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To: Dr. Eckleburg; topcat54; RJR_fan; TomSmedley
Dominionism’s original branch is Christian Reconstructionism, a grim, Calvinist call to theocracy that, as Reconstructionist writer Gary North describes, wants to “get busy in constructing a Bible-based social, political and religious order which finally denies the religious liberty of the enemies of God.”

Notorious for endorsing the public execution by stoning of homosexuals and adulterers, the Christian Reconstructionist movement is far better known in secular America than Joel’s Army. That’s largely because Reconstructionists have made several serious forays into mainstream politics and received a fair amount of negative publicity as a result. Joel’s Army followers eschew the political system, believing the path to world domination lies in taking over churches, not election to public office.

Another key difference between the two branches of dominionism, which maintain a testy, arms-length relationship with one another, is Christian Reconstructionism’s buttoned-down image and heavy emphasis on Bible study, which contrasts sharply with Joel’s Army anti-intellectual distrust of biblical scholars and its unruly style.

Check this out - the author is trying to connect Todd Bentley with Gary North....

10 posted on 09/01/2008 11:24:45 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (What can I say? It's a gift. And I didn't get a receipt, so I can't exchange it.)
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To: Alex Murphy
Dr. Eckleburg; topcat54; RJR_fan; TomSmedley

Tom Smedley hasn't posted for well over a year. I suspect he's gone.

19 posted on 09/01/2008 5:17:03 PM PDT by Lee N. Field ("How can there be peace when the sorceries and whordoms of your mother Jezebel are so many?")
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