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Robert tells the story of Kevin Ontoniel Smith, a Jamaican-Canadian minister who created an apocalyptic Christian sect and slit his follower's throats in a COVID related panic. Sources; <a href="https://thewalrus.ca/is-your-blood-clean-the-paranoid-pastor-who-turned-his-church-into-a-violent-cult/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thewalrus.ca/is-your-blood-clean-the-paranoid-pastor-who-turned-his-church-into-a-violent-cult/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw19xQYGqDmdg6hQXniE0mpu">&ldquo;Is Your Blood Clean?&rdquo;: The Paranoid Pastor Who Turned His Church into a Violent Cult | The Walrus</a> <a href="https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/10/27/ontario-college-mum-on-cult-pastors-phd/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/10/27/ontario-college-mum-on-cult-pastors-phd/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0V-21GvXhckOPceF17Hzt_">Ontario college mum on cult pastor's PhD - Jamaica Observer</a> <a href="https://torontocaribbean.com/the-power-of-religion-to-abuse-distort-and-control-the-realities-of-susceptible-persons/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontocaribbean.com/the-power-of-religion-to-abuse-distort-and-control-the-realities-of-susceptible-persons/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1flqW2WPNUv-ZupZdEr42a">The power of religion to abuse, distort and control the realities of susceptible persons | Toronto Caribbean Newspaper</a> <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/10/23/preacher-kevin-o-smith-parishioners-arrested-for-alleged-human-sacrifices/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nypost.com/2021/10/23/preacher-kevin-o-smith-parishioners-arrested-for-alleged-human-sacrifices/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2S5FmhHwzV5Cb9-8FLtwrr">Preacher Kevin O. Smith, parishioners arrested for alleged human sacrifices</a> <a href="https://web5.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211019/it-was-prison#slideshow-1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://web5.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211019/it-was-prison%23slideshow-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw081aOi6kbpZQ7jdwgOC-GJ">&lsquo;It was like prison&rsquo; | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220107/naive-christians-slammed-missing-kevin-smith-red-flags" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20220107/naive-christians-slammed-missing-kevin-smith-red-flags&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06yMTSwX4P-_VKOJMEKh9R">Naive Christians slammed for missing Kevin Smith red flags | News | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211107/kevin-smiths-money-trail" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211107/kevin-smiths-money-trail&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1TSmMmB0oE-cadcBxo-9zz">Kevin Smith&rsquo;s money trail | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/he-left-trail-pain-and-debt" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/he-left-trail-pain-and-debt&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0m_Pna0Im31sdZ5yibYd9H">&lsquo;He left a trail of pain and debt&rsquo; | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20221113/kevin-smith-will-return" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20221113/kevin-smith-will-return&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38gVMx5f3PHpBWctmWv0dZ">&lsquo;Kevin Smith will return&rsquo; | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211020/kevin-o-smiths-social-media-footprint" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211020/kevin-o-smiths-social-media-footprint&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0jckxCOjpiS5JBaftC85Fi">Kevin O. Smith&rsquo;s social media footprint | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/kevin-smith-had-great-prophetic-powers-says-henley-morgan" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211031/kevin-smith-had-great-prophetic-powers-says-henley-morgan&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3igR7VmYyLFgUCWUl6I20X">Kevin Smith had great prophetic powers, says Henley Morgan | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner</a> <a href="https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/3/12/17109306/prosperity-gospel-good-evil-cancer-fate-theology-theodicy" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/3/12/17109306/prosperity-gospel-good-evil-cancer-fate-theology-theodicy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XO_JPkG1GlJuL1gvSD8fy">I&rsquo;m a scholar of the &ldquo;prosperity gospel.&rdquo; It took cancer to show me I was in its grip. | Vox</a> <a href="https://www.9marks.org/review/blessed-history-american-prosperity-gospel/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.9marks.org/review/blessed-history-american-prosperity-gospel/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1748641060135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hkEcYEpi-UCeY8snxFyiK">Book Review: Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, by Kate Bowler - 9Marks</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.