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Archae

(46,369 posts)
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 12:37 PM Jul 2017

Combine religion, politics and schizophrenia...

And you'll get guys like this.

‘The Trump Prophecies’: Mark Taylor’s Demon-Filled Predictions For The US

Meet Shakina Kami: the alter-ego of the self-described prophet Mark Taylor, who claims to have foreseen the Donald Trump presidency as early as 2011 and tells all in his new book, “The Trump Prophecies: The Astonishing True Story Of The Man Who Saw Tomorrow… And What He Says Is Coming Next.”

It all started as the retired firefighter watched Trump give an otherwise innocuous interview to Fox News. In his book, Taylor describes how God spoke to him as the interview went on: “The Spirit of God says, ‘I have chosen this man, Donald Trump, for such a time as this. For as Benjamin Netanyahu is to Israel, so shall this man be to the United States.’”
From that moment on, Taylor explains, he felt his political and religious role shift dramatically—realizing that he “was no longer simply Mark Taylor” but also “Shakina Kami,” a name that supposedly translates from a combination of “African” and “Indian” languages into “Beautiful One Whose Desires Are Fulfilled, and in Whose Life the Lord Dwells with the Divine Wind of Providence.” The rest of the book is devoted to revealing Taylor’s visions about how Trump is the “chosen one” who will unite the “Army of God.”

These prophecies depict political events that range from to unconstitutional to explicitly violent.

For example, Taylor argues that “we simply must stop saying that the Church and/or God doesn’t belong in politics” and, as such, he believes that God will use Trump to unite Church and state by evicting “the evil that currently resides” in the government, in some cases “possibly” arresting politicians who oppose the administration. Among those that will be replaced are five Supreme Court justices, who will be overthrown in a dramatic fashion: with one retired, one dead, and three forced to resign amidst scandal. In addition to purging the government, Taylor explains, the Spirit of God often tells Taylor that President Trump will finally defeat all threatening non-state actors as well, such as the “illuminati and ISIS.”

However, according to Taylor, this process will not be without difficulty. Taylor frequently supplements his prophecies with stories of personal obstacles: Namely, Taylor describes how he is targeted by evil spirits for “speaking out against the powers of evil that have strongholds in high places,” especially in the Supreme Court. In some instances, Taylor uses self-aggrandizing superhero tropes to depict his battle with “demonic” and “powerful” spirits, who try to undermine his mission to expose them. Taylor boasts about how he has called upon “the physical self-defense strategies” that he “had learned to rely on as a fireman” in order to “reach out and attack” the “powerful” and “demonic” spirits that torment him at night.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-trump-prophecies-mark-taylors-demon-filled-predictions-for-the-us/

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Combine religion, politics and schizophrenia... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2017 OP
So specific on names...so vague on hard evidence Moostache Jul 2017 #1
Add extremism to any imaginary construct like politics LanternWaste Jul 2017 #2

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
1. So specific on names...so vague on hard evidence
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 12:46 PM
Jul 2017

So..."god" spoke all of this to him? What did 'god's' voice sound like? Was it a baritone? a bass? Surely not a tenor?

Did 'god' tell you anything else, like "Ye, though the College of Electors did meet the shock of the nation was great and the lamentation of the vanquished did fill the cup of Trump to overflowing"? Why not? Did you place bets on the electoral college outcome in Michigan or Pennsylvania since you *knew* the outcome in advance? Why not? I would be a filthy rich mother fucker on a private island if I had any REAL clairvoyant messages given to me...or is THAT why 'god' chose you? Because you are so pure of mind and thought?

Fuck this guy sideways with a rusty garden rake.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
2. Add extremism to any imaginary construct like politics
Wed Jul 19, 2017, 01:39 PM
Jul 2017

Add extremism to any imaginary construct like politics, and every bias becomes a potential delusion.

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