“What is dominion? Well, dominion is Lordship. He wants His people to reign and rule with Him. . . but He's waiting for us to. . . extend His dominion..
Prophetic on Dominionism. /3
“..And the Lord says, "I'm going to let you redeem society. There'll be a reformation..We are not going to stand for those coercive utopians in the Supreme Court and in Washington ruling over us any more..
Prophetic on Dominionism /4
..We're not gonna stand for it. We are going to say, 'we want freedom in this country, and we want power. . . .'"
—Pat Robertson
Prophetic on Dominionism /5
..We're not gonna stand for it. We are going to say, 'we want freedom in this country, and we want power. . . .'"
American evangelicals”have amassed greater political power than at any time in our history."This power,which can be traced to a handful of evangelical leaders w/decided political agendas,reaches into the Oval Office &deep into the bowels of Congress.
Prophetic on Dominionism /7
..the "single common theme among the war sermons appeared to be this: our president is a real brother in Christ, and because he has discerned that God's will is for our nation to be at war against Iraq, we shall gloriously comply."
Prophetic on Dominionism /8
..the dominionist philosophies espoused by modern-day evangelicals [are] the belief that Christians are destined to take over &rule the world by taking "dominion" over the political process & reinstituting biblical law.
..Many perceive this as a campaign to use the United States to create a global, Christian empire..
Our job is to reclaim America for Christ, whatever the cost..
Prophetic on Dominionism /10
As vice regents of God,we are to exercise godly dominion..over our neighborhoods,our schools,our gov’t,our literature &arts,our arenas,our entertainment media,our news media,our scientific endeavors—over every aspect &institution of human society..
Prophetic on Dominionism /11
"Many Christian leaders &organizations have adopted the position that the concept of separation of church &state was never intended by the Founding Fathers and is an impediment to the righteous, godly society they are intending to create in America."
Prophetic on Dominionism/12
Christian Reconstructionism is the idea that Christians will bring in the kingdom of God on earth—Christ will then return to a triumphant church..dedicated to working to restore the historic Christian doctrine of..Christian dominion #DominionistNazis
Prophetic on Dominionism/13
Rushdoony—“The Christian theonomic society will only come about as each man governs himself under God and governs his particular sphere. And only so will we take back government from the state and put it in the hands of Christians." #DominionistNazis
Prophetic on Dominionism /14
The Rise of the Christian Right
If the Democrats in the Senate try again to usurp the President's constitutional authority by filibustering. . . , there will be a battle of enormous proportions from sea to shining sea.
—James Dobson
Prophetic on Dominionism /15
..the Christian Right formed a voting bloc that burgeoned into a powerful movement. It effectively ushered Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush into the presidency.
Determined to achieve political victories,many Christian activists &leaders have shifted their efforts over the past two decades from the Bible Belt to the Beltway..the Christian Right [makes]no effort to hide their intentions..
"[T]he powerbrokers in the Christian Right..moved..to the floor of the House &the Senate.Christian fundamentalists..hold a majority of seats in 36% of all GOP state committees..[2006]
Today—White Christians make up about 75% of the Republican Party
Ending abortion is foremost among the young generation’s assignments, The Ramp teaches. While preaching at The Ramp in 2006, Engle compared ending Roe v. Wade to “overthrowing segregation in Alabama in 1963.”
“I want you to pray for your generation that it would be said that a great generation came forth from the South &overthrew the altars of Ba’al,overthrew the altars of sexual immorality,overthrew the altars of abortion &brought forth the greatest awakening..”
The Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are Inferior Judges /1
The Federalist Society..has reared a generation of phony originalists..who subscribe to a philosophy that is hostile to the advancement of social &economic progress in the country.
Justice Samuel Alito Is Here With a Timely Reminder That He Sucks
“..Alito made it clear that he sees safeguarding people’s health during the pandemic and expanding people’s rights as an attack on freedom and religious liberty.”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has a math problem…WSJ’s..review of dockets discovered that 131 U.S. judges participated in at least 685 cases where they were..disqualified under the law [from] 2010-2018.
..an astonishing 30 percent of Republicans believe that “true American patriots may have to resort to violence” to save the country.
Far Right GOP /3
.. the culmination of three decades of dynamic interaction among white supremacists, far-right organizations and populists within the Republican Party..
#IDedicateThisWeekTo Jeannette Pickering Rankin, American politician &women's rights advocate, the 1st woman to hold federal office in the U.S.
Elected to the U.S. House of Reps as a Republican from MT in 1916 &again in 1940. She is still the only woman ever elected from Montana.
I want to be remembered as the only woman who ever voted to give women the right to vote.
Jeanette Rankin
Not only was Jeannette the 1st woman to hold a seat in Congress but, she was elected for this position 4 yrs before women nationally had the right to vote.
We’re half the people; we should be half the Congress.
SCOTUS Abortion Argument /1
MS Solicitor Gen Scott Stewart exhibits rudeness and disrespect toward Justice Sotomayor in response to her questions.
Viability ?
Science ?
Feh….They’re not in The Constitution
SCOTUS Abortion /2
Justice Barrett—is Stare Decisis truly involved?
Stewart—Not really. Other cases won’t be affected.
Stewart shows deference to a male Justice Breyer.
Sotomayor—Aren’t you arguing your religious view, not science?
Stewart—Return this decision to “The People”
SCOTUS Abortion /3
CJ Roberts—What is different today in applying Stare Decisis than years ago?
Stewart—Wrongly decided is wrongly decided.
Justice Kavanaugh—So, if you prevail, some states will still be able to prohibit abortion?
Stewart—Yes