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Flaherty
22nd August 2003, 10:24 AM
If this is not scary, I don't know what is. When you're done with this site, search on "Roy Moore Christian reconstructionism." Then make a donation to the ACLU.

Reconstruction Theology in Home Education - Mary McCarthy

"The stranger in ancient Israel did not serve as a judge, although he received all the benefits of living in the land. The political question is this: By what biblical standard is the pagan to be granted the right to bring political sanctions against God's people? We recognize that unbelievers are not to vote in Church elections. Why should they be allowed to vote in civil elections in a covenanted Christian nation? Which judicial standards will they impose? By what other standard than the Bible?"

- Gary North of Institute For Christian Economics


In order to more clearly understand the increasing divisiveness in homeschooling and the various leaders involvement in a political religion, it is necessary to become familiar with some of the facets of Christian theology and theocracy.

"Theocracy, the direct rule of a nation by God through divinely selected spokesmen, has many exemplars in the modern world. Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq are nations with obvious theocratic tendencies. Israel's political parties exhibit growing theocratic patterns. In the United States, the Christian Reconstruction movement proposes the purest form of theocracy. Reconstructionism believes that the law given for the political and legal ordering of ancient Israel is intended for all people at all times; therefore American is duty bound to install a political system based entirely on biblical law."

Reconstructionist theologian David Barton offered this definition: "The Christian goal for the world is the universal development of Biblical theocratic republics, in which every area of life is redeemed and placed under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the rule of God's law."

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/8616/reconstruction.html

hgc
22nd August 2003, 11:04 AM
So much for rendering unto Caesar. I guess that little bit of Jesus talk was just reconstructed out.

Michael Redman
22nd August 2003, 11:49 AM
Originally posted by hgc
So much for rendering unto Caesar. I guess that little bit of Jesus talk was just reconstructed out. It seems to me that they have been reconstructing all the Jesus talk out. All I hear now from Christians is "an eye for an eye" and similar Old Testament stuff that doesn't conflict with one's desire to hate and feel superior to others. Jesus cramps their style.

evildave
22nd August 2003, 01:07 PM
Oh, I love his examples of theocrasies in action!

Especially Saudi Arabia. A police state if ever I saw one. I've been there.

Though I suppose Iraq could be stretched to fit "theocracy". After all, a brutal tyrant and his family ran everything, and everyone was pretty much expected to worship HIM.

Certainly when we pull out, the Shiite majority in Iraq will waste no time establishing a proper theocracy.

Teh Wiccan
22nd August 2003, 01:46 PM
I'd never vote for this guy... It's like voting in Hitler.