TheStar.com - Rapture politics
The Toronto Star published this Article on Saturday. We've been getting it free on weekends for some strange reason, and now I'm kinda thankful.
To summarize the article, it looks at how radical religious views are taking over American politics, and at specific politicians that are shaping the way the country is run to suit their fundamentalist ideals.
Its conclusion is that as:
“As the welfare state declines, many right leaning Christian churches offer not only eternal salvation but also material assistance in the form of daycare, low-priced dinners for poor families, psychological help for the abused and a ministry for inner-city at-risk youth... As long as politics fails to provide a sense of meaning, purpose and dignity to people's lives, religious fundamentalists will step in and take up this task.”
Since the article is incredibly long, I want to give you some of the highlights, concerning some of the politicians....
They include Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose pronouncements against the separation of church and state are well known; former attorney general John Ashcroft, who held regular prayer meetings and covered up the bare-breasted statue of justice; and Tom DeLay, the House Majority leader, who once claimed that, "Our entire system is built on the Judeo-Christian ethic, but it fell apart when we started denying God. If you stand up today and acknowledge God, they will try to destroy you... My mission is to bring us back to the Constitution and to Absolute Truth that has been manipulated and destroyed by a liberal world view."
In Colorado Springs, Colo., Christian cadets, with the support of faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy, have put pressure on "peers who believe differently, or who do not believe. Jewish cadets, in particular, have been targeted, charged with the murder of Christ," reports the Boston Globe.
"Dobson likens the proponents of gay marriage to the Nazis, has backed political candidates who called for the execution of abortion providers, defines embryonic stem-cell research as `state-funded cannibalism,' and urges Christian parents to pull their children out of public school systems,"
For instance, the newly elected senator from Oklahoma, Tom Coburn, has not only publicly argued for the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions, he has also insisted that lesbianism is so rampart in the schools in Oklahoma that officials let only one girl go to the bathroom at a time.
Jim DeMint, the new senator from South Carolina, stated he would not want to see "a single woman who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend" teaching in the public schools. He also wants to ban gays from teaching in public schools.
John Thune, the newly elected senator from South Dakota, supports a constitutional amendment banning flag burning.
"Under Christian dominion, America will no longer be a sinful and fallen nation but one in which the Ten Commandments form the basis of our legal system, Creationism and `Christian values' form the basis of our educational system, and the media and the government proclaim the Good News to one and all."
This is where I get scared.... This quote is from a christian political movement called "dominonism" or "christian Reconstructionism", which is said to be taking slow and quiet control of the Repulican party.... the full quote?
“Under Christian dominion, America will no longer be a sinful and fallen nation but one in which the Ten Commandments form the basis of our legal system, Creationism and “Christian values” form the basis of our educational system, and the media and the government proclaim the Good News to one and all. Aside from its proselytizing mandate, the federal government will be reduced to the protection of property rights and “homeland” security. Some Dominionists (not all of whom accept the label, at least not publicly) would further require all citizens to pay “tithes” to church organizations empowered by the government to run our social-welfare agencies, and a number of influential figures advocate the death penalty for a host of “moral crimes,” including apostasy, blasphemy, sodomy, and witchcraft. The only legitimate voices in this state will be Christian. All others will be silenced.”
Read thea article if you have the time, its very compelling. In the meantime, I will start building the bunker, for when the dominionists take over and try to take over Canada..
-LMK
The Toronto Star published this Article on Saturday. We've been getting it free on weekends for some strange reason, and now I'm kinda thankful.
To summarize the article, it looks at how radical religious views are taking over American politics, and at specific politicians that are shaping the way the country is run to suit their fundamentalist ideals.
Its conclusion is that as:
“As the welfare state declines, many right leaning Christian churches offer not only eternal salvation but also material assistance in the form of daycare, low-priced dinners for poor families, psychological help for the abused and a ministry for inner-city at-risk youth... As long as politics fails to provide a sense of meaning, purpose and dignity to people's lives, religious fundamentalists will step in and take up this task.”
Since the article is incredibly long, I want to give you some of the highlights, concerning some of the politicians....
They include Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, whose pronouncements against the separation of church and state are well known; former attorney general John Ashcroft, who held regular prayer meetings and covered up the bare-breasted statue of justice; and Tom DeLay, the House Majority leader, who once claimed that, "Our entire system is built on the Judeo-Christian ethic, but it fell apart when we started denying God. If you stand up today and acknowledge God, they will try to destroy you... My mission is to bring us back to the Constitution and to Absolute Truth that has been manipulated and destroyed by a liberal world view."
In Colorado Springs, Colo., Christian cadets, with the support of faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy, have put pressure on "peers who believe differently, or who do not believe. Jewish cadets, in particular, have been targeted, charged with the murder of Christ," reports the Boston Globe.
