RELIGION and how it is being used to deceive the masses Covenant,
Sword & Arm of the Lord It was one of several doomsday, survivalist
cults in America. Even before the days of Jesse James, groups like
these hid out in the Arkansas-Missouri Ozarks & Ouachitas. Geography
played the central inducement for locating in thickly forested back
country. DOOMSDAY PROPHECIES The Ozarks are honeycombed with
thousands of caves. The rough terrain, coupled with a great climate
and excellent growing season, make it most attractive for outlaws and
cults. Water is plentiful; springs pop up out of the ground every
few feet. Some of the spring water is still fit to drink; delicious
in fact. So, cults gravitate toward Arkansas and Missouri. Cults were
prominent throughout history, not unique to any period. Something
about human nature gives birth to far-fetched conceptions about the
universe, existence and the future. Cults However, for a cult to
grip an entire nation, especially the world's superpower of the 21st
century, is incredible. Unfortunately, that's where we are, folk.
The Covenant, Sword and Arm of the Lord formed its own village which
was named "Silhouette City" -- near Harrison, Arkansas. The
Covenant, Sword, and Arm of the Lord They were anti-Semitic
doomsdayers who believed its militia could forestall the advance of
evil, global forces controlled by infidel Jews. Do you see how Osama
bin Laden's group is similar? Hate for Jews is common -- from Nazis
to Al Qaeda to American survivalists. Al Qaeda is like all other
cults past and present. For it doesn't matter the religious
mainstream base; cults revolve around a leader which casts the
outside world as "evil." Bush and BinLaden are the same in this
regard. The "us vs. them" view of the world is the foundation of all
false doctrine, and their leaders become the lone "voice of God."
Bush's claim four days ago to the Amish community, "God speaks
through me" is most alarming. AmeriVoice His message speaks
of "CULT" rather than sound reasoning. Zionism is also a false
doctrine, although opposite in poles. It revolves around the premise
that Jews are "God's only chosen" and therefore all others are
subhuman. The neocons who designed the war against Iraq and
subsequent entanglements are followers, for the most part, of the
Zionism cult. Timothy McVeigh was consumed with hate for the Jews.
Where do you think he got his start? McVeigh associated with a
survivalist cult on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border 30 miles from
Fayetteville, my home. It was called "Elohim City" and got its start
from "Covenant, Sword and Arm of the Lord." Elohim City --
Extremism in America You may ask, "Why didn't the FBI investigate the
group more fully?" Well, same reason the 24 Bin Ladens were allowed
to fly out of the US after 9/11 without questioning. In Mena,
Arkansas, another cult claimed to have heard from God. The command?
Not to step foot out of the farmhouse until "raptured" at the Second
Coming of Christ. Disciples stockpiled what they believed were
essential supplies to last -- for they were assured by their cleric
Jesus was soon to appear. Their children were jerked out of school;
that's what brought the law down on them. Most committed suicide.
Cult members tend to follow their leader to their deaths. As the
cult leader's mind deteriorates, he/she gravitates toward premature
death -- his/her own. Taking one's own life is one matter, but a
cultist sees his life as inclusive of the followers. He "owns"
them. Thus, 914 followers of Jim Jones downed lethal Kool-Aid at
their prophet's command. Hitler committed suicide as he saw his
nation fall, but he took others with him. The Hale-Bop Heaven's Gate
cult in California ended the same as others. When Bush uses the
possessive "MY country," he means it. It is cult-like. Not like
singing "My country tis of Thee." How many statements can you recite
where he used the strong possessive to describe America? Cult leaders
also feel they exclusively have the power to make decisions over life
and death matters. They DECIDE who is guilty and who is not. The
legal system is just an obstruction. Congress just gets in the way.
Why? Because Bush hears directly from God what's right or wrong,
good or evil, innocent or guilty. Bush ignoring the constitutional
checks and balances puts him into another class: The cult president.
