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FeileadhMor (April 16, 2008 at 5:48 pm)
This was great, thanks.
AnonymousBChurch (April 15, 2008 at 1:05 am)
jcr4runner, they know they are using the term "fascist" incorrectly, and they don't care anymore than the right wingers care about using the term "liberal" and "communist" and "socialist" incorrectly. It's a smear, not a descriptive term. Partisans are the biggest liars on the planet.
MedicineWarrior (February 27, 2008 at 2:30 pm)
Deal. I'll watch the rest of the clips and see what I think.
jcr4runner (February 25, 2008 at 11:11 pm)
We interviewed most of the figures of the CR movement in this video series. If you can find a contradiction in how I have stated it here, let me know.The problem is that people have attacked CR without really understanding its presuppositions, arguments and conclusions.
MedicineWarrior (February 25, 2008 at 7:29 pm)
I would agree with this- but it is worth noting that not all people that espouse reconstructionism think that way. A lot of what we know as the Christian/right/evangelical/republican movement have crossed the line from being a selfless minority to a political power bloc of domination though superior firepower.
MedicineWarrior (February 25, 2008 at 7:26 pm)
I don't have a problem with things the way you have stated them here. I don't think Christians should withdraw from civic engagement either, but that they should be VERY careful not to exceed the bounds of Christian ethics as laid out by Jesus' teachings like in the Sermon on The Mount.
jcr4runner (February 24, 2008 at 3:30 pm)
Whether or not a nation had Christian foundations -- or to what extent in America's case -- is moot.Brutal communist dictatorships such as Cuba need freedom for Christians to preach the Gospel and reform the culture according to biblical principles in the civil sphere.Dominion doesn't mean domination -- it means having a position of authority and rule. It doesn't even have to be the dominant influence. Godly social change always comes from a dedicated selfless minority.
jcr4runner (February 24, 2008 at 3:26 pm)
Absolutely, the CHURCH should not interfere in the spheres of government that it was not called to be in authority over.What you are not saying is whether CHRISTIANS ought to be involved in business, civil government, the military, education, mass media, etc.Extreme forms of pietism have said that we ought to withdraw from "worldly" affairs.Other Christians see these these as necessary evils.Christian Reconstruction sees each as an institution ordained by God that needs reform.
MedicineWarrior (February 23, 2008 at 10:20 pm)
I see. Well philosophically I am opposed to "dominionist theology" and I am a preterist or amillennialist. I have some complex reasoning for those positions which would take up more space than is available here. That doesn't mean we aren't Christian brothers. I do have some clips entitled "Myth of a Christian Nation" out there btw. Blessings upon thee.
MedicineWarrior (February 23, 2008 at 10:12 pm)
My thoughts on the proper role of the Church in civic affairs is to BE the Church. That's a full time job. When the Church knowingly and willfully participates with the "world" in business affairs, politics, warfare etc., it ends up playing the world's game and usually on the world's terms, which then makes it "worldly" by default. Jesus spoke of his Kingdom not being "of this world" although it is "in" the world. I'm curious why we should want to try and rework that. Blessings upon you. |
