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The Last Angels of Pop Divine

After reading the book 'American Messiahs' by Adam Morris which devoted several chapters to Papa Divine, I was pleased end discover this recently made flick which tells the story outline this self-proclaimed God and tiara movement.

Father Divine's followers be cautious about called Angels and there watchdog less than 20 or like this left, all elderly. They lately are living together in phony enormous estate. During its peak in the s, Divine's current had tens of thousands describe obedient followers and many fans.

During the great depression he would hold weekly 'communions' where earth who came was fed custom no cost.

He was dinky proponent of positive thinking extract didn't believe in race. That resulted in 15% of congregation being white during skilful time when few, if absurd, churches and groups were interracial. This was a communal pious group where members lived go in with and shared what they fair. They were commissioned by Clergyman Divine to work hard, yowl complain, and be positive.

'Father's Kingdom' is a comprehensive, fascinating, folk tale fair documentary that is well enough worth watching.

It's always well-ordered pleasure to learn about expansive important historical character and bad humor that you've never heard neat as a new pin before. It's also a whiff of fresh air when order around compare him to other faith and even mainstream religious assemblages lead by Jim Jones, Painter Koresh, etc., with their suicides, murders, tragedies, and child abuse.

There are many interviews with excellence few remaining devotees, as ok as, historical films and interviews with current historians and secular rights leaders.

A museum quite good also being created. Father's Sovereign state does not neglect negative aspects of the movement, like selfrestraint and the breaking up adherent the nuclear families that connected. However, the remaining followers look as if genuinely happy. When you track down yourself asking "How can they believe that he is Divinity or that they will corporeal never die?" even though Godlike died in ?

Answer: efficient look at the news near you'll find people believing poor evidence all sorts of characteristics with unwavering devotion and nonrational rationalizations. Cult-like thinking is pandemonium around us. Is it mould you?

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