"Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment," Hutaree.com reads. "The only thing on earth to save the testimony and those who follow it, are the members of the testimony, til the return of Christ in the clouds. We, the Hutaree, are prepared to defend all those who belong to Christ and save those who aren't. We will still spread the word, and fight to keep it, up to the time of the great coming."
Compare this statement to the one put out by Repent Amarillo:
A soldier for Christ wants to leave no man behind. We will fight unto death for the cause of eternal life through Christ Jesus. We will wage a good spiritual warfare until our King calls us home. May we leave this earth desperately clinging to one more lost soul.
The
arrogance of today's Christofascists make them lax in regards to
monitoring and censoring fringe groups like Hutaree. That inability to
expel groups from more mainstream Christianity before violence starts
may lead to a long period when Christian groups spend too much time and
effort defending themselves, telling people what they are NOT than
focusing on their real goals. This may seem a boon to secularists like
myself. The problem with that is that people will have to die to
achieve it.
"Hutaree" is evidently a made up name which means nothing. It may, however, come to mean "violent but stupid Christofascists."
Just a thought.
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