Some call it the "Messianic Complex." GW Bush first claimed that God
spoke to him directly while sitting in his mother's church in
Houston -- informing him that he was called to be the next
president. Don Evans (Commerce Secretary and close friend) confirms
the report in USA TODAY. Bush has repeated the claim on several
occasions. Bush feels he's on a "MISSION from God" to eradicate
dictatorships all over the world, and has so stated. Only the
mentally blind cannot see; dumbed-down America cannot remember. Click
here: 'On a Mission From God': The Religious Right and the Emerging
American Theocracy - Maureen Farrell at BuzzFlash.co According to
Newsweek, "As he prepared to run, in 1999, Bush assembled leading
pastors at the governor's mansion for a 'laying-on of hands,' and
told them he'd been 'called' to seek higher office." And as Bob
Woodward wrote in BUSH AT WAR: "The President was casting his mission
and that of the country in the grand vision of God's Master Plan,"
wherein Bush promised, in the President's own words, "to export death
and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of this
great country and rid the world of evil." "Bush's flirtation with End
Times rhetoric makes some suspect that he actually perceives himself
as God's instrument," Gene Lyons noted, and his sentiment was echoed
in former Nixon aide Charles Colson's observation that, "Some wonder
if the president might be influenced by evangelical teachings that
envision an end-of-the-world battle between Israel and its enemies.
It would be dangerous for a president to take a particular theology
like that and apply it to world events." Bush's Call to Prayer -
Christianity Today Magazine George W. Bush told a Houston, Texas,
Baptist church that he believed that he had been chosen by God to be
a good steward of the nation. In San Antonio, Texas, Alamo City
Christian Fellowship pastor David Walker says that as a group of
local church leaders prayed over George W. Bush they felt a divine
presence anointing the occasion. "We felt God's presence and that He
might do something for the nation," he recalls. As Bishop Ray rode
the bus up the coast of the Florida political battlefields, he summed
up what many evangelical leaders today are feeling, regardless of
political perspective: "I knew that Bush has been placed here by the
sovereignty of God. Either he has turned his heart to God or God
knows his heart will turn. First, I would advise him to unashamedly
indicate that he seeks the nation to pray for our direction." So you
see, my friends, we live in probably the most dangerous time in U.S.
history. Our nation has been mesmerized by a cult leader who is
determined to fulfill his Messianic mission to initiate wars without
end in the name of God. The only thing we can do effectively is
spread the word. America is under the spell of false doctrine. It
is NOT a Christian doctrine, but has all the markings of anti-
Christian. Bush's assertions are in direct conflict with Jesus'
teachings. We are one huge Hale-Bop cult, an enlarged Branch Davidian
Compound, one collective Covenant, Sword & Arm of the Lord, one giant
Jonestown. Wake up, America! CAPTAIN'S LOG, Startdate 7.7.04 "I'm so
glad we got a president that prays!" Last night I learned of a
friend's son visiting acquaintances down at Dallas this week. They
were in a children's hospital where the acquaintance is an intern.
Somehow the conversation got around to Michael's movie, and the Texas
acquaintance abruptly turned around and asked, "But aren't you glad
we've got a president in the White House who prays to God before
making decisions?" My friend's son said he about gagged. Haven't
other presidents prayed? On the other hand, the difference is what
Ron Reagan, Jr., pointed out in his father's eulogy: "True leaders
don't wear their religion on their sleeves." God bless Ron Reagan,
Jr.! Christ even taught against making a show of "godliness." He
advised praying in private, in the secret of your closets, so prayer
would mean something and not just a "photo-op." Pharisees made a
display of religiosity. Christians of the early Church didn't,
because they followed the teachings of Jesus Christ. Big
difference. "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in synagogues and in
the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I
say unto you, they have their reward." "But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly." Matthew 5:5-6 (words of Jesus Christ) Bushoviks
act like their man is the first to ever honor God. No, he's the
first to ever DISHONOR Him. He's made a mockery of Christianity;
he's violated Christ's teachings which warn of piety and self-
righteousness. He's invoked the name of "God" at every opportunity;
thus he's committed sacrilege. Jesus taught "inclusiveness." Bush
teaches "exclusiveness." Jesus taught "grace." Bush
promotes "condemnation" and "wrath" by using the world's strongest
military to punish whomever he judges "evildoers." He's taken on
the mantle of supreme judge — where life and death matters are solely
in his hands. Do you recall the execution of Carla Faye Tucker?
Remember Bush laughing after she was executed, then mocking her?
