Martin Bashir MSNBC pays homage to Dominionist Xtain David Wilkerson WTF?

posted with permission from Leah Burton at "God's Own Party"

"Let me begin by saying that I speak from personal experience when it comes to Wilkerson. An encounter with him was my closest brush with being sucked into the bible-based cult of Dominionism. I was 15 years old and my mother (already a converted believer in Dominionist Theology) coordinated with friends and had their kids invite me to an event at the Ketchikan High School Auditorium in Ketchikan, Alaska in the early 1970s.

The place was packed with a sizable portion of the youths from this very small Southeast community of Alaska, all there to see Wilkerson as he toured through Alaska promoting his book, “The Cross & the Switchblade”. I sat there stunned as I watched kids I had grown up around in this small remote community transform into these writhing, moaning and babbling converts. It was so disturbing it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I was even more blown away when I saw my own brother and sister agree to “come forward” as they joined others on the stage where Wilkerson arrogantly took on the role of a Messiah, anointing them as “saved”.

What a travelling snake oil Show! Having witnessed enough nonsense I got up and left before the end. In the years since, I have seen most of those who were “raptured” in the moment of that Revival come to their senses – many soon after. But I can tell you that many remained bound by the doctrine of this bible-based cult. One is even the leader of Lighthouse Ministries in Southeast Alaska now."

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"I can assure you that’s the last time I view Bashir’s program on MSNBC. He either doesn’t do his research, or he is complicit with the Christian Dominionists – neither makes him credible to those of us who understand the dangers of this cult and how NOT a part of mainline Christianity they are."

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I was subjected to the Cross and the Switchblade BS as a kid too... our church loaded up the bus and took us to Angeles Temple (Amy Semple McPherson to Kathryn Kuhlman to Billy Grahm) and as age 13, I got the crap scared out of me. I didn't even know what the hell drugs were; this was my education to that point. When we next went to a church youth service, we were all given copies of the book.

Snake-oil and scare tactics... horrible, horrible, horrible.

I survived! Woot!

I have lost friends and family members to Dominionist cults. They seem to be in "recruiting mode" 24/7.

So they do recruit 24/7!

The sad part of this is that when I was a kid, the Fundy family members really gave my great-grandmother a bad time for the church she chose to belong to... a Christian church that refused to celebrate Christmas because it was a fake extension of ancient Pagan ways, followed many Jewish traditions like Christ did, didn't believe in the rapture because it was made up less than 200 years ago... now I'm thinking Granny's church was spot on.

I have many family members who are fully lost in the dogma. It's truly painful to watch.

... or maybe it was O'Donnell's show ... his grasp of US History from 1960-current is, um ... shaky at best.