more [or less] on dominion

oh-oh. I'm already starting to question that last post.  At the time I wrote it I knew nothing about something called 'dominion theology' and its link to theocratic impulses in the usa.  Bob Moser's article is definitely chilling.  I remember when I was a very new Christian, 30 years ago, maybe more, hearing Corrie ten Boom [author of The Hiding Place] speak in Winnipeg.  During the Q&A at the end, someone asked her if she was afraid that Germany would ever drift back into fascism.  She said, no not Germany,  particularly, but she was afraid for America.  She saw so much in America that reminded her of pre-war Germany, a kind of arrogance of spirit, an overblown belief in themselves and their country - she was afraid that America might drift toward totalitarianism and fascism.  Her words have haunted me for decades.  Maybe with good reason.  Check out the Bush fish. 

Comments

[ron]

I thought I had seen everything...whoa! I need to lay down, maybe a little anti-sickness medication...I'm really not feeling to well. Thanks Bill.

[Bob]

I am a conservative Christian, and my political beliefs tend to be conservative too. However, the BushFish gave me chills when I first saw it, and the dominion theology expressed by some Americans chills me as well. At the risk of appearing arrogant, were I to try and refine Corrie ten Boom's words, American arrogance, whether from a Christian perspective, or from a cultural perspective seems to be based on the idea that God is lucky that America is here. "God Bless America" is sung as an act of theological defiance, not as the prayer it should be.

I don't know of any other country I would like to live in, and be able to express my beliefs. But perhaps it is my weakness that keeps me from living in a country where it isn't so easy to be a Christian, not a blessing from God that has come because I am so "worthy."