Repent Amarillo

Repent Amarillo

Repent Amarillo is an Amarillo, Texas-based religious group which advocates for the "spiritual mapping" and targeting of specific local areas and venues in order to exorcise "demons" from those areas. Because of the group's tactics and targeting of perceivably-vulnerable minorities, the group has gained infamy from critics who identify the organization as a hate group or a Christian analogy for the Lebanese militant group[1] Hezbollah (lit. "Army of God").

The group is led by nuclear reactor security guard and self-designated pastor David Grisham.

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Activities

Among the number of notable actions and campaigns taken by the group include protests against swingers[2], LGBT people, abortion clinics, Muslims and other groups[3].

Boycott against Houston, Texas

In January 2010, the group launched a boycott campaign against the city of Houston, Texas due to the election of Annise Parker (an open lesbian) as mayor and the construction of an abortion clinic in the city[4]. The website has since been redirected to the main Repent Amarillo website.

2010 Quran-burning incident

Main articles: Amarillo Citizens against Repent Amarillo and 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy

Theological controversy

Within Christian circles, the group has become a source of debate for apologeticists, many of whom disagree or reject the doctrine of spiritual mapping and territorial spirits, among other doctrinal issues[5]

References

  1. ^ Charles Johnson (Wed Mar 3, 2010 at 10:45 am PST). "The Texas Taliban". Little Green Footballs. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35896_The_Texas_Taliban. 
  2. ^ FORREST WILDER (Wednesday, February 24, 2010). "He Who Casts the First Stone". Texas Observer. http://www.texasobserver.org/dateline/he-who-casts-the-first-stone. 
  3. ^ Eva Parker (29 January 2009). "Hitler ideals alive in “Repent Amarillo”". The Prairie News. http://www.theprairienews.com/2009/01/29/hitler-ideals-alive-in-%E2%80%9Crepent-amarillo%E2%80%9D//. 
  4. ^ Craig Masilow (Tue., Jan. 19 2010 at 2:31 PM). "Boycott Houston, Because We Are So Depraved". Houston Press. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/01/boycott_houston.php. 
  5. ^ Rachel Tabachnick (Sat Mar 06, 2010 at 09:56:19 AM EST). "Repent Amarillo's Spiritual Mapping and Vigilantism". Talk to Action. http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/3/6/95620/29842. 

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