Gordon Klingenschmitt Quotes
Even as they are now pointing to God and praising God for that victory, something terrible happens; there's a demonic spirit now that referees, and the officials, and they say Oh did you see that? He just referred to God. We need to stop that and we need to disqualify them! And they're punished for their righteousness by the demonic spirit that's inside the referees.
Klingenschmitt, Gordon. Pray In Jesus Name. 2014. Quoted in Mantyla, Kyle. "Gordon Klingenschmitt: High School Football Referees Possessed By Demonic Spirits." Right Wing Watch, People For the American Way, 4 Sept. 2014.
This Sura of the Koran warns the faithful that the non-Muslims of the world have as a major objective the Conversion of Muslims. While this was and has been the case in times past starting even before the Crusades, many Christians felt it as an obligation to either convert the Muslims or to kill them. In modern times there have been Christian missionaries who have had an objective of converting Muslims, but no Christian government has had that as a policy for a long time now. But most Muslims are told this is so today and the Koran warned of this. The result is that many Muslims—particularly those who have not had much contact with other religions—believe that because of this, they will be forever fighting heretics like Christians. For this reason, Islam’s future is under attack.
Williams was a minority voice throughout most of the world on this point. Even in modern times there are many civil and religious authorities do do not agree. The belief of God’s impotence and the need for the “sword of steel” seem so contradictory yet it persists even to modern times.
Gordon James Klingenschmitt is an American evangelical activist, former U.S. Navy military chaplain, and politician. A Republican, he served one term in the Colorado House of Representatives for the 15th district from 2015 to 2017. Klingenschmitt unsuccessfully sought an at-large seat on the Colorado Springs, Colorado City Council in 2019 election, losing to Wayne Williams.