Ronald Reagan, Jr., spoke of George Bush's behavior: Click here:
Interview: Reagan On Bush - Ron Reagan, Jr - Interview RR: We reveal
ourselves in small moments, and one of those small moments that
didn't get nearly the play it should have was the Carla Faye Tucker
incident. Carla Faye Tucker had committed a terrible murder when she
was a much younger woman and crack-addicted and her boyfriend was
involved in it; he got a life sentence, and she ended up on death row
in Texas. While on death row she converted to Christianity, she was
born-again, and all accounts are that she turned her life around, and
was doing good works in prison like teaching and counseling people.
She asked to meet with George W. Bush before she was executed, not to
plead for her life, she said, but to discuss with him issues related
to the death penalty. He understandably refused to meet with her. The
execution went ahead. And when Bush was asked by the conservative
journalist Tucker Carlson shortly thereafter what he thought Carla
Faye Tucker might have said to him in that meeting had it taken
place, he put on a squeaky little voice and said, "Please don't kill
me! Please don't kill me!" Now, it takes a special kind of guy to
ridicule a woman he's just put to death. If that doesn't demonstrate
a lack of gravitas, as well as a lack of dignity and self-respect, I
don't know what does. This is a man who had already spent some years
now as the governor of the state, had presided over executions
before, and should've realized that putting somebody to death is
serious business, not an occasion for frat-boy humor. So--experience,
aptitude, temperament: I think Bush falls short in all three. The
look on Bush's face as he mocked her! "`Please,' Bush whimpers, his
lips pursed in mock desperation, `don't kill me.'" -Talk Magazine,
Sept. 1999

I only see opposite stances between George and Jesus. George is for
wars; Jesus is for peace. George is for locking people up; Jesus is
for setting them free. George is for making a show of religion;
Jesus is for making it sacred, just between the person and God.
George is for death and destruction; Jesus is for life and
construction. George is for divisiveness; Jesus is for bringing all
into the fold — even the one lost sheep. George favors the rich;
Jesus favors the poor. George is for lies and lying to keep people
in the bondage of fear and oppression; Jesus is for TRUTH and
allowing the TRUTH to set men free. It's clear. "The thief comes not
but to steal, kill, and destroy. But I have come to give you life
and life more abundant." Jesus Christ. THE DAY BUSH STARTED THE WAR
Remember the day Bush announced war? Many people probably didn't
recognize parts of Michael's `Fahrenheit 9/11' at the beginning and
then later in the movie where George Bush and others of his
administration were "grooming" for the big announcement. Of course,
Bush was preparing to make a speech, but others of his closest
advisers were preparing to make the media circuit to "spin" the war.
Thus, we saw Wolfowitz (Deputy Secretary of Defense) using spit to
smooth down his hair, Condi Rice and others spiffing up for world
cameras. The day was March 19, 2003, a day that will live in infamy.
Where did Michael Moore get his "live feeds" of Bush's team grooming
for cameras the day of the announcement? It turns out that the BBC,
the British, "accidentally" let the cameras roll prematurely.
Hilarious! GetRealList - "George's little antics" - Observations on
Bush from a Canadian expatriate Bush's roving eyes would have meant
little had they not been in motion just before he declared war on a
sovereign nation. That was Michael's point! I'm afraid the audience
overlooked the significance. A Canadian journalist reported Bush's
behavior that day: On the day the war began, March 19, 2003, he gave
the air of joviality before giving the most important speech
effecting mankind in a generation. Canadian journalist Kevin Lowe
was at the White House at the time and reported: "Like some class
clown trying to get attention from the back of the room, he started
mugging for his handlers. His eyes darted back and forth impishly as
he cracked faces at others around him. He pumped a fist and self-
consciously muttered, `FEEL GOOD!' which was interestingly sanitized
into the much more and assertive, `I'm feeling good' by the same
Washington Post. He was goofing around, and there's only one way to
interpret that kind of behavior just seconds before announcing war on
Iraq: the man is an idiot." Closeup of the Mad Dog So, you see our
concerns why Bush should not be in office. He is a disgrace to this
country. A year BEFORE his call to war against Iraq, he made these
remarks which were reported by TIME: Excerpt from TIME ON-LINE: "F--k
Saddam! We're taking him out!" Those were the words of President
George W. Bush, who had poked his head into the office of National
Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. It was March 2002, and Rice was
meeting with three U.S. Senators, discussing how to deal with Iraq
through the United Nations, or perhaps in a coalition with America's
Middle East allies. Bush wasn't interested. He waved his hand
dismissively, recalls a participant, and neatly summed up his Iraq
policy in the short phrase. The Senators laughed uncomfortably; Rice
flashed a knowing smile. The President left the room. (Michael
Elliott and James Carney, "First Stop, Iraq," Time, on-line edition,
March 23, 2003) ( The Consortiumnews.com ); ( Wayne Madsen: The
Siege of Washington ); ( gabeanderson.com: life: March 28, 2003 )
And yet he claimed a year later he hadn't decided until the March 19,
2003 date. No, he had planned to invade Iraq seven years earlier.
