Extortion.

Fundamentalist Christian leaders will try to extort money and obedience from you by threatening to put you in the power of hell unless you submit to their authority.

This is what Jesus accused the Pharisees of doing.

It is extortion.

And it is corrupt.

It is not the practise of God.

Fundamentalist leaders have usurped the power of God and made themselves gods over men and women.

But you can appeal to God for help.

Cry out!

Pray fervently to God.

He will hear.

And deliver you.

But God will not smite your enemies.

Jesus said to pray for those who abuse you.

This is because God will not destroy them but change them and redeem them.

So pray for your persecutors.

Pray that they overcome their corruption and their fears and see God's Love clearly.

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