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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:27 AM Oct 2013

Flat-out full-bore bull-moose gold-plated way-out-in-the-blue CRAZY-ASS SHIT right here.

Cruz' Father Suggests Ted Cruz "Anointed" to "Bring The Spoils Of War To The Priests"
Bruce Wilson
Talk To Action

10/16/2013

"The pastor (Huch) referred to Proverbs 13:22, a little while ago, which says that the wealth of the wicked is stored for the righteous. And it is through the kings, anointed to take dominion, that that transfer of wealth is going to occur."

- Rafael Cruz, August 26, 2012


In a sermon last year at an Irving, Texas, megachurch that helped elect Ted Cruz to the United States Senate, Cruz' father Rafael Cruz indicated that his son was among the evangelical Christians who are anointed as "kings" to take control of all sectors of society, an agenda commonly referred to as the "Seven Mountains" mandate, and "bring the spoils of war to the priests", thus helping to bring about a prophesied "great transfer of wealth", from the "wicked" to righteous gentile believers.

Rafael Cruz' dominionist sermon given August 26, 2012, at the New Beginnings Church of pastor Larry Huch, in Irving, Texas has already received considerable scrutiny due to an excellent Huffington Post commentary by Methodist Associate Pastor Morgan Guyton, who noted the explicitly dominionist nature of pastor Cruz' sermon, which concerned the divine mandate for believers, with anointing of "kings" in their respective spheres, to take control over all sectors of society.

Cruz spoke of "Kings who are anointed to go to war, win the war, and bring the spoils of war to the priests."

The rest: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2013/10/16/143336/01







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Flat-out full-bore bull-moose gold-plated way-out-in-the-blue CRAZY-ASS SHIT right here. (Original Post) WilliamPitt Oct 2013 OP
Well. I look forward to King Ted's next sally forth onto the battlefield. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #1
It looks like English matt819 Oct 2013 #2
People Need To Pay Attention To This Stuff, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2013 #3
He's the rear end of the white horse Rmoney was supposed to ride in on to "save" us. Scuba Oct 2013 #4
Dominionists are the greatest threat to our Republic. MineralMan Oct 2013 #5
k&r.... spanone Oct 2013 #6
Years Ago Moyers Interviewed A Fundynut Pastor Who Predicted That They Would Take Over The Country. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2013 #7
Could it have been this documentary? starroute Oct 2013 #17
Creepy stuff Mz Pip Oct 2013 #8
This is the true definition of '*freaks'.. Tikki Oct 2013 #9
There are a WHOLE bunch of these types in a swath running from Nebraska Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #10
Matthew 6:6 usually does the trick. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #11
Yep. The one I quoted was Matthew 6:19-21. Sounds like Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #14
The CEO of Goldman Sachs said he was doing "God's Work" CJCRANE Oct 2013 #12
And they think the rest of us will stay sheep all the while they plunder this nation, Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #19
Hmmm... "transfer of wealth"? arcane1 Oct 2013 #13
They are unable to experience cognitive dissonance Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #15
Kittehs!!!! joeybee12 Oct 2013 #16
I couldn't read your post... Atman Oct 2013 #18
This is why he and Palin are so cozy Oilwellian Oct 2013 #20
So Rafael really does hang out with randr Oct 2013 #21
As one of the wicked (apparently), I am a little disturbed by this... uriel1972 Oct 2013 #22
That third kitteh looks just like my Ruby! Brigid Oct 2013 #23

matt819

(10,749 posts)
2. It looks like English
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:31 AM
Oct 2013

I read it fluently, so it must be English.

And I'm pretty smart.

And my vocabulary is pretty good.

And my grammer and speling,

But that's batshit crazy stuff that makes no sense at all.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. Dominionists are the greatest threat to our Republic.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:44 AM
Oct 2013

We need to pay attention to their rantings. In public, they tone them down into palatable nonsense, but in private, they explain their goals quite clearly.

