Seismic Shock

June 30, 2009

Robert West wants the BNP to pray for the clergy

Filed under: BNP, Church of England, bigotry — seismicshock @ 12:56 am

Watch Robert West encouraging the BNP to pray for English clergymen here.

2 Comments »

  1. 1. It’s important to note that Robert West says that he doesn’t say from the pulpit ‘vote BNP’. This means we need to watch out for signals that clergy give that they are BNP supporters.

    2. It’s also important to note that West starts by demonising clergy who don’t support the BNP as ‘not knowing Jesus personally’. He places himself as an Evangelical. This is spiritually dangerous given that this kind of evangelical rhetoric is very attractive to many people.

    3. The call to pray for the clergy is very reminiscent of Stephen Sizer’s tactics of constantly telling his critics that he is praying for them; it is spiritual manipulation. whilst this is obvious to me, you the blogger, and other opponents of the BNP, it won’t be obvious to everybody by any means. So people need to be reminded.

    4. Lastly, given the use of evangelical rhetoric, we need to watch out for any hint of manipulation of Christian Zionism and support for Israel by the BNP. This will be used to discredit Christians who oppose the BNP on various grounds.

    Comment by CZ — June 30, 2009 @ 9:51 pm | Reply

  2. Haha great comment CZ!

    Comment by Dooley — June 30, 2009 @ 10:16 pm | Reply


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