Tony Alamo is leaving leaflets on my car.
Well, he is not doing it himself, but one of his followers is.
The point is, my windshield gets cluttered every few months or so with fundamentalist propaganda.
For those unfamiliar with the “good” “Pastor” (the terms used loosely), Tony Alamo is a fundamentalist Christian preacher— Pentecostal, to be precise. Er wait, he is Jewish. Maybe he is a polygamist? No one knows for sure—his religious beliefs seem to change in every leaflet he writes.
He is definitely Christian. Then again, maybe not, because in one of his leaflets he wrote, “I am a Jew (one of God’s people).” On top of that, Alamo himself may not have been a polygamist, but he certainly was not against the idea— he’s promoted it in several of his leaflets.
At least two things are known for sure about Alamo.
For starters, he is certain that Catholics are agents of the devil and that the U.S. government is run by a satanic cult of Catholics. Oh, and that John F. Kennedy, a Catholic himself, was assassinated by our satanic/Catholic government.
The second is that he is a convicted child sex offender.
Sorry, probably should have mentioned that earlier. In 2009, Alamo was convicted on 10 federal counts of transporting minors across state lines for sex and was sentenced to 175 years in prison.
Alamo still claims he is innocent and that the 8th Circuit court of Appeals will vindicate him. Oh, he also says that he is “just another one of the prophets that went to jail for the Gospel.”
While it’s true that over the 1,000-plus-year history of Christianity, some who espoused its values in unpopular times have been jailed, but it certainly was not for having sexual relations with minors.
I am not sure what part of the Bible that whole “child sex” part is in, but Alamo knows, apparently: “I have never done anything that would be considered evil by God,” he wrote on his Web site.
But sex with children was not the first of Alamo’s run-ins with the law.
There is the minor weapons charge that he served time for. Next in 1994, Alamo went to jail for tax evasion and remained there for four years.
Then, in 2008, came the charges of physical abuse, sexual abuse, polygamy and underage miscarriage from some of his followers, which resulted in the 175-year jail term he is currently serving.
Unfortunately, all of that is only a part of the oddness that comprises Alamo Ministries. After his first wife Susan died in 1982, Alamo claimed that she would be resurrected. For six whole months he kept her body on display in front of his followers while they prayed over her.
As can be expected, Susan did not resurrect or reanimate. After 16 years of waiting for it to happen, Alamo eventually gave her remains to her family for a proper burial.
Long terrible story short, Alamo is one of those huckster preachers who epitomizes the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do way of life. To him, everyone who does not agree with his view on religion and life is a Satanist, and woe unto them!
Nowhere in Alamo’s leaflets are there any mentions of Jesus’ teaching of “Love thy neighbor as thyself”— because that kind of drivel would run entirely counter to the atmosphere of xenophobic hatred he has fostered amongst his followers.
What boggles the mind is that despite the fact that Alamo is in jail for having sex with children, he still has people dedicated to him—dedicated enough to print up hundreds of leaflets and put a couple on my car every few months.
While no religion is free of its deviants— even the Catholic Church is not beyond reproach, as has been shown in recent days—it is typically one of the followers who commits the sin, not the founder.
If it looks like a cult, sounds like a cult, and puts inane leaflets on my car like a cult, it is probably a cult.
Right?
Andrew Seal is Staff writer for The Current.
[...] The Current April 26, 2010 Posted by Andrew Seal Tony Alamo no man of God [...]
UNCHANGEABLE POWER
by Tony Alamo
Those who are saved, born again of the Spirit, are immortal. They have a steadfast anchor for their souls, knowing that they, in Heaven, are forever exempt from death.1 They have a promise from God, who cannot lie, that they will have a life, or being, as an immortal soul, that shall never end, but be free from pain, sickness, aging, and corruption in the paradise which is Heaven.2 Our new lives as new creatures are never ending; they will be everlasting, perpetual, imperishable, and free from annihilation. “Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (II Tim. 1:10).
The promise of God to those of us who are born again of the Spirit cannot be altered. It is the same yesterday, today, and forever, because God, who promises this, is also unchangeable.3 He is the same yesterday, today, and forever! God is immutable, which means unchangeable. He is not capable of ever changing. Hebrews 6:17-20 states, “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability [unchangeableness] of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable [unchangeable] things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we [who are saved] might have a strong consolation [reward for faith and holiness], who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil [eternity]; Whither the forerunner [Jesus] is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”
This is why, no matter what we will go through, nothing must ever separate us from the love of God.4 If it would, according to God, who cannot lie, it would be better that we had never known the truth.5 “For if we [even us apostles] sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins” (Heb. 10:26).
Jesus had to sacrifice Himself just one time (for the remission of our sins).6 He will not die again for anyone, especially for those who believe they can continue sinning. “But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant [the promise of immortality], wherewith he [the person who was once saved] was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace [which means mercy]? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people [as He promised]. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. 10:27-31). These promises are immutable, which again means unchangeable!!7 They are the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8).
Other immutable (unchangeable) promises of God are: “But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in Heaven. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword [this sword is the Word of GOD, which the world hates]. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
“He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me [Why? It is because your mother, father, sister, or brother didn’t die for you. Jesus, and no one else, died, was buried, resurrected, and ascended into Heaven for you. Only Jesus is able to give you eternal life. This is immutable, unchangeable!]: and he that loveth son or daughter more than ME is not worthy of ME. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me. He that findeth his [secular] life shall lose it: and he that loseth his [secular] life for My sake shall find it [eternal life]. He that receiveth you receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me” (Matt. 10:33-40).
These scriptures are to be believed on if you wish to become immortal. If you want to be immortal, begin the process now by saying this prayer to God: My Lord and my God, have mercy upon my soul, a sinner. 1 I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God. 2 I believe that He died on the cross and shed His precious blood for the forgiveness of all my sins. 3 I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit 4 and that He sits on the right hand of God at this moment, hearing my confession of sin and this prayer. 5 I open up the door of my heart and I invite You into my heart, Lord Jesus. 6 Wash all of my filthy sins away in the precious blood that You shed in my place on the cross at Calvary. 7 You will not turn me away, Lord Jesus, You will forgive my sins and save my soul. I know because Your Word, the Bible says so. 8 Your Word says that You will turn no one away, and that includes me. 9 Therefore, I know that You have heard me, and I know that You have answered me, and I know that I am saved. 10 And I thank You, Lord Jesus, for saving my soul, and I will show my thankfulness by doing as You command and sin no more
As expected, the mindless zombie cult follower is now plastering Alamo Lit all over your blog.
well im glad at least someone has a brain and knows that it is wrong to have sex with babies no matter if your heritic pastor says,i dont know what satanic bible they are reading but its not penicostal,i have penicostal family and they are good people.
In a nation that honors freedom of speech, even the prodigious ‘follower’ of such a deviant group is able to ‘air’ their dirty laundry. But just keep that bird**** off my windshield!!! Peace, out
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