dominionism NOT left-wing conspiracy theory

[bobbieinok]

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Domionism Is Not Pinky and the Brain
christinewoodman printable version print page Bookmark and Share
Mon Sep 05, 2011 at 08:24:03 PM EST
Dominionism is not birtherism or a conspiracy. It is the name for what happens when religious certitude grows up and creates a political machine.

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Most of the readers of this site know what Domionism is: the belief that America is a conservative Protestant nation and that it should be run by conservative Protestants and that all of its laws should be in accordance with conservative Protestant beliefs. This is not an idle belief, but rather a plan of action that has become increasingly detailed and successful in recent years.

But it seems to that we need to talk more about what Domionism is NOT. It is not a bunch of old white guys in the back room of a church saying to each other, "Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world!" It isn't a hushed conspiracy by a group of nut-jobs hatched in a secret control center.

Of course there are few wacka-doodle strains. But Domionism manifests in the very fabric of most Evangelical churches and it is the founding philosophy of groups like Focus on the Family. It is just another doctrine. And contrary to the Huffington Post blogger's assertions, it is integral to the Southern Baptist Association; one need only read their resolutions on feminism and marriage-equality to see it clearly and unambiguously articulated.

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[patrice]

1. I think mods are gonna get y' if you don't start posting the link. Did you click in the address wind

ow on the talk2action page and then hold down ctrl and then press c and then come back to your DU window and click inside you open post box then hold down ctrl again and then press v . . . ?

[kestrel91316]

2. IIRC, the only forum that requires a link is LBN.

[patrice]

3. Thanks for the info. Most still post them, because it's considered helpful to your readers. nt

[Fridays Child]

4. Link?

nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. We would be better off being ruled by Pinky

Than that dangerous and insane Doomsday Cult.

[Honeycombe8]

6. Never heard of this. I've been enlightened. nt

[annabanana]

7. Sorry. The New Apostolic Reformation and the rest of the "7 Mountains"

crowd are as scary as hell.

It is a vociferous, theocratic, "God is speaking right in my ear right now" and dangerous strain of Dominionism that should not be downplayed.

[Kurmudgeon]

8. Dominionism is just mammon worship, only Christian part of it is the decorations.

[CrispyQ]

9. Kicking for an important topic that many don't know about or dismiss as CT.

CNN's Blitzer & Cafferty: 'Never Heard of Dominionism'
Frederick Clarkson
Fri Aug 19, 2011

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/8/19/12651/2228

snip...

In case we were wondering why the Religious Right often seems to get such uncritical, or at least misguided coverage from so much of the mainstream media -- we need look no further than a recent segment from CNN's Situation Room. It is the single most startlingly frank admission of ignorance on the part of major figures in journalism I have ever seen.

You could probably hear my dropping jaw hitting the floor when I heard Jack Cafferty and Wolf Blitzer say they had never heard of dominionism until they read Michelle Goldberg's article on The Daily Beast. They apparently had never heard of Christian Reconstructionism or the New Apostolic Reformation either. Goldberg's article on Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann's relationship to all of this was certainly well done. But it is amazing that no other journalist of any prominence had looked into it before Goldberg's revelations. ...

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~More at link, including a 5 minute video of the Blitzer/Cafferty segment, which also includes Jack reading viewer comments.