Soldiers in the Army of God 4/7

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

[texaschizophrenic]

Anti-abortionists - your religion is not real, so I don't give a fuck; a teenage girl doesn't need to be having kids, because that causes more societal problems with children growing up to be more prone to crime, drug addiction, etc. Quite being selfish assholes, christian shit bags!

[mw2000]

'I might be the only man in the whole world whose not insane...'

No, you are insane. The two of you are pathologically insane with deep, deep seated emotional issues. Woman hating psychopaths. Freud would've had a field day with your mothers.

[ranchai100]

and I suppose that the will of god allows priests to rape children because their men.what a loaad of crap.christianity is nothing but a chauvinistic cult who's male members get their rocks off by dehumanising women.Oh and Im a man,not a women so all you christian perverts out there cant say Im a femenist who doesnt know their place,which apparently in bible belt circle is in the kitchen.

[GAYPRIDE1985]

God would not make you cut off your own foreskin. You are a delusional psychopath who should still be in prison. Maybe he may want you to be circumcised as in the Bible, but God would send you to a urologist to do it, or some other professional. Not at home with a razor putting you at risk of dying from infection or hemorrhage. You are a sick man, a very sick man. Please get over this nonsense and accept the fact that abortion is a legal right and always will be!!! And we are glad of it.

[GAYPRIDE1985]

@fileboy2002  You know I never thought of it that way......but you know what, you are 100% right!!! Its so true!! We would have found a reason to put them away by now.

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

7:17 only one who cut apart his penis who is not insane? surrrrrrrrrrrrre

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

so this nut cut apart his dick?

[fileboy2002]

If these guys were Muslims, they'd all be in jail already.

[aandreya]

too bad, god didn't slip and cut his dick off

[ChibiMiddleFinger]

7:30 - 8:00 - That type of attitude is why these men are not qualified to speak out on abortion. They understand nothing about women and see them as little more than distractions that lead them into sin.