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brush

(53,787 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:44 PM Oct 2019

Just found out on Michangelo Senorile's show on Progressive radio that Barr is on the board of...

Opus Dei, the Catholic, right wing, cult-like organization. This could be what trump and Barr have in common—trump has a cult-like hold on his followers and Barr is on the board of a cult-like organization.

Both are dangerous for our country.

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Just found out on Michangelo Senorile's show on Progressive radio that Barr is on the board of... (Original Post) brush Oct 2019 OP

Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Oct 2019 #1

I knew Barr was bought in as a hatchet man to end and defang the Mueller probe but had no idea he... brush Oct 2019 #2

The Opus Dei people are scary but I remember hearing about this during confirmation Gothmog Oct 2019 #3

I'm Vatholic and the Opus Dei people scare me too! Every religion has it's share of napi21 Oct 2019 #5

He has surrounded himself with religious nuts, that think dewsgirl Oct 2019 #4

if trump could run as god he would. n/t 5X Oct 2019 #9

Who is playing the role of Tom Hank in this movie? Baitball Blogger Oct 2019 #6

Evil, Perverted, Fascist Catholics. Not traditional Catholics. blm Oct 2019 #7

literally Fascist DBoon Oct 2019 #11

It's another cult. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #8

Whenever anyone mentions Barr to me it's the FIRST thing I point out. rooboy Oct 2019 #10

Achtung Fascism..... Nazis are a grave danger to DEMOCRACY. magicarpet Oct 2019 #12

Barr is not the only religious fanatic who is close to the tyrant solara Oct 2019 #13

THIS Kitchari Oct 2019 #14

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)

1. Who is surprised by this?

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:45 PM

Oct 2019

brush

(53,787 posts)

2. I knew Barr was bought in as a hatchet man to end and defang the Mueller probe but had no idea he...

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:48 PM

Oct 2019

was a religious cult fanatic.

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)

3. The Opus Dei people are scary but I remember hearing about this during confirmation

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:51 PM

Oct 2019

As a Jew, the Opus Dei people scare me.

napi21

(45,806 posts)

5. I'm Vatholic and the Opus Dei people scare me too! Every religion has it's share of

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:55 PM

Oct 2019

fanatics, and OD sure is one of 'em.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

4. He has surrounded himself with religious nuts, that think

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:54 PM

Oct 2019

he is their God. I keep thinking about the Handmaid's Tale.
Excerpt:
Now I'm awake to the world. I was asleep before. That's how we let it happen. When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew.

I'm not saying that this group could pull something like that off. But I have no doubt, they would if they could.

5X

(3,972 posts)

9. if trump could run as god he would. n/t

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:59 PM

Oct 2019

Baitball Blogger

(46,735 posts)

6. Who is playing the role of Tom Hank in this movie?

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:56 PM

Oct 2019

blm

(113,065 posts)

7. Evil, Perverted, Fascist Catholics. Not traditional Catholics.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:59 PM

Oct 2019

DBoon

(22,366 posts)

11. literally Fascist

Reply to blm (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:04 PM

Oct 2019

Protected and supported by Francisco Franco for decades

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)

8. It's another cult.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:59 PM

Oct 2019

The former FBI agent and convicted spy for the Russians, Robert Hanssen, was also a member.

Critics state that Opus Dei is "intensely secretive"—for example, members generally do not disclose their affiliation with Opus Dei in public. Further, under the 1950 constitution, members were expressly forbidden to reveal themselves without the permission of their superiors. This practice has led to much speculation about who may be a member. Due in part to its secrecy, Jesuit America magazine referred to it as, "....the most controversial group in the Catholic Church today.

Opus Dei has been accused of deceptive and aggressive recruitment practices, such as showering potential members with intense praise ("Love bombing" ), and instructing numeraries to form friendships and attend social gatherings explicitly for recruiting purposes.

Critics allege that Opus Dei maintains an extremely high degree of control over its members—for instance, past rules required numeraries to submit their incoming and outgoing mail to their superiors for inspection, and members are forbidden to read certain books without permission from their superiors. Critics charge that Opus Dei pressures numeraries to sever contact with non-members, including their own families. Exit counselor David Clark has described Opus Dei as "very cult-like".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei

rooboy

(9,446 posts)

10. Whenever anyone mentions Barr to me it's the FIRST thing I point out.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:00 PM

Oct 2019

People would do well to look into how many Opus Dei disciples are in positions of high office around the word.

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)

12. Achtung Fascism..... Nazis are a grave danger to DEMOCRACY.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:16 PM

Oct 2019

solara

(3,836 posts)

13. Barr is not the only religious fanatic who is close to the tyrant

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 07:37 PM

Oct 2019

Gotta add pompeo and pence, who are both waiting and working for the "end times" whatever those may be. Who knew we were surrounded by such rampant covert Dominionism?

Kitchari

(2,166 posts)

14. THIS

Reply to solara (Reply #13)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 08:05 PM

Oct 2019

This is a Dominionist/Opus Dei effort to turn our country into a theocracy. That's why they put up with Trump. He is loading the courts with regressive, unfit judges to further this objective. Pence and Pompeo are the same as Barr, as you stated

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