This is cringe behavior for sure. That said, this is way more common than you might think. Many churches will “lay on hands” to pray for someone. Often if they’re sick, or being sent on a mission trip. I’ve been in settings exactly like this one.
I’m an atheist now, so of course I think the general idea is misguided. What makes this particularly stupid is that Trump doesn’t give a fuck about religion or doing the right thing.
All that said, no, the Branch Davidian beliefs were much crazier than maga beliefs. For example they had an inter-cult armed showdown over a dead body that they believed God would resurrect.
They were less of a threat because you would never get millions of people to believe those ideas, while the slightly less but still insane maga people are in charge of the government.
To be fair the body thing was the first branch Davidians that broke ties with the seven day Adventist Church. By the time David Koresh took power the splinter religion would see two more leadership changes.
It’s weird but the Branch Davidians /=/ David Koresh’s Branch Davidians.
Makes me wonder -wild thought, but- all the gestural symbolism in superhero movies and generally in fantasy stories, I mean the contact of the prophetic “healer” with one hand to somebody else’s chest, does it emerge from christianity ? as in, “the christ healing the sick” ? or something
This is cringe behavior for sure. That said, this is way more common than you might think. Many churches will “lay on hands” to pray for someone. Often if they’re sick, or being sent on a mission trip. I’ve been in settings exactly like this one.
I’m an atheist now, so of course I think the general idea is misguided. What makes this particularly stupid is that Trump doesn’t give a fuck about religion or doing the right thing.
All that said, no, the Branch Davidian beliefs were much crazier than maga beliefs. For example they had an inter-cult armed showdown over a dead body that they believed God would resurrect.
They were less of a threat because you would never get millions of people to believe those ideas, while the slightly less but still insane maga people are in charge of the government.
Just so you know: that is an American thing. That ain’t happening in christian churches in my country.
This is actually a tradition all over the world, and across different religions. Of course it takes many forms.
Sir, I didn’t believe America invented cults.
To be fair the body thing was the first branch Davidians that broke ties with the seven day Adventist Church. By the time David Koresh took power the splinter religion would see two more leadership changes.
It’s weird but the Branch Davidians /=/ David Koresh’s Branch Davidians.
https://youtu.be/xZwFxWb0y7w
It’s explained in the first 5ish minutes of this video.
Lol sure, but I think my point still stands that the koresh followers were crazier than maga followers
Makes me wonder -wild thought, but- all the gestural symbolism in superhero movies and generally in fantasy stories, I mean the contact of the prophetic “healer” with one hand to somebody else’s chest, does it emerge from christianity ? as in, “the christ healing the sick” ? or something
Don’t hurt me