"Dobson likens the proponents of gay marriage to the Nazis, has backed political candidates who called for the execution of abortion providers, defines embryonic stem-cell research as `state-funded cannibalism,' and urges Christian parents to pull their children out of public school systems,"
For instance, the newly elected senator from Oklahoma, Tom Coburn, has not only publicly argued for the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions, he has also insisted that lesbianism is so rampart in the schools in Oklahoma that officials let only one girl go to the bathroom at a time.
Jim DeMint, the new senator from South Carolina, stated he would not want to see "a single woman who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend" teaching in the public schools. He also wants to ban gays from teaching in public schools.
John Thune, the newly elected senator from South Dakota, supports a constitutional amendment banning flag burning.
"Under Christian dominion, America will no longer be a sinful and fallen nation but one in which the Ten Commandments form the basis of our legal system, Creationism and `Christian values' form the basis of our educational system, and the media and the government proclaim the Good News to one and all."
This is where I get scared.... This quote is from a christian political movement called "dominonism" or "christian Reconstructionism", which is said to be taking slow and quiet control of the Repulican party.... the full quote?
“Under Christian dominion, America will no longer be a sinful and fallen nation but one in which the Ten Commandments form the basis of our legal system, Creationism and “Christian values” form the basis of our educational system, and the media and the government proclaim the Good News to one and all. Aside from its proselytizing mandate, the federal government will be reduced to the protection of property rights and “homeland” security. Some Dominionists (not all of whom accept the label, at least not publicly) would further require all citizens to pay “tithes” to church organizations empowered by the government to run our social-welfare agencies, and a number of influential figures advocate the death penalty for a host of “moral crimes,” including apostasy, blasphemy, sodomy, and witchcraft. The only legitimate voices in this state will be Christian. All others will be silenced.”
Read thea article if you have the time, its very compelling. In the meantime, I will start building the bunker, for when the dominionists take over and try to take over Canada..
-LMK
5 Comments:
I am a Christian...and that scares even me. It's like I said on my blog...if you say "fundamentalist Islamic" ... terrorist might be the first thing to pop into your mind. Why should "fundamentalist Christian" be any less frightening? Both would bastardize and otherwise peaceful religion.
The proof that we need a separation of church and state can be found in things like the crusades, the spanish inquisition, the Salem witch hunts... even the holocaust. When you add religion to the mix, things get crazy, because people will do whatever they want to, and say that God told them to do it. They make the claim that our founding fathers intended for this country to be based on Christian principles. Sort of, yes. But they made it abundantly clear that we have the right to freedom of religion, and a clear separation of church and state.
People like this not only frighten me, but they make all Christians look like narrow-minded whack jobs.
Thank you for my daily dose of terror. May I add?
1. Unlike groups like the Salvation Army, who are Christian but who do not require anyone they help to read their materials or attend their services, these fundamentalist Christian "helper agencies" force feed their ideology along with their soup and bread.
2. As your Methodist friend pointed out on an earlier post, these people are plenty prejudiced against OTHER CHRISTIANS. They are against all creed-based (Methodist, Lutheran, Catholic, Orthodox, Presbyterian -- I'm not sure who else) Christian denominations. We're all going to hell except them!
3. "Not In My Bible," a leftist Christian blog, wrote, "We will fight until hell freezes over, and then fight on the ice." And we all know Canadians have the advantage fighting on ice. Take heart!
PS:
Just pretend that the above post has no typos, etc. Thanks a mil.
I was just visiting the blog of the woman who stalks me then attacks me. I just wanted to see if she'd attacked me recently. What I found is something that speaks directly to your post today. Among a whole litany of other things, she says...and I quote:
"People are often paralyzed by fear, loneliness, guilt, circumstances and problems. They can't get to Jesus. Sometimes this requires action on our part, as Christian evangelists."
And:
"Sometimes it may take extreme measures for them to reach Jesus."
I'm curious about these "extreme measures." Could that mean blowing up abortion clinics and murdering doctors who perform abortions? Could that mean using airplanes as weapons to slaughter thousands of people in the name of God?
The thing in her post that makes me want to vomit is that she keeps saying that as Christians, we need to spend more time with non-Christians. We have to bring them the news of Jesus. Only, she would include Christians like me in the non-Christian group. All those who aren't conservative, evangelic apologetic Christans are going to hell and need to be witnessed to.
Wow, I wonder what the Christians did for centuries until this particular group of Christians came along. I won't post on her site anymore because I won't feed into her self-righteous indignation and extreme piety. But, I do believe she's wrong.
The Democrats need to dig down deep and find a pair. Don't get me started..
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