You forgot that the Religious Right wants to club baby seals, push old people down stairs, and sell Tiny Tim's crutch for firewood. Oh, and drill for oil at Disney World.
DOMINIONISM [Stanley Kurtz]
Chris Hedges, author of the Harper’s Magazine cover story I talked about in “Scary Stuff," appeared recently on “On Point,” a radio show out of Boston’s public radio station WBUR. You can listen to the interview here. The fundamental problem with Hedges’ approach was on display throughout. Hedges calls any conservative Christian with an interest in political action a “Dominionist.” This bogus move allows Hedges to connect all the wild dystopian fantasies of true Dominionists (e.g. capital punishment for moral crimes, the overthrow of the constitution and its replacement by a theocracy) with any Christian who supports the appointment of conservative judges. This radio show invited an actual Dominionist on the program, who promptly gummed up the works for Hedges by disavowing any connection with the activities of mainstream evangelicals. Hedges spent the rest of the program trying to explain why this sort of doctrinal difference really doesn’t matter–why all conservative Christians are in fact “Dominionists.” And as Hedges kept trying to tar mainstream evangelicals with the Dominionist label, he continued to link them to the plans of Dominionists in the proper sense–like the idea of execution moral criminals. I’d say this was the worst sort of guilt by association, but it’s almost crazier than that. After all, real Dominionists seem to disavow any association with mainstream evangelicals.
And there you have it folks. Nope, I don't need more tinfoil, it is that crazy and conspiratorial. At least one Liberal is trying to paint all orthodox Christians as nutjob theocrats intent on outlawing Wicca and grabbing all the gals vibrators. Good grief.
And so the dumbing down of America continues unabated.