The director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA) told his radio listeners that they and every American had a “patriotic duty to worship God.”

On his Wednesday radio show, Fischer read from the Old Testament Book of Haggai to explain why the U.S. economy was “in a slump.”

“If you want a prosperous economy, you’ve got to have a vibrant spirituality,” he said. “When you worship God, you are not just doing the right thing in terms of your relationship with God, you are doing your patriotic duty.”

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“It is your patriotic duty to worship God in order that we have a prosperous and flourishing economy,” Fisher added.

Watch the video below from AFA’s Focal Point, broadcast July 17, 2013.

(h/t: Right Wing Watch)