Yesterday, I shared some of our research on #ChristianNationalism and the Quiverful. How about a little #TwelveTribes tonight? I am hash-tagging it so you can mute #twelvetribes if you are sick of this. 1/? Also I will be content warning some of it
# Twelvetribes The Twelve Tribes is a transnational religious community whose members cross borders frequently and see the nation-state as a place within which they reside rather than as an institution that informs their primary identity. Their communities throughout the world follow very similar customs and work routines and live apart from the wider society. I'm going to quote from their Child Training Manual so there will be discussion of #childabuse
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to place the soul life of that child under those parents, specifically” (27). So, for them, cooperating with the state to remove a child is to deny God’s sovereignty and go against His will. In this regard, any state that interferes with parents raising their children is moving towards totalitarianism.