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...that there is something fundamentally unsettling about the idea of Hell. Even in Salem, the horror capital of Massachusetts, the most terrifying sight was not the man in the lab coat covered in body parts or any of the copious witches. It was a group of four Christians from Repent America, equipped with signs, megaphone, and fliers, out to warn us that, according to the words of Saint Paul emblazoned on one of their signs, “neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit...
...That’s what Repent America has set out to do. They spend a lot of time focusing on homosexuality, which earned a great deal of ire from the crowd. “That’s not Christianity, that’s Paulianity,” said Eric, a short man in a blue sweatshirt who repeatedly challenged the validity of the Paul quotation. “Paul’s scripture is given by inspiration of God,” Tyler kept replying...
...When I asked Eric afterwards about the religious background that enabled him to engage in a fairly articulate debate about the merits of Repent America’s assertions, he explained that he grew up wanting to be a Catholic priest but began studying other religions, from paganism and masonry to the “sex mysteries of Isis and alchemies of Horus.” “What is your religion now?” I asked, tentatively. “I’m a Thelemite,” Eric said. Of course he was. Apparently, there...
...What was most striking about the whole interaction was neither the doggedness of Repent America nor the humorous antagonism of the crowd. (At one point, Borat showed up and agreed that “The homosexuals, they wear blue hats, they must be execute.”) It was how concerned everyone seemed. Eric and his cohorts stayed for the full two hours debating with the man on the stepladder. I asked the man holding the less-offensive sign (John 14:6) what they hoped to accomplish by talking to a crowd of inebriated people in costume...
...look to the future rather than past battles.” The rally was a high-security affair, and was not without verbal conflict. The large contingent of Obama supporters were at times shouted down by right-wing protestors holding signs that read, “America repent! Rejecting Jesus is choosing HELL” and “Same-sex marriage—abomination...