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Never in my wildest fevered delirium could I have imagined what the reaction would have been.

Let’s put it this way: since early this morning, I have been in a nearly constant gigglefit about this whole thing.

Here’s a sample of the correspondence that’s come in…

“Brilliant, pure genius with Johnny and his minions.”

“I’m speechless, absolutely without a single bit of speech.”

“Chris, Chris, Chris… this one goes down in the history books: Best. April. Fools. Post. Ever.”

“what a stunt, dude… You know that I bought it for THIRTY WHOLE SECONDS? (even with my knowledge that this was gonna happen – I bought it!) It looks so real! Well done! :-)”

“This is horrible but actually expected. I do hope the boy will be OK. It’s a shame he has to pay for Johnny’s evilness.”

“Bahahah … April Fool’s, eh?”

“Chris, You have written a masterful work

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UPDATE 04/02/2009: Please click here for major new developments in this story!

The damned lunatic has finally gone too far. And not all the pathetic PowerPoint charts on his laptop can possibly save him now.

Local cult leader Johnny Robertson of the “Martinsville Church of Christ” – the very same individual who has harassed many churches in the area and has sought to inflict his own warped brand of “Christianity” with rude force and heartless lies – has been arrested in Vatican City following what is being called a “coordinated and persistent attempt” to threaten Pope Benedict XVI within the very Papal Apartments of the Apostolic Palace!

Behold the front page of today’s New York Post, screaming the over-the-top sins of Henry County, Virginia’s most rabid mad dog for all the world to see…

Robertson’s 16-year old son Micah Robertson is also in critical condition at a Rome hospital ...

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This was among the e-mails awaiting my perusal this morning. I should comment that the same issue has been raised considerably on various forums in recent weeks and months…

“Johnny Robertson and James Oldfield can’t be the real church of Christ because they aren’t obedient to Romans 16:16.”

The writer is of course referring to local cultist Johnny Robertson and his lackey/second cousin James Oldfield, the leaders of what they proclaim is the “Church of Christ” (no relation to the real Churches of Christ). The two men who have been harassing the legitimate churches in this area, and even committing slander against some (like when Johnny Robertson accused one church in Kernersville, without evidence, of child pornography).

And in case you’re wondering what Paul instructs in Romans 16:16, here it is from the King James version…

Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

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Very strange night of cult leader Johnny Robertson’s usual broadcast on WGSR this evening. The first hour was a recording of this morning’s “service” at Martinsville Church of Christ. And that in itself was notable because to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that I’ve ever seen Johnny Robertson praying. Except that his “prayer” was straight out of Luke chapter 18, in that it was practically the same as that of the Pharisee in the temple who prays “God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers…” etc. Yes folks, that apparently is the substance of “prayer” among the cult (which again, is not the real Churches of Christ at all).

Then Robertson went on a vicious rant, boasting about how his “church is the most authoritarian!” among other things, and then devoted much of the rest of the “sermon” to evolution ...

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Longtime readers of this blog already know about cultist Johnny Robertson and his self-proclaimed “Church of Christ” (which is nothing like the mainstream Churches of Christ that most people know and respect). About how Robertson, flunky/second cousin James Oldfield and their “Religious Review” charade go around the area accosting the decent (and in my mind, legitimate) churches, and then televise their harassment on WGSR… which is now widely acknowledged, Robertson is the de facto owner of.

Robertson, and what he represents, is not real Christianity. There is no love, no humility, no thankfulness for the grace of God that comes out of what they have been doing. All that Johnny Robertson has ever demonstrated that he is capable of producing is hate, and spite, and division, and… dare I say it? Yeah, I will: evil.

But… why should you have to take my word for that?

During his show ...

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Right when you think that there are no more crazy headlines that this blog can possibly generate…

I just watched James Oldfield, second cousin and henchman of cult leader Johnny Robertson of what many here are calling the “Church of Christ In Name Only”, use the YouTube video of my karaoke performance of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” on live television… to attack the United Methodist Church!

(I’ve already received one e-mail telling me that “whatever this guy is smoking, I want ten pounds of it.”)

During the live television broadcast tonight of his show A Word from the Lord on WGSR out of Reidsville, North Carolina, James Oldfield and some other cultist that I’d never seen before, devoted the program to their latest “Religious Review” hijinks: this time, Oldfield was involved in ambushing not one but two Methodist congregations. And I was already having fun half-listening to Oldfield’s comedic ramblings, ...

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This post will dovetail nicely with the update from earlier today about cult leader Johnny Robertson and his “Religious Review Multimedia”. Which after tonight I have to ask aloud: has anybody heard Robertson or Oldfield mention this ever before the last two months? Because I’ve been keeping my eye on the “Church of Christ in Name Only” cult for a few years now, but “Religious Review” didn’t enter into Robertson’s public vernacular until November 2008. And from hearing him use it now, you’d think that it was always a part of his operation.

In comic book terminology, that is what is called a “retcon”. Who’da thought that we’d see it play out in real life (apart from pro wrestling)?

Tonight two friends were over at the Knight Casa. Let’s call them Friend #1 and Friend #2. One of them had read the post earlier today and just before ...

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(With kindest regards to Bill Maher for coming up with such a great new word that I couldn’t help but apply it to another bunch of loonies that he would probably laugh at as well…)

In late November this blog reported on local cult leader Johnny Robertson – of what I call “the Church of Christ in Name Only” – employing the services of what he referred to on his live TV show as “Religious Review Multimedia Group”, and Robertson heavily implied that whoever “Religious Review Multimedia Group” was, that they were an independent outfit covering matters of faith.

Except the whole thing was something Robertson made up. And in the footage that he aired, that’s his own teenage son who’s now following in his old man’s footsteps with the hidden cameras and “in yo face” confrontations.

“Religious Review Multimedia Group” was, as is so often with Johnny Robertson and ...

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In the past week I’ve received three e-mails directing my attention to Religious Review, a newly established blog. And it’s been asked if I’m the person behind it.

I am not. And I didn’t even know about Religious Review until the last several days. But I certainly have to applaud whoever it is who set it up.

As was reported on this blog last month, “Religious Review” is the name of the bogus outfit that local cult leader Johnny Robertson came up with in his continuing bid to harass and intimidate the legitimate churches in this area. He and crony/second cousin James Oldfield have already been known to confront innocent individuals with hidden cameras and such. Now Robertson has recruited his own son to go out in the name of “Religious Review” and do the same.

So what sayeth the real Religious Review?

Folks have been talking about

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Folks, please understand that I am not on a “get the ‘Church of Christ In Name Only'” binge tonight. Heck, I’ve so many projects on my plate right now that I’m pretty much relying on the reports that others have been sending me lately about the cult. Like earlier today when I posted that cult leader Johnny Robertson can’t spell worth a hoot even as he condemns preachers of other (and in my opinion, legitimate) churches in the area.

And now later this evening, it is Robertson’s chief henchman/second cousin who accompanied him from Texas, James Oldfield (heh-heh… bet y’all didn’t know that the two were related, did ya?) who is up to no good.

Who is Oldfield and the “Church of Christ” cult (remember, it’s not the real Church of Christ at all) going after this time? None other than the Salvation Army.

I came in from some ...

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