- Despite the hardship that Hurricane Helene has brought to our community and Western North Carolina, the Watauga County Board of Elections is hard at work preparing for the November 5, 2024 general election. Though the hurricane has caused significant disruptions, our election staff and the bipartisan Board are determined to ensure that every eligible Watauga County voter can vote in this cycle.
The Board’s motto is: “adapt and overcome.”
To reassure our community that elections officials are hard at work preparing for the election and are diligently handling hurricane-related challenges, the Board wishes to bring the following developments to the public’s attention:
Since Monday, September 30, election staff have been back in the Board’s office in the Watauga County courthouse on King Street. Staff are taking calls (828-265-8061) and can meet by appointment.
Election staff are in regular contact with the N.C. State Board of Elections, county management, and representatives in the General Assembly, and are coordinating with local agencies.
Election staff have evaluated tabulators and laptop computers used for elections and determined that they have not been damaged. Security of all election facilities and equipment has been maintained.
Despite internet and cell phone outages, election staff have established a secure connection to the state information system, allowing staff to process registrations and requests for absentee ballots.
Election staff and the Board are assessing the viability and availability of voting sites, as well as the availability of election officials.
Election staff have received absentee ballots and mailed out absentee ballots. They have also received and sent out electronic ballots to military and overseas voters.
Consistent with state law, the Board will meet on Thursday, October 3, to begin approving “absentee by mail” ballots. The Board will continue to hold regular meetings for this purpose through Election Day.
Beginning the week of October 8, election staff will begin training election officials.
The Board is grateful for the dedication of our election officials, who have made clear that they are available and ready to work.
The Board encourages the public to monitor developments at its website.
http://wataugacounty.org/App_pages/Dept/BOE/home.aspx
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More...
https://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2024/10/03/watauga-county-board-elections-despite-hurricane-november-election-will-go
Here is registered voter and absentee ballot data through Oct. 3, 2024, from North Carolina’s 25 counties in the designated Helene disaster area:
Total registered voters (25 disaster counties): 1,275,054
Breakdown by party:
Constitution Party: 49
Democratic Party: 292,836
Green Party: 552
Justice for All Party: 27
Libertarian Party: 8,403
No Labels Party: 2,823
Republican Party: 480,097
Unaffiliated: 490,140
We the People Party: 127
Absentee ballots sent: 40,906
Absentee ballots returned: 1,952
Absentee ballots outstanding: 38,954
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https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/upcoming-election/helene-recovery-and-voting
If anyone has any questions. Please let me know. Thank you.
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NC GOTV News: Save the Date, Thursday, October 17th
The statewide Democratic Party plan is to VOTE EARLY AND IN PERSON this election!
Democrats across North Carolina are making it a goal to have as many of us as possible vote on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.
Please encourage your Democratic friends to do the same!
The best way to avoid complications at the polls, or anything that could prevent Democratic votes from being counted, is to follow this advice.
First, if there are any problems it provides time to get them addressed and not having to cast a provisional ballot.
Second, it will help Democratic Get Out the Vote efforts with the final push on election day to make sure Democrats have the highest turnout possible.
It’s pretty simple. After early voting and even during the final days of early voting we will know who has cast their votes.
If Democrats VOTE EARLY there will be fewer folks that will need to be contacted leading into election day.
As a reminder you can use the link below to search for early voting locations:
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/EVSite/
Link to Statewide List PDF download of voting locations and times:
https://vt.ncsbe.gov/OSSite/GetStatewideList/
Remember you can vote at any of these locations during early voting, while you must vote at your precinct if you vote on election day.
Democrats across North Carolina are making it a goal to have as many of us as possible vote on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.
So...
Make a plan.
Take a friend.
GOTV!!
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Hacking Your Mind: Us vs. Them
Us vs. Them
Episode 103 Run Time 55m 55s
https://www.pbs.org/video/us-vs-them-2t0c0s/
Many of the divisions tearing our country apart arise from our autopilot biases against 'them' and how authoritarians 'hack' those biases to gain power. Find out how each of us can overcome our autopilot biases and see the world as it really is.
Aired: 09/23/20 | Expires: 09/10/24 | TV-PG LESS
Hacking Your Mind is a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting, OPB executive in charge of production, Steven M. Bass and executive producer, David Davis. Producer, writer and director, Carl Byker; series producer and writer, Kate McMahon; writer and host, Jacob Ward.
Hacking Your Mind was made possible by a
major grant from the National Science Foundation. Oregon Public Broadcasting is solely responsible for its contents. 2020 Oregon Public Broadcasting
GOTV!!
Exactly my question, Floyd!! Don't you just love so-called educated decision makers and their crystal balls...
My deceased Daddy bought into that bullshit and would probably be alive today if not for the overwhelming attitude of nonchalance that he took because of that totally baseless conjecture.
He, like many men, decided to believe in bunk over science.
Men, please, start taking your health seriously!
Shrug off your hubris and check your egos.
Especially stop seeking medical advice from your buddies and the general public.
It's a general public full of equal amounts of fools and loud mouth experts "educated" by Dr. Google.
They won't love and miss you like your mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, daughters, sons, and grandchildren.
Think of them at least if you can't seriously think of yourself.
Daddy decided to consult with his board member buddies and his friend, the cardiologist who died in a freak accident not long after telling Daddy not to worry.
They shrugged it off. Time passed, and Daddy died.
As a retired career USCG officer, he had the best medical coverage possible and the financial means to hire any expert in the field.
He decided not to look for other qualified medical opinions and, most of all, didn't take the warnings of death by cancer seriously.
He died way before his time as the only person from his family who didn't get to enjoy life past the age of ninety-five. He might have lived ten or fifteen years more.
Unfortunately, he chose not to even honor the requests of his wife to take things more seriously.
