#branch davidian

[lettherightrobin]

guns of the branch davidian cult

vhs, 1991

#branch davidian #cult #david koresh #true crime #waco #waco siege #guns #gun

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #memes #shitpost #kyle rittenhouse #alt right #fascists be like #sociopaths be like #psychopaths be like #david koresh #jim jones #adolf hitler #charles manson #cult leader #branch davidian #jonestown #nazis #maga #manson family #religions #religious hypocrisy #mental illness #mental health #Vernon Howell #true crime

[theanarchistscookbook]

#atf #waco #koresh #branch davidian #april 19 1993

[playitagin]

Waco siege

1993年 - 米テキサス州・ウェーコのブランチ・ダビディアン本部にFBIの特殊部隊が突入. In total, the 51-day siege resulted in the deaths of four federal agents and 82 Branch Davidians, 28 of whom were children.

#Apr.19.1993 #Waco siege #Branch Davidian #デビッド・コレッシュ #Waco #Waco massacre #ATF

[slavicgerman]

#random #society #america #waco #branch davidians #david koresh

[theexodvs]

“Cult” (n.) and “cultic” (adj.)

There is great confusion when describing certain groups and movements as "cultic." Since the most famous examples of cultic groups and movements in living memory include the Manson Family, People’s Temple, the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate, the popular conception of a cult has become a centralized group with one leader with a type-A personality. This is not how most cultic groups take shape.

"Cultic" and "centralized" are not synonyms. They are entirely different concepts, and whether one group or movement is one has no bearing whatsoever on whether it is the other.

The United Pentecostal Church International and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World are both cults. They are part of the Oneness Pentecostal movement*. Note, the UPCI and PAW are not in fellowship with each other and have no official relations. This is because this movement is decentralized, encompassing various different groups that are united in few if any ways besides (some) similar teachings. Whatever leadership and governance model they have, shared or contrasting, is secondary, because Oneness Pentecostalism as a set of doctrines is itself cultic, meaning any group that espouses it is a cult by definition.

Christian Identity is a more pronounced example of a cultic movement that is decentralized. It is a white supremacist group that teaches that white people are the descendants of the ancient Israelites, and that "gentiles" (people who aren't white) can never be saved. Its footprint is almost entirely made of websites, prison gangs, and local congregations, which are not in fellowship with each other or with any larger group. I would hope any decent person would be opposed to this movement and its teachings, but an attempt to treat "cultic" and "centralized" as synonyms might keep one from recognizing CI as something that should be avoided.

Other decentralized movements that are cultic include the Word of Faith movement, the Men's Right Movement, dispensationalism, neurodiversity, the Sovereign Citizens movement, BDSM, the New IFB, kinism, and the Black Hebrew Israelites. Every group that is part of these is a cult, thought they may not be in fellowship with other groups within the same movement.

*The Oneness Pentecostal movement is not representative of Pentecostalism as a whole. Most of the world's Pentecostals belong to the Assemblies of God which has taught the Trinity for its entire existence. Pentecostalism is not necessarily cultic. Oneness Pentecostalism is.

#cult #cults #manson family #charles manson #people's temple #peoples temple #jim jones #branch davidians #david koresh #heaven's gate #heavens gate #united pentecostal church international #pentecostal assemblies of the world #upci #paw #oneness pentecostalism #oneness pentecostals #christian identity #word of faith #prosperity gospel #men's rights movement #mra #men's rights activism #men's rights activist #men's rights activists #mras #mrm #mens rights movement #mens rights activism #mens rights activists

[charlesoberonn]

@nyehfully-yours please tell me which non-Jewish religion also celebrates Passover, the holiday about the foundation myth of the Jewish people.

#the only one I can think of is David Koresh's Branch Davidian cult #And I hope you're not in anything like that

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Waco” David Palumbo 2018 Illustration for the April issue of Texas Monthly.

#painting #illustration #waco #david koresh #waco siege #branch davidians #mount carmel center #fbi #atf #usa

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#david koresh #David Koresh #American cult leader #Branch Davidians #religious sect #sect #90's #90s

[tendie-defender]

#gunblr #gun control #atf #branch davidians #waco #ruby ridge #we will always remember

[747rabbit]

in a beautiful place out in the country

#boards of canada #aphex twin #radiohead #nostalgia #liminal #liminal spaces #nostalgiacore #weirdcore #liminalcore #dreamcore #2000s nostalgia #vaporwave #bjork #dereality #abandoned #atmosphere #electronic music #electronic #branch davidians #cults

[lettherightrobin]

mt. carmel

waco, texas

before and after the siege

vhs, 1991

#waco #waco texas #waco siege #branch davidians #true crime #david koresh #american south #southern gothic #cult #cult leader

[pbr-street-gang]

Gates of the Branch Davidian Compound, Waco, Texas

#mine #waco #Texas #branch davidians #David Koresh #cults #atf

[moondollk]

David Koresh-

#David Koresh #branch davidians #:3

[makingdonalddrumpfagain]

#branch davidians #wackos in waco #the 'new' republican party #tre45on

[bandcampsnoop]

1/3/24.

Vincent Brue says on his Bandcamp page, "Music is the reason I am still on this earth." Statements like that sound foreboding, but I look at it as a true testament to the power of music.

Bure and the Long Branch Davidians are a Long Branch, New Jersey band, and you can hear it. Really, this is an excellent release that sounds like what Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band could have sounded like if he'd stayed underground.

I've listened to this album several times and just really enjoyed the songs and presentation. It reminds me a bit of Country Westerns, Bedroom Eyes, and Michael Beach.

This appears to be self-released.

#Vincent Brue & the Long Branch Davidians #Vincent Brue #Long Branch Davidians #Long Branch #New Jersey #Bruce Springsteen #E Street Band #Country Westerns #Bedroom Eyes #Michael Beach #Bandcamp