Beware: Dominionis dan Fundamentalis Kristen Menyusup ke Politik

Jumat, 20 September 2013

Chances are you really don’t know what the Dominionists are all about, and that’s just the way they like it. At one time, they were content to operate under the radar screen. Today, they are much more militant and outspoken about just exactly what their long-term goals are. So, just what are the Dominionists all about? The short answer is that the Dominionists are members of one of the most extreme forms of Fundamentalist Christianity, and their goal is to replace the American democracy with a theocratic form of government.

The modern form of Dominionism is Christian Reconstructionism, which was founded in the 1970s by R.J. Rushdoony. Reconstructionists believe that Christians alone should control civil government, conducting it according to Biblical law, not secular law. It is estimated that 35 million Americans who call themselves ‘Christians’ adhere to Dominionism, some without really understanding its dangers. This may seem unbelievable to you, but consider the transformation of the Republican party since the Ronald Reagan era.

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Dominionism and Christian reconstructionists

Dominionism – A Christian plot to run America

Dominionism, in the context of politics and religion, is the tendency among some politically active conservative Christians to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action, especially in the United States. The goal is either a nation governed by Christians, or a nation governed by a conservative Christian understanding of biblical law.

Put simply, follows of Dominionism believe they have a God-given right to rule. GOP presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry have a history of being affiliated with Christian Reconstructionists, such as Perry’s relationship with New Apostolic Reformation and Bachmann’s relationship to John Eidsmoe, an Oral Roberts University professor, and nationalist historian David Barton who are both Christian Reconstructionists.

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The origins of Dominionism – R. J. Rushdoony

Dominionism derives from a small fringe sect called Christian Reconstructionism, founded by a Calvinist theologian named R. J. Rushdoony in the 1960s. According to Rushdoony and other Reconstructionists including Gary North and Greg Bahnsen, the idea of dominion drawn from Genesis 1:28 implied a theonomy (“rule of the law of God”), which would require all citizens to observe the strict Reconstructionist form of Christianity, and which would punish moral sins ranging from blasphemy to homosexuality with death. Rushdoony wrote that “man is summoned to create the society God requires . . . bringing all things under the dominion of Christ the King.”

An integral part of the message put forward by Dominionism is to conquer the seven mountains of society, or the seven mountains of culture, if they are to impact any nation for Jesus Christ. The seven mountains are business, government, media, arts and entertainment, education, the family and religion.

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