Their's was a true love story of high school sweethearts.They were together for more than sixty years.
Mother died not long after him. She literally had not lived a day without him from the age of fourteen until he died.
I believe she died because he left her with a broken heart.
The tragedy finds me crying nearly every day.
No one should blow off a diagnosis of cancer.
Ever.
For any reason.
Because if you don't think cancer will kill you, then you aren't thinking at all.
Period.
More about Daddy, Mother and me here in End of Life Issues...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1285768
in Bereavement here...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12343456
And here on the event of Mother's death and the beautiful DU family support that followed...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12345619
Thank you.
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How to post a xitter graphic...
~Open the graphic in another link which is aka opening the image in a new tab
~Copy that link
~Delete up to and including the question mark in the link
~Add a period and jpg eg., ".jpg"
~Copy the newly created link
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~Voila! Now you have created a graphic independent of the entire tweet
~Well done,you!
Example:
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More trouble on the farm...
I have no AC at my house. I'm barely functioning it's so hot. Yesterday it was 98° in my bedroom and 90° in the kitchen. Vegetables that I bought the day before yesterday to put in Lentil soup literally turned to liquid overnight.
I've never experienced anything like this before. All three window units died within hours of each other.
I am here as I've been before to call on the unrivaled DU Braintrust once again, asking for your help with selecting an air-conditioner.
Some may remember that I live in a country farmhouse that was built in the mid 1940s. I recently shared the wild experience I had with getting a new roof.
Others may recall that I had a struggle finding a reliable and not creepy someone to bush hog the property. That story ended up being wild, too, and I decided that publicly sharing the results wouldn't be a good idea. But anyone who is interested in hearing about how that story ended, please DUmail me.
Today, it's air-conditioning. We're* having a slight reprieve because it's raining. I have always been a pluviophile. Today, I'm worshipping at the feet of every rain goddess and god ever mentioned in history.
I'm looking for a unit that i can install myself. I have to be able to lift it out of the car and into the house. I would like to try a "portable" type. I don't want one that has a drain system. I'm open to any and all suggestions taking these criteria into consideration.
I bought a window unit already. I thought that I would be able to take out the old one and install it by myself. I barely got it out of the car and into the laundry room.
Anywho...
Please tell me what you think. Please don't hold back. I know that I have lots to learn, and I know there are many of you here with exceptional levels of expertise in many areas that I can only hope to understand marginally.
I am deeply grateful for all of the help I've found here.
The temperature will be back in the 90s soon. I noticed that I've been a little confused, and my BP has been wacky with me having orthostatic hypotension. My concern is that the heat is the culprit.
I bought cold packs for my chichi to sleep on. Usually, she's on her heated bed. I can't remember ever seeing her pant as much as she has these past few days.
I was diagnosed with Hyperhidrosis years ago. But I've never experienced sweaty shoulders and arms. Staying hydrated is no joke.
Please ask any questions and share your recommendations.
I'm not sure that I can take much more of this, and my goal is to have my AC situation sorted by Saturday. The temperature will be back in the 90s by then.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. I apologize for rambling and I deeply appreciate your help. Thank you.
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*My four pound geriatric chichi and I
List of rain deities
Aztec god Tlaloc, Millan Primary School in Mexico City
More...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rain_deities
Different Gods & Goddesses of Rain in Various Mythologies and Their Powers
https://www.stillunfold.com/history/different-gods-goddesses-of-rain-in-various-mythologies-and-their-powers
White Poverty
Rev. William Barber & Jonathan Wilson -
Hartgrove: White Poverty
https://www.youtube.com/live/BL8TwnHDB18
Run time: 01:07:15
When most Americans think of poverty, they imagine Black faces. As a teenager, Reverend William J. Barber ll recalls seeing Black mothers interviewed on television whenever there was a story on food stamps or unemployment; poverty, then as now, was depicted as an essentially Black problem. In a work that promises to have lasting repercussions, Barber-now a leading advocate for the rights of our nation's poor and the "closest person we have to Dr. King" (Cornel West)--addresses white poverty as a hugely neglected subject that might just be the key to mitigating racism and bringing together the tens of millions working-class and impoverished whites with low-income Blacks. Recognizing that angry social media posts have replaced food, education, and housing as a "salve" for the white poor, Barber contends that the millions of America's lowest-income earners have much in common, and together with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, provides one of the most sympathetic and visionary approaches to endemic poverty in decades.
Cheryl Crow, Evolution, lyric video
Evolution
Sheryl Crow
Turned on the radio and there it was
A song that sounded like something I wrote
The voice and melody were hauntingly
So familiar that I thought it was a joke
Is it beyond intelligence?
As if the soul need not exist
Evolution ever-changing
Lost in space and time
Maybe there's a grand solution
Somewhere we will find
Deep in the heart of humankind
I held my baby as the sun came up
And I watched him as he opened up his eyes
What will I tell him when he's old enough
To want the answers to all the questions? Why?
Yes, we are brilliant, we are kind
But sometimes we miss the glaring signs
Evolution ever-changing
Lost in space and time
Maybe there's a grand solution
Somewhere we will find
Deep in the heart of humankind
We can create, we can destroy
We can feel pain, we can feel joy
We can plant seeds and watch love grow
We can feel love 'cause it's written in the humankind
Where are we headed in this paradise?
We are passengers and there's no one at the wheel
No matter how well you can outdo me
There is one thing you will never do and it's feel
Evolution ever-changing
Lost in space and time
Maybe there's a grand solution
Somewhere we will find
Evolution ever-changing
Lost in space and time
Maybe there's a grand solution
Somewhere we will find
Written by: Sheryl Suzanne Crow
Album: Evolution
Released: on January 12, 2024
Lyrics provided by Musixmatch
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Sheryl-Crow/Evolution
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