Religious Right Forming Its Own "Spartan Army"

[Bluebear]

For months now, we have been chronicling how self-described prophets and apostles have been merging 7 Mountains/Dominionism with "mainstream" Religious Right activism ... and increasingly the man at the center of this appears to be the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins. Perkins was among the first to embrace Lou Engle and transform him into a Religious Right leader and now he seems to be doing the same with Rick Joyner of The Oak Initiative.

Just today we noted that Joyner, Jerry Boykin, and Janet Porter were gathering for a conference next month and as I was looking for more information about that, I stumbled across this video of Perkins, Joyner, Boykin and Frank Turek discussing the importance of Christians getting deeply involved in politics.

Perkins explains the absolute necessity of getting Christians into all levels of government while Boykin compared Christians today to the Spartan army and quoted King Leonidas by declaring "molon labe" <"come and get them"> when he and his army were told to lay down their weapons. Likewise, Boykin declared "molon labe," stating that he will not be silenced and challenged those in Washington who are out to take his liberties, rob his grandchildren, and destroy America to just try to take them from him.

Finally, Joyner announced that Christians have more than enough people to take control, but they need to bind together and, as such, would soon be unveiling coalition called "300"

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/300-religious-right-forming-it-own-spartan-army

[NutmegYankee]

1. He could say come and get them only because...

The Persians didn't have AC130 gunships. ;-)

[chollybocker]

2. They want to model themselves on a bunch of sweaty Spartans

...surrendering themselves, and their glistening weapons, to their oppressors...?

A little too on the nose, dontchathink? ;)

[SpiralHawk]

3. Inquisition 2012 - now gearing up

Through the auspices of the AWOL Bush-Cheney misadministration, they've already displayed their approval of and taste for torture...

[madrchsod]

4. rantings of old men who will never feel the pain of their war

i find it interesting that they use a descendent of a greek god as their example of leadership.

what happened? they run out of biblical generals as an example?

[im1013]

5. The YouTube comments are HILARIOUS

and surprisingly, (mostly)intelligent.

[Hannah Bell]

6. "300"? omg.

[Amimnoch]

7. LOL, does that mean their "warriors" will be lovers of boys?

I find it more than a bit ironic given conservative christians history of hating us gays, yet constantly being caught with there pants down with young boys or other men, and here one of their leaders wants to emulate a Spartan army?!?!

:spank:

I wonder if each of these "christian" warriors will take on his own eromenos? (or a young boy who will be both his young lover and young apprentice) This was the norm in Spartan society, where young boys (as young as age 7) would become the eromenos of one of the warriors (usually in there 20's). The eromenos would be servant, lover, and apprentice or trainee to the warrior until he underwent the rights of passage to be considered a man, then he would take on his own eromenos for training.

It is just soooo darn funny that this is the culture that these christians extremist whackos want to emulate.

[JHB]

8. C'mon, they're not fooling anyone. This is all about the outifts....

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

9. If they do start its own "Spartan Armya" maybe they will we finally tax them.