• @pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    4510 months ago

    This is a yikes, they’re doing the Westboro Church tactics without wanting the money, just to harass.

    The Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth’s founder and president Chris Cooper suggests using the app to conduct neighborly activities such as putting on a barbecue for potential converts, but scattered throughout the app’s training and promotional videos are suggestions to undertake the controversial practice of “prayerwalking.” An idea becoming increasingly popular among Christian supremacist groups, prayerwalking involves believers flooding so-called “un-Christian” territories in order to combat “demonic strongholds.” In practice, it varies from blessing new neighbors to gathering groups to pray in front of everything from mosques to drag bars in service of “spiritual warfare.”

    • gregorum
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      10 months ago

      And how long until this app gets tied to several mass shootings and a spate of burning crosses?

      • themadcodger
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        1910 months ago

        “It was a deeply disturbed lone wolf. It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do. Thoughts and prayers.”

        • mozzOP
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          1110 months ago

          “By the way we added a new feature! Now you can filter by…”