Head of Cruz SuperPAC Pushes Dominionist Seminars To 'Take Control Of Government'

[annabanana]

SERIOUS WHACKADOODLE ALERT!!

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/04/ted-cruz-superpac-head-pushes-dominionist

In a promotional video from the new school, Barton again specifically linked it to Seven Mountains theology, saying that Christians are commanded to take control of the Seven Mountains but have failed to do so when it comes to government, which is why he is launching a school of "practical" government to train people on how to do just that.

"The Charis School of Practical Government is designed to make a difference in the culture," Barton said. "It's designed to transform the culture, community by community and state by state. In Luke 16:8, Jesus lamented that the children of this world are wiser and more shrewd than the children of light. This shouldn't be. We have the wisdom of the scriptures and insight of the Spirit, so God's people, of all folks, should be shrewder and wiser than others and this is particularly true in the political arena. After all, Joseph was certainly head and shoulders above all the other political folks in his day, as was Daniel in his day and Nehemiah in his day and so many others in their day."

Explicitly citing the "major Christian teaching today about the Seven Mountains," Barton said that Christians are to be engaged in all seven of these areas in order to transform America into the "nation what God wants it to be," especially government.

"After all, when God founded His nation of Israel," Barton stated, "He delivered to them a comprehensive code of 613 laws that covered every aspect of public policy, from criminal justice to education, from the military to immigration, from foreign policy to economics to taxes and everything in between. So the Bible definitely gives us much guidance in each of these areas, but too many Christians today that God is silent in the areas of government and public policy, but He is not."

[COLGATE4]

1. Cukoo for Cocoa Puffs. David "Historian" Barton.nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. How completely delusion can a functional human get for God's sake?? nt

[SwankyXomb]

3. History has shown us exactly

how delusional humans can get for god's sake.

[HughBeaumont]

4. Theocrats can fuck off to Iran.

Starting with this guy . . .

Barton's main thesis appears to be that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, the Founding Fathers being fundamentalist Christians, and not the historical assortment of Deists, liberal Protestants, Quakers, freethinkers, etc. they were in reality. Barton's writings extensively quote mine from the Founders to make his point, and he has gone so far as to even fabricate some quotes completely (this resulted in him pulling and then re-issuing his book The Myth of Separation under a different title, after his forgery of at least one James Madison quote was outed).[3]

Barton's works, such as America's Godly Heritage, are widely sold by a variety of religious right groups. America's Godly Heritage is in audio and video formats as well as a small book, and features an illustration of George Washington on the front cover kneeling in prayer in a pose suggesting he is engaged in spiritual warfare. Other books include The Bulletproof George Washington ("[a] riveting account of God's providence and protection&quot , Original Intent (originally titled The Myth of Separation, asserting the principle of separation of church and state was not intended by the Founders), a biography of Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Rush, reprintings of early Puritan educational texts for the homeschooling market such as the New England Primer, and dozens of others.

Despite being considered a "pseudohistorian" by mainstream scholars, Barton is unsurprisingly very popular with the religious right, and his publications are frequently used by Christian private schools and homeschoolers (from which Barton has made quite a bit of cash, might we add). His name keeps popping up more and more frequently in the background of current religious right activities — most recently he has been "discovered" by Glenn Beck as a frequent guest "expert".

Barton has also played a role in influencing the Texas Board of Education's decision to approve of public school textbooks which give a more favorable image to Christian conservatism.

[jwirr]

5. IMO this is going to backfire on him. Most mainstream

churches that have existed since the beginning of this country do not believe this and in fact want nothing to do with this. I just can't see them voting for such an idiot.

[Rex]

6. And yet, ironically if there is a real Hell...Barton will be there burning in agony for all eternity

Funny how that works.

[Albertoo]

7. This guy is advocating for a Christian Sharia

"After all, when God founded His nation of Israel," Barton stated, "He delivered to them a comprehensive code of 613 laws that covered every aspect of public policy, from criminal justice to education, from the military to immigration, from foreign policy to economics to taxes and everything in between.

is exactly what radical Islamic preachers try to push.

Seven Mountains theology, Wahhabis, looks like the 21st century is a carnival of fools.

[annabanana]

9. And THIS is who Cruz is!

And he has been this his whole life.

[MisterP]

8. problem is The Family's candidate can't exactly hit him on even this

[meow2u3]

10. I'd like to put Seven Mountains in Carnival Cruz' skull

But not only would it be illegal if I did it, but he'd be butthurt as well as skullhurt.

[annabanana]

11. The Democratic nominee really must win.

It's so discouraging to read what's going on on the other side.

[Democat]

12. Either Democratic candidate is infinitely better than either Republican one

It's a shame that many DUers can't see that yet.