Cruz and his minions are a great danger, and must be countered.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
7. Years Ago Moyers Interviewed A Fundynut Pastor Who Predicted That They Would Take Over The Country.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:47 AM
Oct 2013

I do not remember who it was but he was well known and hinted the fundamentalist coup would come out of Texas.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
17. Could it have been this documentary?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:26 PM
Oct 2013

It sounds like Paul Pressler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pressler_%28Texas%29) might be the person you're thinking of.

http://gailpellettproductions.com/the-battle-for-the-bible/

The Battle for the Bible

In 1987 when this documentary was filmed as part of Bill Moyers’ “God and Politics” series for PBS, the religious right had been on the move for 10 years. In this film we trace the fundamentalist take over of the Southern Baptist denomination — the largest Protestant denomination in the United States with 37,000 churches and more than 14 million members, who raise 3.5 billion dollars annually for their programs, 7,000 missionaries, 53 colleges and 6 seminaries.

Moyers interviews the movers and shakers of this Biblical literalist movement as they maneuver to take over the leadership of all the ministries of the denomination and the boards of trustees at their institutions. People like W. A. Criswell, minister and spiritual leader of the movement; Paul Pressler, a Houston judge and lay minister who articulates the political strategy of this movement; and Robert Teneray, editor of a Baptist newspaper who claims that this fundamentalist victory over the Southern Baptist denomination is more significant than the Protestant reformation. It’s the second reformation!”


(On edit: Not surprisingly, Pressler was an early endorser of Cruz's campaign for the Senate. http://archive-org.com/page/784039/2012-11-29/http://www.tedcruz.org/endorsements/2011/05/19/judge-paul-pressler-iii/ )

Mz Pip

(27,451 posts)
8. Creepy stuff
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:47 AM
Oct 2013

Obama was forced to denounce the rather mild ranting of Rev Wright. Will Cruz be expected to do the same with his father's completely lunatic rants?

Cruz needs to be pushed into addressing this. Does he agree with his father or not?

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
9. This is the true definition of '*freaks'..
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:52 AM
Oct 2013

That description has been sanitized over the years to mean silly teddy bears or whatever...but 'freaks'
are dangerous in every way.


Tikki

*preface with the name of your chosen deity or not.

 

Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
10. There are a WHOLE bunch of these types in a swath running from Nebraska
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:04 PM
Oct 2013

Down through Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas.

I'm sure they are other places, but they seem especially concentrated in that region.

I have a distant cousin whose husband is a total carpet bagging preacher of this greedy and self-centered dogma.

He and his followers discuss "praying tornados away"....yes, they believe they have the powers of Christ to calm the weather.

He also told them in his writings that all manner of riches are going to be transferred to them from the unbelievers. And then he pretty much says they need to show gratitude to God by giving to this guy now. Naked greed and deception.

So anyway, I quoted the scripture in Matthew that says we should store up our treasures in heaven--not on earth. He unfriended me about literally about 5 minutes after I posted that rebuke of his repulsive manipulation.

 

Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
14. Yep. The one I quoted was Matthew 6:19-21. Sounds like
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:17 PM
Oct 2013

All who encounter these freaks should just direct them to the entire 6th chapter in the book of Matthew.

I was raised in a very religious and bible-literate family, so I love using their "Word of God" against them even though I am not a believer.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
12. The CEO of Goldman Sachs said he was doing "God's Work"
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:11 PM
Oct 2013

and Ted Cruz's wife is VP of Goldman Sachs..

There is definiely something strange going on.

These people are not run-of-the-mill greedy capitalists.

It sounds like they literally want to suck up the whole world's wealth into their own pockets based on religious brainwashing.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
19. And they think the rest of us will stay sheep all the while they plunder this nation,
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:36 PM
Oct 2013

subjugate women, eliminate religions they don't like, oppress minorities at will, force all working people into virtual slavery, all in the name of God.


Good Luck With That.




 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
13. Hmmm... "transfer of wealth"?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:13 PM
Oct 2013

I don't see that being very popular with repubs. Then again, they are hypocrites, so who knows?

 

Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
15. They are unable to experience cognitive dissonance
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:19 PM
Oct 2013

Their entire way of life is based on belief in irrational and contradictory teachings.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
23. That third kitteh looks just like my Ruby!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 02:07 PM
Oct 2013


Seriously, though, we ignore these people at our peril. In the last century, a certain other country ignored a not-dissimilar group in their midst until it was too late.
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