All events were staged leading up to it. He looked at war as a game,
where the "pawns" (poor American kids) were sent into battle against
someone who threatened his daddy, against a nation which happened to
have the second largest oil reserves. The pricetag thus far is around
$300 billion. What if that $300 billion would have been used to
develop a secret special commando unit that would be used to sneak
into Iraq and snatch Saddam out without damaging Iraq and killing
30,000 of its people? Bush says it couldn't have been done, but
who's he but a well-known LIAR? No, Bush's objective was war, and the
reason for war was simple: To galvanize political support in the U.S.
for his grand-plans for one-party rule, corporate control, war
profiteering for his rich defense contractors, and the elimination of
opposition. Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff, admitted the
Iraq war was TIMED for the mid-term 2002 elections. It was
introduced the day after Labor Day 2002 to fit Karl Roves scheme to
force America into a one-party state. CNN.com - Marketing Iraq: Why
now? - September 12, 2002 Weak Democrats fell for it. Thus, TREASON
was allowed to slide through the cracks. Controlling all branches of
government What does it mean when Republicans control all branches of
government? It means: (1) No investigation can be initiated to
examine wrongdoing and corruption by the White House. The idea can't
even make its way out of committee, because Republicans control all
committees. (2) The Judicial Branch will not prosecute wrongdoing or
check unconstitutional acts committed by the White House. Note
Cheney's secret energy meetings — how the Supremes threw it back to a
lower court to delay action until AFTER election. Note Ashcroft's
behavior — how absolute power is within his grasp because there is
no "check" to authority. (3) Changing and "re-interpreting" laws,
treaties, regulations, and basic constitutional rights are trademarks
of this administration. And there is NO resistance from Congress —
BECAUSE it is controlled by the same party. And then there are the
gawd-awful right-wing judges Bush attempts to appoint. If Democrats
balk and filibuster, Bush just waits until Congress is out of session
to put them in office anyway — unapproved of course. Special rules
allow him to break constitutional restraints in "emergencies," and
his team of lawyers have "re-interpreted" "emergencies" to mean
anytime Bush wants. Do you get the picture? Yes, Bush is a TYRANT.
There is no getting around it. He intentionally breaks laws, and
when he can't break them, he just "re-interprets" them. "Torture?
No problem! Just look for a loophole in international agreements,
then fry those raghead *******s — literally." Then he weasels out of
every scandal. Because there's no "check" from Congress — just a pat
on the back from such notable friends s Tom DeLay and Bill Frist. If
Nixon would have been so "blessed" with one-party rule, there would
have been no Watergate and he would have served out his term.
Americans would never have heard of the scandal and would never have
known their democracy was in danger. Heck! Nixon's face might have
made it upon Mount Rushmore! So, John Dean (White House Counsel under
Nixon) knows what he's talking about when he states, "WORSE THAN
WATERGATE. The secret presidency of George W. Bush and Richard B.
Cheney is far worse than during Watergate, and it bodes even more
serious consequences." Read John Dean's book; it'll make your hair
stand on end. More another day.... Please keep researching and
writing. We share more effectively when we know what we're talking
about. To ALL: The following are repeats from July. The subject is
RELIGION and how it is being used to deceive the masses. L.A.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, Stardate 7.20.04