LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY arxacies)

What are some of the big dominionist denominations? I know the Southern Baptists have their share, and I think Assembly of God. What others?

A thoughful post from nehmet

LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

Nehmet talks about the madness of the theocrats in this post:

I've been feeling bad lately; I do all my blogging at my other journal and rarely post anything at all here (since I can't access LJ at work anymore). Ergo, I think I'll start reposting stuff here when I think it might be of interest. Starting with this, on the subject of "moral relativism:"

An excellent view of this lately overused catchphrase comes from Maxspeak, by way of Swami Uptown:

Moral relativism outside of the Church, like political correctness, is 85 percent myth. Liberals and secularists are full of morals. Wiccans have morals. Trotsky had morals. You might not like what they are, but to claim morals are absent is bigotry. It's saying you've got the wrong religion. From there, someone versed in theology could get into the matter of how the Church or indeed any faith regards alternative religious creeds. From the little I know, the only tolerant ones in this regard are Buddhists.( Read more... )

LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

I just ran into the word "worldling" used in this article. It sounds like one of those insular Dominionist words. I've never seen this usage before, but there's always something new to discover. Has anyone else run into this term and usage?

Oh, and a gentle reminder: trolls of any sort will be swiftly disemvowelled. (Not you, jrfrench.) This isn't a debate board. religiousdebate is the proper place for that. Thank you.

Sunfell

LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

I don't know if this is listed in our 'archives', but if not, it should be. Here, in their own words, are the Dominionist's goals:

World Conquest

Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ - to have dominion in the civil structures, just as in every other aspect of life and godliness.

But it is dominion that we are after. Not just a voice.

It is dominion we are afier. Not just influence.

It is dominion we are after. Not just equal time.

It is dominion we are after.

World conquest. That's what Christ has commissioned us to accomplish. We must win the world with the power of the Gospel. And we must never settle for anything less.

If Jesus Christ is indeed Lord, as the Bible says, and if our commission is to bring the land into subjection to His Lordship, as the Bible says, then all our activities, all our witnessing, all our preaching, all our craftsmanship, all our stewardship, and all our political action will aim at nothing short of that sacred purpose.

Thus, Christian politics has as its primary intent the conquest of the land - of men, families, institutions, bureaucracies, courts, and governments for the Kingdom of Christ. It is to reinstitute the authority of God's Word as supreme over all judgments, over all legislation, over all declarations, constitutions, and confederations.[emphasis mine} True Christian political action seeks to rein the passions of men and curb the pattern of digression under God's rule.

George Grant, The Changing of the Guard (Ft. Worth, TX: Dominion Press, 1987), pp. 50-51.