The Connection Between Pentecostalism and Trump and Bolson Arrow

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The first and most enthusiastic backers of Trump were Pentecostals, it was people like Paula White-Cain who just got it. And that certainly, you know, with Bolsonaro as well, one of the leaders of the insurrection just yesterday in, in Brasilia was a Pentecostal preacher. These are guys who are just like, yeah, you know,. Like, look at those guys. They're their fault. Look over there kind of thing.

Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.

Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.