Steven the thing is, you will never have to actually deliver or
prove anything, just push those primitive hope and fear buttons
hard enough, in a way that sounds credible.

The everlasting fires of judgement day seem to scare them, the
claim that they won't really die at all, gives them hope. So
the idea is to sell them a ticket to heaven, if they pay
enough.

If you take a look at our OLO examples of runner and richie,
they seem pretty well brainwashed, unable to cope with life
without seeing it only through their tiny perspective.

So I am sure that their cheque books open up, when somebody
tells them what they want to hear. It might even buy them
a ticket to live forever!

Benny Hinn is pretty good at it, or the true believers would not be donating
100 million a year to him.

Good acting helps too, in case the preacher is caught fooling around.
Remember the Bakers? "I have sinned" with big tears rolling down
his eyes, when he was caught out fooling around on Tammy. But the
millions still rolled in.

So its all about emotional buttons and pushing the right ones, until
the Christian cash cow bell rings loudly. Hinn has clearly shown
how loudly it can ring, if you do it well!

Dear Yabby,
The reason why we give is you Yabba,for God is Love and he loves you even you. For once we were lost and the good shepherd loved this lost sheep, me, enough to leave his home and come down and give his life for me and all the lost sheep, so money is not the treasure in our life any more, as it once was and we sow into the kingdom to finance the harvest of lost sheep. Harvesting is one of the most expensive parts of bringing in the crop and Love is our motivation. Foolishness to a lost world. When Jesus comes into your life and saves your mind, will, and emotions (soul, Foxy) only then will you understand. He is a gentleman and never comes in uninvited. ( Lo! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me). Faith is the substance of things hoped for and without faith we will never call on the saviour.{Only the drowning recognise their need for the lifesaver}. Jesus came for the sick and lost sinner, the hungry and the hurting for the healthy see no need for a Doctor so they are not hungry for a healing.

Alan thanks for your research into the alarming activities and beliefs of the Chritian right idealogy in the US and their recruitment in Australia. In my view, we have an emerging terrorist threat when anyone sees themselves on a mission to herald in God's Kingdom on Earth by means of military training in readiness for an Armageddon.

Murdock's Fox media has been a willing conduit for right wing religious rantings. Sarah Palin's recent political advertisements showing Democrat states in the sniper's cross-hairs typifies the extemist message aimed to appeal and unite God fearing gun lovers.

The metaphorical endorsement of the use weapons to achieve their political and religious crusade is not without serious risks. Some of the more unbalanced members of extremist Republicanism may take the message of vehement opposition to liberals, moderates and secularists literally. Recent arrests of Christian militants training and equipped for domestic terrorist activities should be a wake up call to those who thought that Chistians could never engage in such extreme violent measures.

The fact that Australian taxpayers fund 95% of teachers in religious schools is of great concern. Why is a secular state using public money to indoctrinate children in delusional teaching such as creationism, intelligent design and currupting minds with religious indoctrination and in some cases like exclusive Bretheren and Scientology, a life of cult servitude? Both Labor and the Coalition should phase out all subsidies from all reglious schools, using the additional funds to bolster secular government education to the high standards that Australians deserve.

Alan Matheson,

Thank you for your article. I quietly call myself a Christian, while taking exception to some of the beliefs, words and deeds of some people who profess the same orientation. But I had no idea of the size or strength in Australia of the dangerous groups you mention.

You've called the alert and I'm now truly alarmed. Yes Alan, we must worry -- and do something about it. Thanks again.

What do mainstream Christians have to say about the increase in numbers and profligacy of Christian Terrorist groups?

According to the Christian Science Monitor:

>> The Hutaree is one of 127 armed militias in the US, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Ala., that tracks hate groups nationwide. That number has increased 200 percent since 2008, when there were 42, SPLC says.

There is “no question” the catalyst was President Obama’s election, says Heidi Beirich, the center’s director of research. A similar upswing took place after President Clinton’s election in 1993. Militias and the antigovernment groups that spawn them often become more active when the federal government turns more liberal.

“A major shift to the left certainly helped” in both cases, Ms. Beirich says.

The economic meltdown and the growth of minorities such as Latinos are also a factor, she adds.
Who are the Hutaree?

Federal authorities say the Hutaree started to conduct military-style training in Michigan’s Lenawee County in August 2008.

After debating different scenarios, the group decided upon killing a local law enforcement official and attacking the subsequent funeral procession, the indictment says. The indictment says the Hutaree planned to use “improvised explosive devices” and “explosively formed projectiles” that, authorities say, qualify as weapons of mass destruction.

The group accelerated training in February and March with plans to carry out the attack in April, the indictment states.

The Hutaree is unique because it interacted with militia groups outside Michigan, notes Beirich. Many groups the size of the Hutaree tend to be insular and segregated from larger groups. The Hutaree, however, had 350 MySpace members despite its apparently small membership.
Christian connection

On its website, the Hutaree uses Christian terminology and Bible quotes that position it as a military organization prepared to confront an Antichrist. “Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment.… We, the Hutaree, are prepared to defend all those who belong to Christ and save those who aren’t,” a passage reads. <<

Full article at:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0329/Hutaree-militia-arrests-point-to-tripling-of-militias-since-2008

Catholics, muslims, jews, inquisition, priests, witnesses.
By their deeds you will know them.