Why we must take dominionists seriously

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laresFri 26/08/11 22:44

"Texas Gov. Rick Perry's recent day-long prayer-and-fasting rally in Houston has led to some interesting fallout. Commentators in the media are taking an overdue look at the extreme views of the groups that sponsored 'The Response.'

Unfortunately, some are reaching a strange conclusion: These groups are so out on the fringe that we don't need to worry about them.

Many of the organizations that sponsored 'The Response' are extreme, all right. They are 'dominionists' – that is, they believe only Christians of their stripe have the 'true' religion and they should take dominion and govern based on their (narrow) interpretation of the Bible.

Sure, it's tempting to dismiss dominionists as a marginalized lunatic fringe. After all, many of them do tend to take positions that are, to be blunt, really out there. For example, they would not only outlaw abortion, they would execute any woman who gets the procedure or doctor who performs one. They would also execute gays, adulterers, blasphemers and those who hold to 'false' religions."

"What we're saying is that there is a significant strain of thought in the conservative Christian community that is actively hostile to church-state separation, pluralism, secular government, modern science, women's rights, etc. This movement has been influenced by dominionist theology. It is politically active and influential, and people need to know about it."

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bassetSat 27/08/11 06:08

Good article. I think that we missed our chance after the Norwegian massacre. Over there, somebody who was clearly a fruitcake massacred lots of innocent (& young) people for ideological reasons, if he's not actually insane.

Both they (and us here) should have taken that as a golden opportunity to round up people on the more extreme fringes of monotheism, on the grounds that they too are a danger to society.

There are already extensive governmental tracking mechanisms to deal with paedophiles and the crazier branches of "radical Islam".
I think that we need similar to deal with extreme evangelists. In his book "The Misery of Christianity" Joachim Kahl argues that Christianity expanded and fed by making itself appear the constant victim. I've no problems at all in locking up people like the Phelpses for life, with no access to lawyers or press.

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