Wednesday, December 30, 2015

News Tidbits

Kansas City Star: Thousands seeking renewal arrive in Kansas City for International House of Prayer conference

Kansas City Star: Photo gallery: International House of Prayer conference

Washington Post: Ted Cruz huddles with faith leaders at ranch of super PAC donor

Religion News Service: Ed Dobson, retired pastor and onetime Moral Majority leader, dies at 65

Talking Points Memo: Longtime Duggar Ally Mike Huckabee Says He Never Supported Son Josh

In Touch Weekly: Civil Lawsuit Against Josh Duggar May Lead to Prison Stint 


8 comments:

  1. That photo gallery is illuminating. Those kids look lost.

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    1. Agi Tater -- Most participants at ecstatic prayer gatherings look like they're in a trance.

      Once audio/video of OneThing 2015 is available, I'll blog on the event as I have in past years. There's always at least one talk at OneThing that is bizarre or unsettling.

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    2. The guy on the right in the second photo looks like he's about to throw up, which is how I'd probably be if I were there. Most of the rest do look like they're in some kind of abnormal mental state, trying to blank out their individuality and merge into the mob. It's frightening and subhuman.

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    3. Infidel -- These ecstatic states alarm me too because the participants are much more receptive to fundamentalist messages when they're tranced out. Given what Mike Bickle and some of his colleagues preach, that should worry us.

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  2. I wonder if they were expecting pancakes?

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    1. Jono -- Wrong IHOP. The pancake people are far less creepy.

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  3. Photos are chilling. Thanks for posting, Ahab.

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    1. Donna -- I've observed ecstatic prayer events (on a much smaller scale than OneThing), and it's disturbing to see people in ecstatic trances. They're in their own little reality.

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