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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:36 AM
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Bachmann Gave To MN Addiction Recovery Center Credited With Exorcisms
"I began manifesting demons nearly immediately after entering into the Teen Challenge program, and a lot of demons were cast out over a three month period." - Brandon Barthrop


In April 2009, the Minnesota Independent covered MN congresswoman Michele Bachmann's donation of over $9,000 to Minnesota Teen Challenge, a faith-based addiction recovery program which has received over 10 million dollars in government funding according to a January 2010 story by the Minnesota Independent's Andy Birkey. Teen Challenge is an outreach ministry under the Pentecostal denomination the Assemblies of God.

What sort of addiction recovery treatment does Minnesota Teen Challenge offer? 2001 MTC graduate Brandon Barthrop, who now runs a non-traditional inner-city ministry, credits his successful recovery from drugs, satanism, and "warlocky" to a Minnesota Teen Challenge regimen involving the exorcism of myriad demon spirits. As Barthrop wrote in 2008 on his ministry website,



"I'm sure I was completely demonized my whole life until I got born in heaven in October 1999 when I was court-ordered to Minnesota Teen Challenge for drugs. I was completely strung out on all kinds of drugs. I was permi-fried from acid, and lived in a continual LCD trip. Tracers, shadows, and darkness abounded. I began manifesting demons nearly immediately after entering into the Teen Challenge program, and a lot of demons were cast out over a three month period. Everything afterward became much brighter spiritually and physically. I was told I was the worst case they had ever seen in Minnesota Teen Challenge history."
Barthrop's experience may seem bizarre to Americans unfamiliar with the exorcism movement in contemporary America but as a 2001 Christianity Today article explained, "Stunning numbers of North American Christians believe demons may be at the root of apparently natural maladies or temptations."

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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:41 AM
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1. Keep an open mind, maybe they could help Sen Bachmann.
:crazy:
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:47 AM
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3. But she embraces her demons
they help her lead this country to the right way
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph Donating Member (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:47 AM
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2. And Tweety thought she was only hypnotized
turns out she had a different problem... :evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin::evilgrin:

What is thy name?

"Legion", the congresswoman replied "For there are many of us within her"
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:49 AM
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4. Perhaps you could whisper in her ear as she sleeps
help her rid herself of the demons
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:50 AM
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5. Just looking at her, you know that she did
n/t
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golddigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 10:50 AM
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6. I don't know about anyone else, but
when I saw her that night, her eyes reminded me of that Heavens Gate dude.
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vduhr Donating Member (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 07:18 PM
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11. Holy crap!
Edited on Fri Nov-05-10 07:23 PM by vduhr


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MikeMc Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 12:06 PM
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7. Bachmann's own exorcism didn't take,
So the demon that controls her gave money to Minn Teen Challenge.
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 02:35 PM
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8. Ten million of your tax dollars at work to perform exorcisms
but God forbid we budget any money to provide for child health care.
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 05:20 PM
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9. she should check in and get one immediately
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vduhr Donating Member (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-05-10 07:03 PM
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10. So much for taking responsibility for your own actions.
The devil made me do it!
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