Terry Jones (Quran burning guy) Accused of 'Spiritual Abuse' at Cologne Church

[PSPS]

Source: Der Spiegal (Germany)

US fundamentalist pastor Terry Jones, who wants to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, ran a church in the western German city of Cologne until last year when members of the congregation expelled him. Former members have spoken of his hate-filled sermons and insistence on "blind obedience."

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Former church members are still undergoing therapy as a result of "spiritual abuse," Schäfer said. According to Schäfer, Jones urged church members to beat their children with a rod and also taught "a distinctive demonology" and conducted brainwashing.

"Terry Jones appears to have a delusional personality," speculates Schäfer. When he came to Germany in the 1980s, Jones apparently considered Cologne "a city of Hell that was founded by Nero's mother," while he thought Germany was "a key country for the supposed Christian revival of Europe," Schäfer says.

Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,716409,00.html

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I actually came across this earlier today and, when I didn't see any reference to it on DU, felt it merited being in LBN since it exposes the heretofore unknown-to-me cult-like aspirations of this charlatan. However, I may have missed it and this may have to be moved to another forum.

[NC_Nurse]

1. Why hasn't the MSM reported this? Losers.

[PSPS]

2. Because the M$M = "infotainment." The nuttier the spectacle, the more "newsworthy."

Race to the bottom.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I wonder how they missed this, too. They have sure reported enough on this...

x(

[glinda]

5. Because they are lazy for the most part.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Most of them, perhaps, but not KO and Rachel...

:shrug:

[glinda]

27. That is because they are not "talking heads" but actually are journalists.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. They have the courage to report on stories that the others won't...

Without them, there wouldn't be much point in turning on "the TV machine" for actual news... :(

[Roland99]

17. Local news has mentioned it but only in that he won't talk about what happened.

[tilsammans]

29. Thom Hartmann is virtually the only media figure talking . . .

. . . about this.

So people who aren't his listeners are not hearing about it.

[Zoeisright]

3. I'll bet there's more than 'spiritual abuse' to this story.

People like that are very rigid and authoritarian, which is the abuser's personality.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. I'd love to know if he's contributed to the TP people...

...or participated in their rallies.

[David Zephyr]

7. What a creep. I hope this gets more visibility.

Thanks PSPS.

[opihimoimoi]

8. The man is an ATTENTION WHORE....and also a nutcase...he deserves some Gitmo

only because he threatens other peoples lives

[CountAllVotes]

19. agree

they need to lock this fucker up and do it NOW!

:kick:

[opihimoimoi]

20. There those who slammed me for saying the same thing...Freedom of Speech thingy

this is extenuating case...

even the President said this should not take place

[CountAllVotes]

21. this fucker is a threat to international security

not just here at home but world wide.

Lock the fucker up NOW!

:kick:

[opihimoimoi]

23. COUNTRY FIRST is missing from their lexicon

[Confusious]

9. so he returned to america to find a few suckers. nt

[Papa Boule]

10. "Fundamentalist" has become the default label for this kind of personality type

I guess because we don't have any other word for it. Since they are authoritarian, rigid, black/white/no-gray, splitting thinkers, they trend toward the "fundamentalist" side of their religions.

And they exist in every religion and denomination. And because it is a personality type, and not something created by the religion itself, these kinds of "fundamentalists" share similarities in personality, belief, and practice no matter what the religion or where in the world they are.

[ezmerelda39]

11. This is obviously

the subversive work of a terrorist and his delusional followers, an act so deplorable that it has the potential of igniting a powder keg around the world. He may as well have an explosive vest around his garments and threatening to blow up his entire congregation, but of course they are not the ones who will feel the pain when retaliation takes place. Jones and his group are committing spiritual suicide. This fundamental group is not a religious group but an organized terrorist cell and the media can not wait to see the explosion.

[FMBM]

13. Just amazing...

that he is able to command attention from the Pope, the Secretary of State of the United States of America... other luminaries and would Be's...

How can it be that some obscure pastor from some backwoods church with 50 members can command such attention? Incomprehensible...

Perhaps if Islam, and/or the media, would just put him on ignore...?

Or maybe it's because they won't...?

Will there be live coverage from CNN...?

"OK, he is lighting the match... OK, he is igniting the book, OK, here is the live shot of the book burning..."

I just can't believe it...!

How did we get here?

[rucognizant]

14. Action Time!

Now contact your local media with this true story. INSIST that they include it in their coverage.

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

15. Is it me, or does everyone want to be the new Jerry Falwell?

Batshittery abhors a vacuum.

[LibertyLover]

16. I saw a brief article yesterday about this guy's daughter from, IIRC

his first marriage. She was quoted as saying that he was abusive and his church a cult. That didn't get much play either. One of the talking heads on the local all news station runs a segment called Core Values. Usually it's on the conservative side, but last night he was interesting in discussing this "preacher". After agreeing that burning the Koran is permitted under the 1st Amendment, he continued on with 'but MSM ignoring the story is a core value.'

[sofa king]

18. The damned conservatives are trying to take over Monty Python.

Sarah Palin, Terry Jones.... What's next, a cross-dressing CEO-turned-politician named Cleese Gilliam Chapman? And the worst part is that they're far less amusing than the originals.

[Karenina]

24. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[NC_Nurse]

25. Ha! Definitely less amusing...

[FirstLight]

22. yikes

I :shudder: at the crazy that has been unleashed. It seems that american soil is the new fundie staging ground...

it also strikes me as so ironic that the taliban and the rw fundies have so much in common...just on tactics and matters of principle. scary

[Downwinder]

26. Not to worry, he will be off to Jonestown soon. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

30. K&R

:kick: