Theocracy Watch: Dominion Theology (2/5)

Joan Bokaer of Cornell University's Theocracy Watch gives a rundown on the growing danger of Dominionism, also known as Christian Reconstructionism, the ideology behind the scenes of Christian extremism in the United States and abroad. An important video for anyone who wants to understand the motives of the American Taliban and what's happening to American politics.

http://www.theocracywatch.org

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• Dominionism
• theology
• dominionist
• reconstructionism
• christianity
• christian
• theocracy

[SayYesToReason]

People seem to forget - we've SEEN what happens when Christianity is the law of the land! Anyone remember the Inquisition? The witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries? The Crusades? The founding fathers knew what they were doing keeping religion out of government and government out of religion.

[califoniania]

Sure, these assholes crap on the separation of church and state because THEIR religion is the majority and THEY would benefit. I think we should sponsor a free trip to Saudi Arabia for them and see if they still like the idea of theocracy.

[myndzyeful]

@Genin99 and I would happily fight against them with everything I got.

[Genin99]

If these whackjobs run the US the 2nd Civil War would start

[metanosis]

@DonKhoi ...not sure about that, but can't speak for Fundamentalists, anyways irrelevant, was using paganism in specific sense as was used to describe the hedonistic, sexually charged, child sacrificing, earth worshipping, naturalists of the ancient times as described in scripture, this could also include the Koran, where the same "paganism" is described....just to give the reference some scope and context..Buddhism, as a system with precepts, is much more civilised than "paganism"...

[metanosis]

@DonKhoi "Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He ought to be worshipped.That the most acceptable service we render to him is in doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion,Re Jesus of Nazareth, the system of morals, as he left them to us, is the best the world ever saw

[metanosis]

@califoniania no such thing as "separation of church and state", in founding docs, phrase comes from letter of Jefferson to church member who worried about state establishing a religion; Jefferson assured state would not do that. Jefferson used state $s to print Bibles,endorsed teaching of Bible, main reason for formation of republic to establish a state to worship freely, or choose not to....NOT to remove religion, but opposite, to promote it, w/o constraints of state religion.

[waycooltoo]

Mark 12:17

And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

Sounds like separation of church & state to me...

[SanguineBullet667]

@bcreason the anti-business part is nonsense. way to show your intelligence.

[Dogmeat1950]

@bcreason there is more then 2 Parties. there are several Parties, hell there is even a NAZI party in the USA and a Communist one. thing is the Dems and Reps have much more Popularity then the others.

[Ant42Lee]

@yvell He's not talking about Columbus, he's talking about men like Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and the like who drew up the plans for our government.

[yvell]

@SayYesToReason Christopher Columbus came to America in search of new land during those times.