Here is a slice of the thinking that permeates the crazies who have shut down the government: Dominionists: -celebrate Christian nationalism, in that they believe the United States once was, and should again be, a Christian nation. In this way, they deny the Enlightenment roots of American democracy. -promote religious supremacy, insofar as they generally do not respect the equality of other religions, or even other versions of Christianity. -endorse theocratic visions, believing that the Ten Commandments, or biblical law, should be the foundation of American law, and that the U.S. Constitution should be seen as a vehicle for implementing Biblical principles. -------- While differing from Reconstructionism in many ways, Kingdom Now shares the belief that Christians have a mandate to take dominion over every area of life, explains religion scholar Bruce Barron. And it is just this tendency that has spread through evangelical Protestantism, resulting in the emergence of various brands of `dominionist thinkers in contemporary American evangelicalism, according to Barron.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:29:40 +0000