I have spent a lot of time in the US over the years, but wow, is it getting weird over there…

And never so weird as during a Presidential campaign…

Now here is an article that is partly about Sarah Palin, but it is more about the fundamentalist Christian movement that she belongs to… It is worth reading, even if you don't believe it is possible, because it sums up everything that is absolutely crazy about the country and society at the moment.

It appears that Sarah Palin is a member of a beneath-the-radar fundamentalist movement called Joel's Army… and just before you say, “this is just some crap that has been cooked up by her detractors”, please – have a read…. Here is some of the info on Joel's Army:

Joel's Army believers are hard-core Christian
‘dominionists,’ meaning they believe that America, along with the rest
of the world, should be governed by conservative Christians and a
conservative Christian interpretation of biblical law. There is no room
in their doctrine for democracy or pluralism. To paraphrase George W.
Bush, ‘You’re either with us or you are against us.’

Joel's Army followers are most often labile
teenagers and young adults. They are taught to believe they're members
of the final generation to come of age before the end of the world.
Sarah Palin was twelve when she first came into these circles.

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