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In reply to the discussion: Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as 'hate America,' 'pro-Hamas' gathering [View all]ancianita
(42,427 posts)4. Johnson is a christian fundamentalist leader/follower who wants the kingdom of America.
        Last edited Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:55 AM - Edit history (1)
More on where Johnson's fundamentalist bullshit comes from.  
https://archive.ph/7Fqqh
The Key to Mike Johnsons Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office
...In the mid-2000s, these NAR [New Apostolic Reformation, as if Jesus' apostles got it all wrong] networks collectively embraced a theological paradigm called the Seven Mountain Mandate, a prophecy that divides society into seven arenas  religion, family, government, education, arts and entertainment, media, and business. The Mandate, as they understand it, is given by God for Christians to take dominion and conquer the tops of all seven of these sectors and have Christian influence flow down into the rest of society.
Drawn into American politics by this aggressive theological vision, many New Apostolic Reformation leaders became very active in right-wing political circles, including one of Wagners key disciples, an apostle-prophet named Dutch Sheets.
Sheets is not a household name in Christian politics like Jerry Falwell or Ralph Reed or James Dobson, but he has real influence. Sheets has written more than 18 popular evangelical books, and his Intercessory Prayer has sold more than a million copies. He was an endorser and faith adviser to Newt Gingrinchs short-lived candidacy for president in 2012, and he openly espoused the lie that Barack Obama was secretly a Muslim.
In 2013, Sheets was given an Appeal to Heaven flag by a friend who told him that, because it predated the Stars and Stripes, it was the flag that had flown over our nation at its birthing. Sheets describes this experience as revelatory, and he seized upon the flag as a symbol of the spiritual-warfare driven Christian nationalist revolution he hoped to see in American politics. In 2015, he published a book titled An Appeal to Heaven and rolled out a systematic campaign to propagate this symbol in right-wing Christian circles. That same year Sarah Palin wrote an opinion piece in Breitbart, endorsing the Appeal to Heaven campaign and thanking her [s]pecial friends, Pastor Dutch and Ceci Sheets, who had given her the flag....
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                        Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as 'hate America,' 'pro-Hamas' gathering [View all]
							BumRushDaShow
							Oct 11
							OP
                        
        
        We knew this was coming. We knew they were coming for us!   1st amendment be darned.
        Bread and Circuses
        Oct 11
        #1
      
        
        Johnson is a christian fundamentalist leader/follower who wants the kingdom of America.
        ancianita
        Oct 11
        #4
      
        
        How F..ing stupid does he think we are? Trump and MAGAt Mike are the ones that have shut down the Congress.
        flashman13
        Oct 11
        #38
      
        
        Repugs sure knew who the biggest lying gaslighter was to pick for speaker of the house.
        mdbl
        Oct 11
        #44
      
        
        Attn Grindr Mike it is called freedom of speech and it is protected by the 1st amendment of the Constitution
        Botany
        Oct 11
        #45
      
        
        Crack journalism there, the first big march was in April. The June no kings was the second indivisible march.
        Blues Heron
        Oct 11
        #53
      
        
        Not surprising. The Republican propaganda machine is like Chicken Little. Say the sky is falling for everything.
        ificandream
        Oct 12
        #58
      
        
        MaddowBlog-Ahead of No Kings events, Republicans' anti-protest rhetoric takes an ugly turn
        LetMyPeopleVote
        Oct 13
        #60
      
  