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Old 11-14-2007, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Do you know about Erik Prince's (founder of Blackwater Security) evangelical credentials? Swallow hard and read this:

Media Mouse: Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Book Reviews): Grand Rapids Michigan Independent Media

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The founder and CEO of Blackwater is Erik Prince, son of Edgar Prince, the now deceased businessman from Holland, Michigan. Prince's background as a Western Michigander is not just limited to geography, the brother of Betsy DeVos has also embraced the conservative religious beliefs that his family promoted zealous, particularly with their money. Erik began his political career working as an intern for Gary Bauer at the Family Research Council and also worked in the Bush I White House, although he thought that this administration was too liberal. Prince disapproved of the Bush I administration to the extent that in 1992 he supported Patrick Buchanan for President, something that got him into trouble with his sister Betsy.

Unlike his family, which is part of the Christian Reformed Church, Erik Prince is a Catholic. He most likely became Catholic when he married his first wife, who died of cancer shortly after they were married. Interestingly enough, most of the leadership at Blackwater is also Catholic, albeit a conservative wing of the church that is quite reactionary. Erik Prince is personally connected to conservative Catholic groups like Catholic Answer, Crisis magazine, and a Grand Rapids-based group, the Acton Institute. But Prince has not abandoned his Protestant/Evangelical roots and is a close friend of Watergate criminal turned believer Chuck Colson. They have shared the podium on several occasions, even once at Calvin College. According to Scahill, Prince is aligning himself with a new Catholic/Evangelical alliance called "Evangelicals and Catholics Together." The ECT manifesto states:

"The century now drawing to a close has been the greatest century of missionary expansion in Christian history. We pray and we believe that this expansion has prepared the way for yet greater missionary endeavor in the first century of the Third Millennium. The two communities in world Christianity that are most evangelistically assertive and most rapidly growing are Evangelicals and Catholics."

Prince's relationship to what Scahill calls the "Theocon" movement is not marginal. Prince himself writes about this relationship and it's importance, particularly with the mission of Blackwater. Prince says "Everybody carries guns, just like the Prophet Jeremiah rebuilding the temple in Israel - a sword in one hand and a trowel in the other."
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Old 11-14-2007, 08:29 PM
 
Location: southern california
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we dont need a private army at taxpayer expense. it needs to stop and soon.
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Old 11-14-2007, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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You also know about the evangelical movement already well in place among the chaplaincy corps across the U.S. military? You can easily find loads of articles and analysis of this fact across the Web.

Think about the trend here. Private army (Blackwater) with a Christian central belief. Evangelical religion actively gaining sway within the U.S. military. What's next? A theocratic fascist coup by the U.S. military on the grounds of "holy war" against Islamic militants worldwide, as a cover of course for a FREEZING of all domestic political discussion and dissent, thereby allowing the current super-rich class to effectively "close the walls" behind them, place themselves in de facto permanent control of the U.S. economy and political institutions (theirs for the buying, of course), and tell everyone else to feed from their crumbs.

It's not a far-fetched scenario at all. IT COULD HAPPEN HERE! In fact, given the obvious evidence of background coordination among these key political and religious factions, it has become a relatively PROBABLE political scenario, unfortunately.

The Christian Right's marketing push against evolution and sexual immorality, Biblical centrality, fear of terrorism, fear of Islamic militants, etc. play into the hands of those who wish to tout a regression to HIGHLY AUTHORITARIAN, even THEOCRATIC, political leadership nationwide. The Right Wing knows that to train the populace for authoritarianism/fascism, teaching Christian submission to God's Word, etc. is a great training ground.

I SEE IT ALL COMING TO PASS IN MY LIFETIME.

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Old 11-15-2007, 12:06 AM
 
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He is fighting a crusade and probably planning for a revolution. Pig.
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Old 11-15-2007, 06:18 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Not a revolution. That would change things. He is planning a coup-de-ta to formalize the loss of the Republic and replace it with a Church Militant. Then the Crusade to restore the Holy Lands to Christianity will really get under way. I wonder if he is planning to have a final battle at Tel Al-magh.
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Old 11-15-2007, 09:26 AM
 
Location: Toledo
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This doesn't surprise me one bit. I'll have to get a copy of that book.
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Old 06-18-2012, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Do you know about Erik Prince's (founder of Blackwater Security) evangelical credentials? Swallow hard and read this:
I hope he turns out to be one of the terrorists that Obama gets.
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