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ck4829

(35,091 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:23 AM Oct 2013

Wait... How is this not.... (Deep breath) SOCIALISM!?

"The pastor (Huch) referred to Proverbs 13:22, a little while ago, which says that the wealth of the wicked is stored for the righteous. And it is through the kings, anointed to take dominion, that that transfer of wealth is going to occur." - Rafael Cruz, August 26, 2012


In a sermon last year at an Irving, Texas, megachurch that helped elect Ted Cruz to the United States Senate, Cruz' father Rafael Cruz indicated that his son was among the evangelical Christians who are anointed as "kings" to take control of all sectors of society, an agenda commonly referred to as the "Seven Mountains" mandate, and "bring the spoils of war to the priests", thus helping to bring about a prophesied "great transfer of wealth", from the "wicked" to righteous gentile believers. link to video of Rafael Cruz describing the "great transfer of wealth" and the role of anointed "kings" in various sectors of society, including government, who are to "bring the spoils of war to the priests".

Rafael Cruz' dominionist sermon given August 26, 2012, at the New Beginnings Church of pastor Larry Huch, in Irving, Texas has already received considerable scrutiny due to an excellent Huffington Post commentary by Methodist Associate Pastor Morgan Guyton, who noted the explicitly dominionist nature of pastor Cruz' sermon, which concerned the divine mandate for believers, with anointing of "kings" in their respective spheres, to take control over all sectors of society.

Cruz spoke of "Kings who are anointed to go to war, win the war, and bring the spoils of war to the priests."

http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/brucewilson/ted-cruzs-father-suggested-his-son-anointed-bring-about-end-time-transfer

"Transfers of wealth"? Take the money from the "wicked" and give it to the "righteous"? Collecting the "spoils of war"?

I don't know guys, this doesn't sound very capitalist or free market friendly to me, are we sure Ted Cruz and his allies aren't secret Soviet stay-behinds? They call Obama a socialist every other sentence, maybe they are being defensive. Something to think about.
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Wait... How is this not.... (Deep breath) SOCIALISM!? (Original Post) ck4829 Oct 2013 OP
It sounds like dirty lying thieving republican assholes to me Generic Other Oct 2013 #1
Somebody should ask this Ted Cruz in an interview. DetlefK Oct 2013 #2
Sounds more like theocratic fascism. tanyev Oct 2013 #3
"Bring the spoils of war to the priests." LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #4
No, that's fascism. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #5
+1 PotatoChip Oct 2013 #6
Cruz wouldn't call the rich 'wicked' - he'd say it means sinners muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #7

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
1. It sounds like dirty lying thieving republican assholes to me
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:28 AM
Oct 2013

Kings of their own prepper bunkers.

http://www.survivalkit.com/lp/?k=107&gclid=CLfwjIGVrboCFRFxQgodqgMAyA

Water, food, shelter, first aid kit, knife and duct tape. Oh brave new teabagger world!

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
2. Somebody should ask this Ted Cruz in an interview.
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:42 AM
Oct 2013

"Are you part of the dominion-movement?
Do support its creed that the wealth of society should be transfered to the chosen few?"

LuvNewcastle

(16,858 posts)
4. "Bring the spoils of war to the priests."
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:48 AM
Oct 2013

See why these asshole preachers love RW politics? Their power and influence, not to mention their bank accounts, increase mightily when Republicans are in charge.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
5. No, that's fascism.
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:50 AM
Oct 2013

Socialism is public control of resources. Ted Cruz and the Dominionists believe that capitalism is biblical. There is nothing about capitalism that precludes transfers of wealth into a few concentrated hands.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,368 posts)
7. Cruz wouldn't call the rich 'wicked' - he'd say it means sinners
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 12:04 PM
Oct 2013

which would be anyone who isn't a True Christian by his definition. He'd fine anyone not conforming to his strict religious rules.

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