Church of Jesus Christ-Christian
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The Church of Jesus Christ-Christian is a white supremacy group, since 1978 part of the Aryan Nations, which was founded by Ku Klux Klan organizer Wesley A. Swift in 1946. It was originally known as the "White Identity Church of Jesus Christ-Christian," assuming its present name in 1957.
Among the group's teachings is that all non-whites — who are labelled "mud people" — have no souls and hence, no place at all in the afterlife; and since they are not going either to Heaven or Hell after they die, they have no incentive to self-regulate their earthly behavior. Jews are considered to be a race of devils, placed on Earth to do the bidding of Satan.
In February, 2001, the name "Church of Jesus Christ-Christian" was sold to Victoria and Jason Keenan along with the name "Aryan Nations" and the Aryan Nations compound when the Keenans won a 6.3 million USD lawsuit against the organizations after being attacked by Aryan Nations guards. In March, 2001, the Keenans sold the compound to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Carr Foundation, a human rights organization which plans to build a human rights center on the property.