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minnesotaboy
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I’m just looking for perspective on something that’s bothering me.
Can a Catholic in good conscience vote for a dominionist?
Can a Catholic in good conscience vote for a dominionist?
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PJM
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Question: “What is dominion theology / theonomy / Christian reconstructionism?”
Answer: Dominion theology refers to a line of theological interpretation and thought with regard to the role of the church in contemporary society. Dominion theology is also known as Christian reconstructionism and theonomy. Dominion theology states that biblical Christianity will rule all areas of society, personal and corporate. Christian reconstructionism reasons that society will be reconstructed by the Law of God as preached in the gospel and the Great Commission. Theonomy is a post-millennial view believing that all of the moral laws contained in the Old Testament are yet binding today. Although these might sound somewhat disparate, they have all been closely linked together to the point that people often use the terms interchangeably.
Those who hold these views believe that it is the duty of Christians to create a worldwide kingdom patterned after the Mosaic Law. They believe that Christ will not return to earth until such a kingdom has been established. The principal goal, then, of dominion theology and Christian reconstructionism is political and religious domination of the world through the implementation of the moral laws, and subsequent punishments, of the Old Testament (the sacrificial and ceremonial laws having been fulfilled in the New Testament). This is not a government system ruled by the church, but rather a government conformed to the Law of God.
Dominion theology / Christian reconstructionism is largely based upon a post-millennial view of covenantalism. Post-millennial refers to the belief that Christ will return to earth after the thousand-year reign of God’s kingdom, and covenantalism refers to the belief that biblical history is divided into three major covenants supposedly described in Scripture—of redemption, of works, and of grace. Adherents believe that we currently exist under the covenant of grace, and that the church has replaced Israel, and we are now in the millennial Kingdom of God. Man, under the covenant of grace, is responsible to rule the world, to hold dominion over it, in obedience to the laws of God.
The problem with these beliefs is that they rest upon a distorted view of Scripture. Scripture clearly teaches a premillennial view of the Kingdom of God (Zechariah 14:4-9; Matthew 25:31-34), the “covenant of grace” is an extra-biblical construct, Israel and the Church are distinct throughout biblical history and prophecy, and God never commanded the Church to revamp society. Instead, believers are commanded to preach the Gospel as in Matthew 28:19, 20, but God clearly intends to implement worldwide reform Himself (Revelation 19:11-20:4). Though it is clearly unbiblical, dominion theology persists. It is, in fact, a great threat to biblical Christianity. Once at home solely within Reformed circles, dominion theology and Christian reconstructionism are now creeping into many Protestant churches and are making a large impact on the beliefs of Charismatic churches in particular
BASED on the above:
Perhaps, BUT ONLY if there is no better CHRISTAIN optionrolleyes:
Being PRO-LIFE seems to be a more evident line of demarcation IMO
Blessings,
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ComplineSanFran
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Dominionist thought is very rooted in extreme Calvinism (among other things.)They don’t like Catholics very much, and my guess if they implemented their system of governing, you all would have to go underground. As would my branch of the Church. It’s never going to happen, but that would be the outcome if it came to pass.
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SuperLuigi
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I think if the person is more pro-life, pro-marriage and for religious freedom, then absolutely yes. Those are the issues that Catholics should be paying attention to.
This whole Dominionist nonsense is just a classic scare tactic (the protestants are coming! the protestants are coming!) to get Catholics to vote for secular liberals based out of fear and/or gives them an excuse to do so.
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Son_of_Niall
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Yeah, unlike the other side. Whose scare tactic is Isis is coming! Isis is coming! So we have to bomb, invade, and kill innocent people with drones.
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PaulfromIowa
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Quite correct. There is no “Christian Dominionist movement” of any size in the US, although there may be a handful of them. There are no such candidates active in US politics. This is the anti-Christian Left trying to bash Christians and pro-lifers as some kind of dangerous radicals. Do not fall for it.
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ComplineSanFran
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And you know this how? Are you a religious studies scholar? A theologian who studies religious trends? Do you have evidence?
I will give you that Ted Cruz may not hold all the teachings and precepts that his father taught him from a young age, but that Raphael Cruz is a leading dominionist figure there is no contest.
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SuperLuigi
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Those are all the policies of the president, actually. “The other side” as you state doesn’t have the power to make those decisions.Yeah, unlike the other side. Whose scare tactic is Isis is coming! Isis is coming! So we have to bomb, invade, and kill innocent people with drones.
Also, there is no invasion.
ISIS’s goals are clearly stated.
I haven’t heard any Dominionist claim they want to fight a war against the civilized world and form a Caliphate with 7th-Century style rule.
As I said, it’s just an excuse to support anti-Catholic politicians.
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SuperLuigi
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You have to be to figure out what is going on here. This is just an attempt to subvert
Discussion of political candidates is only permitted in the News Forums.
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ComplineSanFran
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My concerns are more theological than about the candidates per se. I think a lot of us wanted to know more about Mormonism the last time we had a presidential election. The same goes for Dominionism beliefs as Mr Cruz gets closer to being considered seriously.
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PJM
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thanks
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