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Our country is "cursed?" The Statue of Liberty is "demonic?" Being gay is an Illuminati conspiracy? And was Rick Perry really stupid enough to associate himself with this guy? Yup.
John Benefiel: America Is Cursed Because Ancient Egyptians Dedicated This Continent To Baal
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 3/11/2014 1:29 pm
John Benefiel, the self-proclaimed "apostle" who was involved in Gov. Rick Perry's "The Response" prayer rally came to our attention a few years ago after we discovered videos of him proclaiming that the Statue of Liberty is a demonic idol and that homosexuality in an Illuminati conspiracy, was the guest on Cindy and Mike Jacobs' "God Knows" program recently where he detailed his efforts to break Baal's control over the United States of America. Benefiel, who believes that his prayers can cause earthquakes, explained to the Jacobs that Baal is a "counterfeit Jesus," meaning that while Jesus is the son of God, Baal is the son of Satan and wields control not only over America but over many of nations on the earth. How exactly did Baal come to rule over America, you ask? Not because of homosexuality or abortion or any of the other reasons that we normally hear from these sorts of Religious Right activists, but rather because ancient Egyptian sailed to this continent thousands of years ago and dedicated this land to him. Citing the work of pseudo-scholar Barry Fell, Benefiel asserted that it is an established fact that ancient Egyptian Baal-worshipers came to America and left thousands of rock carvings spread all over the nation literally claiming the land in the name of Baal:
- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/john-benefiel-america-cursed-because-ancient-egyptians-dedicated-continent-baal#sthash.alDERRTo.dpuf
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)there is a lot of crazy in that. I think someone needs to look at his med schedule PDQ.
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)and get a soap box. It used to be that when the mentally ill were found spouting nonsense in public, they were sent to institutions for help. Now they go on radio or television.
Ohio Joe
(21,758 posts)Just how stupid does one have to be to buy into crazy like this?
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)That fact that Goodhair was associated with someone like this does not surprise me. Goodhair relied on the tea party base to defeat KBH in the 2010 GOP primary and then relied on the right wing nut cases to support him in the general election when refused to debate Bill White. Goodhair is not that bright and would only care about if this person could help him with his base
Berlum
(7,044 posts)* Teh Gawdde of Scientific Materialism.