The association of fundamentalist Christianity with the police state in an ever entwining embrace is awkward and perhaps very scary.

Example:

Payson Christian School has new administrator

Parents of Payson Christian School students will see a new face in the director’s office next year — Dr. Aaron Walp.

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“Dr. Walp is highly qualified with experience in law enforcement, as an executive pastor, as an education administrator, an author, a guest lecturer at the university level in Christian and secular universities, and a lecturer in creationism with an emphasis on the Grand Canyon and the surrounding area,” said Gwen Nees, director of development for Payson Christian School.

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Walp also has completed additional law enforcement training in interview and interrogation, body language and hand writing analysis.

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