Popular and journalistic ignorance about fundamentalists/Pentecostals/Charismatics/new-Apostolics isn't just a big frustration of those of us who aim to expose the threat of dominionism. It can also harm the fundamentalists/Pentecostals/Charismatics/new-Apostolics themselves, at least in locales where they aren't dominant, especially if they also happen to be non-white.
Today I ran into what looks to me like a possible example of someone being wrongly charged with a serious crime (arson) due to police and media misunderstanding of the person's religious practices. I don't yet know for sure, but I think it's worth sharing my observations so far.
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