What dominionists would do with gays (disobedient children, sabbath breakers, etc.), Part 3

[Emit]

On Monday and Tuesday, I published posts examining what dominionists (short hand for Christians who believe Old Testament law should be the basis for civil law) recommend for people who violate aspects of Mosaic law. Today, I briefly examine a 2011 book by Stephen Che Halbrook titled, God is Just: A Defense of the Old Testament Civil Laws.

The book is an extension of a Master’s thesis presented at Regent University in 2008. The book calls on government to use the Old Testament moral code as a basis for civil law, including the death penalty for blasphemy, idolatry, sabbath-breaking, disobedient children, adulterers and gays.

Halbrook runs the Theonomy Resources and teaches at The New Geneva Christian Leadership Academy. New Geneva is a college-level school which is endorsed by American Vision’s Gary DeMar, Chaplain Ray Moore, of Frontline Ministries and the Exodus Mandate, and Mark Rushdoony, son of R. J. Rushdoony, the father of Christian Reconstructionism.

Basically, Halbrook says that capital punishment for violators of biblical law benefits society. Throughout the book he makes the case that the laws governing all of us should reflect “God’s law as applied to the realm of civil government (which is mostly found in the Older Testament).” (p.xxi). Here is a sampling of recommendations for capital sanctions. On disobedient children he writes:

To all this we must add that capital sanctions for those who repudiate parental authority protect the family from treason. Many today would think capital punishment for treason against the family is extreme, but on the other hand, capital punishment for treason against the state is a necessity. (p. 205)

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http://wthrockmorton.com/2011/09/01/what-dominionists-would-do-with-gays-disobedient-children-sabbath-breakers-etc-part-3/

[kestrel91316]

1. We ignore these snakes at our peril.

[The Doctor.]

2. They are ignorant, unthinking, and absolutely certain.

They cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be bargained with, and they absolutely will not stop until religious freedom and the freedom from religion are dead.

They must be stopped, but they are identical to fundamentalist extremists of all stripes and will not go away without a savage fight.

[rpannier]

3. I just shut them up by calling them pro-slavers

Slavery is endorsed in the Bible and they move on to annoy some other poor soul