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Dominionism & Dominion Theology: The Theological Basis for American Theocracy

Monday January 5, 2009
Also known as Dominionism, Dominion Theology teaches that all of humanity is under the sovereign dominion of God. This means that Christians, as the followers of the only True Religion and representatives of God, have a divine mandate to rule over the rest of humanity. Dominion Theology is a doctrinal foundation for a number of movements, most prominently Christian Reconstructionism and Christian Identity. It has also become increasingly influential within America's broader Christian Right.

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January 5, 2009 at 11:03 pm
(1) Paul Buchman says:

The fact that few people today explicitly endorse the creation of such a theocracy doesn’t mean that they won’t accept it as the logical conclusion of the many beliefs which they are being convinced to adopt right now. If Dominionism isn’t to lead to theocracy, something must be done.

One thing that could be done (if our leaders had the political will to do it) would be to treat as subversives those who use extra-legal means to undermine the Constitution. We should put them in the same political category that communists occupied during the 1950s.

Tell it like it is: those who try to persuade military officers to put “God” before country are subversives and should be prosecuted as such.

“Do you now, or have you ever, believed in Christian theocracy?”

“Who else was at those Christian Reconstructionist meetings you attended? Just give us three names.”

“There are 721 Christian Reconstructionists in the Dept. of Defense.”

January 7, 2009 at 12:50 am
(2) Leon says:

Governor Mike huckabee comes to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08Dq_iNMRk&feature=related

Scary!

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