At least, Rushdoony made it plain that God’s Word applies to such things as “politics, or society, or the arts, humanities, or any other human endeavor.” Those who assert that God is indifferent to all of these aspects of the created order have nothing profitable to contribute to the conversation. Such folks are, as the enemies of God and man would prefer, neutered. Harmless. Sterile.
You can’t fight something with nothing. A navel view will never suffice when confronting a world view, no matter how hysterically you amp up, and goose, your navel view. Real life is not impressed by the intensity of our pious feelings.
Thanks for the response; although understand that it doesn’t seem to fit my comment. I wrote criticizing Rushdooney’s fallacious interpretation of the “Dominion Mandate” of Genesis 1.
You know I usually don’t respond to purely religious/theological threads, I never look to the “Religion” tab on FR - but this isn’t the “Religion” tab, and the original poster is asserting that we’re fighting this upcoming election to institute Theonomy, as imagined by Chalcedon. That’s not something I’ll allow to stand. God instituted one theocracy. We can read about it; but nevertheless, it ceased to exist. To assert that God intends us to create another in the present day, as Rushdooney and the Chalcedon people do, is incredible presumption. If Jesus is Lord (which He is) what business do we have giving orders that He never gave? Or are we to be like Peter: correcting the Messiah, “No no, Lord, Your kingdom actually is of this world”?
Most of the content of Rushdooney’s 10 points - as presented here - I wouldn’t have so much problem with. Perhaps the formulation is a bit off, but it could be worked on. However, the notion that we, as Christians, are intended to take “dominion” of the world is a carnal perversion of Christianity. It attempts to kick Christ form his position, make a mockery of the Bible’s repeated admonitions to look to the world to come, and also breaks the third commandment (I’m still shocked that many Christians believe the commandment is about saying a dirty word). These are strong statements, but Theonomy theorists make strong claims - which demand a forceful response.