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Interesting links from "Theocracy Alert":

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/071605Mazza/071605mazza.html
This is a brief, but detailed, explanation of "Rapture" eschatology as practiced by "Kingdom Now"/"Third Wave" type dominionists, such as the majority of those in the AoG (as opposed to Rushdoony et al). Of interesting note (and rarely taught even in dominionist circles, for obvious reasons): the whole idea of the "Rapture" actually started with British Israelism in the 1880s (British Israelism is a heresy that dates back to the 1600s or so that claims that the British are the "chosen people" (and in its most extreme forms even claiming the British are the Lost Tribes of Israel); its *other* major theological descendants are "Christian Identity" groups like the Klan and lesser known groups that claim white people are the true "children of Israel" and actual *Jews* are mere pretenders and thus "mud people"). Yes, the article does give info on British Israelism and the push for "Christian Zionism", too.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/072705Seesholtz/072705seesholtz.html
MUST READ--this gives an idea on just what dominionists would consider "capital crimes" in society, if they were to take over (and I'm not talking just about the Rushdoonyist hard-line Christian Reconstructionists, either; I've heard the *same stuff* mentioned in the AoG church I walked away from), and in context with another country taken over by the local equivalent of dominionists (Iran, which we may ironically be going to war with very soon if the dominionists get their way about things).

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/062105Seesholtz/062105seesholtz.html
Good article on the demonisation of gay/les/bi/trans individuals by dominionists (it is not far to say that gay individuals are the "new Reds", if not In Bed With Satan Himself at that--this article includes links on how dominionists have literally proposed bringing back some of the old (Nazi era Germany) classics like concentration camps and pink triangles to "de-gay" the country). And yes, the article *does* point out how very similar demonisation occured in Nazi Germany (both against gay/les/bi/trans folks and against the Jewish population...and we all, very sadly, know how that panned out. Never again :()

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/061405Nall/061405nall.html
This article may be summed up thusly: "We must hang together, or we shall all assuredly hang separately."

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/051905Baker/051905baker.html
A focus on one particular aspect I *keep* homing in on (having been a walkaway from a dominionist group)--that dominionism *in and of itself* is coercive, most of the groups practicing it are coercive religious groups, and in many aspects dominionism (like other coercive groups) is as much a mental health issue as a social or political one.

(As an aside: This is an aspect I have rare, unfortunate experience with--being a walkaway who was raised in dominionism and in particular in a coercive religious group that has historically been at the heart of dominionism since its very beginnings in the US. It's also an aspect that is very rarely touched on even with stuff like Yurica Report; it's also one major reason why I (sadly) think reason or compromise is going to be *impossible* with the dominionists unless they can somehow realise they *themselves* are being buffaloed. Were it not for a fortunate series of chance encounters that let me know I was being actively *lied* to, I'd probably *still* be in the cult. :P Reason never worked when I was in the cult--we were taught to actively fear anything outside it, that exposing ourselves to outside ideas was to "open toeholds for Satan", would cause us to backslide, and risk our salvation (as they preached anyone who left the church was "rejecting the Holy Spirit" and thus committing the worst of blasphemies).)

(I have actually only seen three other situations mentioned regarding politico-religious cults where the *cultic* aspect was touched on as much as the *politico-religious*--with the Lord's Resistance Army (which is itself a dominionist group inspired by pentecostalism) in Uganda, among the Khmer Rouge, and among the people in Kim Il Sung/Kim Jong Il's North Korea (which is less a communist country, and more of a bad parody of "god-king" societies with a lot of communist trappings). It's something that *desperately* needs to be touched on more, as these groups are becoming increasingly coercive in an attempt to literally breed an army of dominionist soldiers and politicians (coercion now going all the way to the college and internship levels with groups like Patrick Henry College).)

http://www.insider-magazine.com/ChristianMafia.htm
Good article on dominionism and dominionist influence in the US government.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/042505Seesholtz/042505seesholtz.html
Fun with seeing dominionists attack in their own words.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/042905Buckley/042905buckley.html
Article regarding Colorado Springs, dominionist influence in the USAF Academy, and links between dominionist groups (including info on "The Family", one of the lesser known dominionist "think tank" groups that includes several members of Congress)

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/051305Baker/051305baker.html
Another good article, this time in the vein of dominionism as a form of terrorism.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/060705Uticone/060705uticone.html
On when dominionist, coercive groups decide to put their coercion in power by law...

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/061105Turner/061105turner.html
On dominionism and fascism.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/041805Seesholtz/041805seesholtz.html and also http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/061105Seesholtz/061105seesholtz.html
On demonisation of gay/les/bi/trans individuals (and how it's profitable business for dominionists)

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Theocracy_Alert/051305Pitz/051305pitz.html
Again, on coercive elements in general in dominionist groups (and why they push for coercion to be made into law).

There *is* a definite slant to the site in general, but all the same, useful info on the links.

Also, fron another link:

http://www.onlinejournal.com/blog/2005/07/hatch-likens-bush-to-jesus-christ.html
(BTW, this is also a very common line in dominionist coercive religious groups--groups that (rightfully) critisize the dogma preached in dominionist groups are usually condemned as either "lukewarm" or as "pharisees" or otherwise "hiding their light".

(As an aside, the whole "hiding the light" thing is why I to this day cannot listen to the song "This Little Light Of Mine" without twitching. Originally a Southern spiritual about liberation, AoG dominionist churches in particular have twisted it to a dominionist bent (in that "letting your light shine" equates to ramming God down people's throats, willing or no)--people who aren't dominionist to the point of being obnoxious are termed "hiding their light under a bushel"...and yes, this is taught to kids as young as four and five years old :()

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