 the landover baptist church is a fictional baptist church based in the fictional town of freehold, iowa. the landover baptist web site and its associated landoverbaptist.net forum are a satire of fundamentalist christianity and the religious right in the united states. ==origin== the site was created by chris harper, who obtained his master's degree in english literature from george mason university in 1993 after being expelled from liberty university (founded by jerry falwell) in 1989 for producing a satirical radio show which liberty's administration found offensive. ==description== the fictional landover baptist church is a parody of fundamentalist, independent baptist churches and biblical literalism. the church is described as operating under a dictatorial structure whereby its "pastor" holds all authority over the church, its members, and its extensive holdings. the church supposedly uses an elaborate fine system to maintain its authority over its members, parodying jerry falwell's system at liberty university, and in addition can force its members to comply with any and all of its wishes (a common phrase on the website used in such cases is that the member "mandatorily volunteered" to comply). in cases of expulsion the member is also removed from the church property. the website describes landover as having a "permanent injunction" against all "unsaved" persons, prohibiting them from being withi
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