Soldiers in the Army of God 7/7

Given the recent tragic shooting of Dr. George Tiller, I feel this documentary is of particular significance in understanding the mindset and actions of those who choose violence as a method to be heard on the issue of Abortion

Points of Note:

The Army of God is a militant anti-abortionist organization whose operational method is one of Leaderless Resistance[1], a type of cell structured organizing that is designed to be highly difficult to trace and monitor. This structure also makes coordination and cooperation between cells very difficult, minimalizing its ability to plan large operations. The Army of God coordinates communication between groups and those incarcerated for crimes against the government and medical facilities, so called 'Prisoners for Christ'

The group promotes what they call 'defensive action' as an appropriate means of ending what they, and many others view as the murder or killing of the 'unborn'. This style of linguistic language specific to a group or ideology is common among extremist organizations and cults and special attention should be paid to their terminology and its ability to foster in-group understanding.[2][3]

While primarily religious in nature, this Army of God has strong connections with certain political views, such as the Sovereign Citizen movement (itself an offshoot from Christian Identity teachings) and staunch conservatism.

I would stress however, that the views of those expressed in this documentary are not to be taken as indicative of the entire anti-abortion movement, or Christianity in America. While sharing many of the same basic views regarding the morality and legality of abortion in the US, organizations such as Operation Rescue and the National Right to Life do not support violence as a method of achieving their goals.

The makings of a terrorist are complicated, and as you will see in watching this documentary, it is often the case that those who do make that step into violence do so after feelings of ineffectiveness or weakness.[4] Acts of terror are often the result of perceived increased pressure on the group from their external enemy, in this case the United States government, as well as 'Satan', 'secularism', 'paganism' and other enemies of their extreme version of Christianity.

[1]Leaderless Resistance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaderless_resistance

[2]Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, by Jessica Stern
[5] Ibid.

[3]Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, by Robert Jay Lifton
http://www.rickross.com/reference/brainwashing/brainwashing19.html#Loading%20...

[4] Sovereign Citizen movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Citizen

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Terrorism
• Abortion
• Army of God
• Evidence

[bobbybenjamin]

Taliban: ALAHHHHHHH!!! *bombs US embassy building*

Army oF God:JESUSSSSSS!!! *bombs abortion clinic*

[2003SCT]

@Doomkin1110 Who cares about the babies...if God can't or doesn't feel like keeping them alive, then hey. Doesn't he take them to heaven anyway? If he does, then they are better off. Maybe the would grow up to be people who didn't accept Jesus and then they would go to hell...then they would be better off dying as babies. I think its all bullshit but if you believe in all that, then maybe it makes sense to you.

[Quouar]

Thanks for posting!

[quicklern818]

@GamertownUSA he doesn't have the balls. Literally he doesnt have them.

[1776iscoming]

@TheRealRanktwo

The baby is in development starting at conception, he/she is in an early stage of life. You people will be the same ones calling for the extermination of bed ridden elderly. Anybody that can support abortion is absolutely wicked.

[fileboy2002]

@GamertownUSA I don't know if I agree. Lokey did 20 years for killing a man during the course of an armed robbery. He's proven he's capable of violence.

[oomshantiom]

to all americans----- u people dont have much experience of islamic terror. ask indians .. we r the real victims. american muslims will never accept america as their own country. they will live in ur country and will favour afghanistan/pakistan.. see how they broke their own country india to form the dirty shithole pakistan. and for 60 yrs, they hv been troubling us for separate kashmir. even many kashmiri muslims want separation. muslims r nothing but trouble. ban them asap.else u r doomed

[TheRealRanktwo]

These people are fucking idiots. Most abortions are carried out when the "child" is nothing more than a clump of cells. If any of these people actually saw the result of an abortion, I doubt they'd be able to identify it.

[newfrontier01]

Absolute lunatics!

[subfusc8]

Religion needs to go by the wayside.