need to take this seriously and get the word out. bridgit posted a thread about this a couple weeks ago that has some excellent links in it. These people are not buffoons, as MCM says, they have been working strategically at this for years, and what they have done so far is very alarming. Thanks for the post, babylonsister, and I have included some additional links that I feel are vital to the understanding of this very dangerous movement.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=385&topic_id=24500 http://www.talk2action.org/story/2005/11/25/161632/98 http://www.talk2action.org/story/2005/11/26/01436/229 http://www.talk2action.org/story/2005/12/9/9645/47907http://www.talk2action.org/story/2005/11/30/10554/198http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050418/pollitt Backward Christian Soldiers: An Action Manual For Christian Reconstruction
by Gary North
"Are you tired of sitting in the back of humanism's bus?
Jesus said to "Occupy till I come." But if Christians don't control the
territory, they can't occupy it. They get tossed out into cultural "outer
darkness," which is just exactly what the secular humanists have done to
Christians in the 20th century: in education, in the arts, in entertainment, in
politics, and certainly in the mainline churches and seminaries. Today, the
humanists are "occupying." But they won't be for long. This book shows why.
For the first time in over a century. Christians are beginning to proclaim a
seemingly new doctrine, yet the original doctrine was given to man by God:
dominion (Genesis 1:28). But this doctrine implies another: victory. That's what
this book is all about: a strategy for victory.
Satan may be alive on planet earth, but he's not well. He's in the biggest
trouble he's been in since Calvary. If Christians adopt a vision of victory and
a program of Christian Reconstruction, we will see the beginning of a new era on
earth: the kingdom of God manifested in every area of life. When Christ returns,
Christians will be occupying, not hiding in the shadows, not sitting in the back
of humanism's bus.
This book shows where to begin...."
http://freebooks.entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/html/gnbc/gnbc.html From ReligiousTolerance.org:
Its most common form, Dominionism, represents one of the most extreme forms of
Fundamentalist Christianity thought. Its followers, called Dominionists, are
attempting to peacefully convert the laws of United States so that they match
those of the Hebrew Scriptures. They intend to achieve this by using the freedom
of religion in the US to train a generation of children in private Christian
religious schools. Later, their graduates will be charged with the
responsibility of creating a new Bible-based political, religious and social
order. One of the first tasks of this order will be to eliminate religious
choice and freedom. Their eventual goal is to achieve the "Kingdom of God" in
which much of the world is converted to Christianity. They feel that the power
of God's word will bring about this conversion. No armed force or insurrection
will be needed; in fact, they believe that there will be little opposition to
their plan. People will willingly accept it. All that needs to be done
is to properly explain it to them.
All religious organizations, congregations etc. other than strictly
Fundamentalist Christianity would be suppressed. Nonconforming Evangelical, main
line and liberal Christian religious institutions would no longer be allowed to
hold services, organize, proselytize, etc. Society would revert to the laws and
punishments of the Hebrew Scriptures. Any person who advocated or practiced
other religious beliefs outside of their home would be tried for idolatry and
executed. Blasphemy, adultery and homosexual behavior would be criminalized;
those found guilty would also be executed. At that time that this essay was
originally written, this was the only religious movement in North America of
which we were aware which advocates genocide for followers of minority religions
and non-conforming members of their own religion. Since then, we have learned of
two conservative Christian pastors in Texas who have advocated the execution of
all Wiccans. Ralph Reed, the executive director of the conser
vative public policy group the Christian Coalition has criticized
Reconstructionism as "an authoritarian ideology that threatens the most basic
civil liberties of a free and democratic society."
Leading writers in the movement are:
Greg L. Bahnsen of the Southern California Center for Christian Studies.
David Chilton. He adopted hyper-preterism, (a.k.a. full or complete
perterism) a particular belief about end time events. He was basically
ostracized from the Christian Reconstruction camp afterwards.
Gary DeMar.
Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.
Gary North of the Institute for Christian Economics. He is a prolific
author.
Larry Pratt: head of the Gun Owners of America and English First, a
group opposed to non-English speaking immigrants and bilingual education. Author
of "Armed People Victorious" which documents Guatemalan and Philippine militias
and para-military death squads. He was campaign co-chair of the Buchanan
presidential campaign in 1996.
John Quade.
Rousas John Rushdoony of the Chalcedon Foundation is often considered
the founder of Christian Reconstructionism. Author of Institutes of Biblical
Law.
Rev. Andrew Sandlin.
<snip>
Practices:
If they gained control of the US or Canadian federal government, there would be
many changes:
The use of the death penalty would be greatly expanded, when the Hebrew
Scriptures' laws are reapplied. People will be executed for adultery, blasphemy,
heresy, homosexual behavior, idolatry, prostitution, evil sorcery (some
translations say Witchcraft), etc. The Bible requires those found guilty of
these "crimes" to be either stoned to death or burned alive. Reconstructionists
are divided on the execution method to be used.
A church or congregation which does not accept the Mosaic Law has
another god before them, and is thus guilty of idolatry. That would be
punishable by death. That would include all non-Christian religious
organizations. At the present time, non-Christians total two-thirds of the human
race.
The status of women would be reduced to almost that of a slave as
described in the Hebrew Scriptures. A woman would initially be considered the
property of her father; after marriage, she would be considered the property of
her husband.
It would be logical to assume that the institution of slavery would be
reintroduced, and regulated according to Biblical laws. Fathers could sell their
daughters into slavery. Female slaves would retain that status for life. Slave
owners would be allowed to physically abuse them, as long as the slaves lived
for at least a day before dying of the beating. 9
Polygyny and the keeping of concubines were permitted in the Old
Testament. However, Reconstructionists generally believe in marriage between one
man and one woman only. Any other sexual expression would be a capital crime.
Those found guilty of engaging in same-sex, pre-marital or extra-marital sex
would be executed.
The Old Testament "Jubilee Year" system would be celebrated once more.
Every 50 years, the control of all land reverted to its original owners. In
theory, this would require every part of North American land to be returned to
the original Aboriginal owners (or perhaps to those persons of Aboriginal
descent who are now Christians). Hawaii would be given back to the native
Hawaiians.
Governments would all have balanced budgets.
Income taxes would be eliminated.
The prison system would be eliminated. A system of just restitution
would be established for some crimes. The death penalty would be practiced for
many other crimes. There would be little need for warehousing of convicted
criminals.
Legal abortions would be banished; those found to be responsible for
abortions would be charged with murder and executed.
<snip> To read more...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm You probably need an afternoon to read all this, but it is definitely worth it.
Also, have you seen Jesus Camp? It is a documentary about a camp where these
young children are trained for the "Army of God". The brainwashing and TRAUMA that these people do in the
name of God is just nauseating. These people are dangerous. This is what we should fear, not the 'terrasts"!
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