So I finally got around to watching the 1972 documentary Marjoe. It's wild. I grew up in a Christian cult, in some ways very different, but it's amazing how much of the core is shared.

Rejoice, while you are fleeced!

It's worth a watch, here's a magnet link...

🧲 https://pastebin.com/kU8epYz6
(You might have to skip the sample file download)

See also: https://www.vice.com/en/article/marjoe-director-sarah-kernochan-talks-about-her-incredible-doc-on-the-evangelical-conman-456/

#marjoe #documentary #film #pentacostal #pentacostals #exposé #preacher #charismatic #revivalist

Another classic: Butthole Surfers' "Dum Dum" dubbed over dancing Pentacostal snake handlers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pp7jnwtA9Q&list=PLE5B1B6A10D452B3B&index=3

#punk #ButtholeSurfers #satire #snakehandling #pentacostal

Butthole Surfers, Dum Dum

YouTube

Megan Fan Munce: East Bay pastor arrested for allegedly molesting young churchgoer: Police have identified at least one victim and said they worry there could be more, given the pastor’s leadership position in the church.

"Police arrested a Richmond pastor Friday on suspicion of molesting a young member of his congregation, and officials worry there may be more victims.

Jail records show Victor Manuel Hernandez-Pineda, 53, was arrested in #Oakland Friday and booked on four counts of sexual assault on a minor and three counts of kidnapping.

Hernandez-Pineda was a pastor at the Iglesia Pentecostes Movimiento De Gloria in #Richmond and has been accused of molesting at least one churchgoer while she was under the age of 13, according to Richmond police."

#giftarticle #California #Pentacostal #christianity #sexualassault
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/richmond-pastor-child-molestation-18529376.php?utm_content=hed&sid=57f2d62b1acbcdb5538b4a4e&ss=A&st_rid=98ebc417-046c-4639-bbc2-4643319705bc&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=headlines&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2NyaW1lL2FydGljbGUvcmljaG1vbmQtcGFzdG9yLWNoaWxkLW1vbGVzdGF0aW9uLTE4NTI5Mzc2LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTcwMTYyNTY3NzQwNA%3D%3D&rid=OThlYmM0MTctMDQ2Yy00NjM5LWJiYzItNDY0MzMxOTcwNWJj&sharecount=Mg%3D%3D

East Bay pastor arrested for allegedly molesting young churchgoer

East Bay pastor Victor Manuel Hernandez-Pineda arrested for allegedly molesting young churchgoer in Richmond.

San Francisco Chronicle
It’s not just religious extremist and Liberal candidate, Renee Heath, we need to be worried about in the Victorian elections. Seems there could be quite a few of them?
“The Liberal Party’s candidate for Narre Warren North, Timothy Dragan, says Australia should not recognise First Nations people because “we won this land fair and square”, that waste from nuclear energy should be dumped in Alice Springs, and that he would vote to ban abortion.” #vicpol #VicLibs #victorianelection #Pentacostal
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/bloody-aboriginal-liberal-candidate-rails-against-indigenous-people-abortion-and-climate-change-20221119-p5bzm6.html
‘Bloody Aboriginal’: Liberal candidate rails against Indigenous people, abortion and climate change

The Liberal Party’s candidate for the outer suburban seat of Narre Warren North says Australia should not recognise First Nations people because “we won this land fair and square”, that waste from nuclear energy should be dumped in “Alice Springs in the middle of nowhere”, and that he would vote to ban abortion, asking “what makes a vagina’s trajectory so special?“.

The Age
An interesting twitter thread discussing the influence and the strategy to impose a religious agenda in Australia.
#Auspol #VictorianLiberals #religion #Pentacostal
https://twitter.com/aaronsmith333/status/1586473681038868480?s=61&t=ppSCSSQoJlD3uI1V_9AYQQ