The New Road

White Christians update

This from the news storm yesterday:

According to CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll data, 82 percent of self-described Republicans are white Christians - but so are 57 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of all Americans.

That's obvious just from the campaign pictures, and from the pictures on the road tour of Bush's Social Security debacle.

I'm totally with Dean on this. This has become a war. The Republicans have been playing hardball for years and we have been placating them. The fact of the matter is that they are off the edge of the map and need to be brought back in. They have a theocratic agenda at the core of the party that is fundamentally un-American. This is not a Christian state. This is not a Christians-only country. There is a separation of Church and State. Most people support that. Many died defending it, and will die defending it. At home and abroad.

The message is clear, if you don't want a theocracy then you have to join with the Democrats to stop this tide. And that is as clear as day to anyone with eyes to see.

The followers in the Republican party don't know what path they are being lead down. But Timothy LeHay and James Dobson signed a blood oath to the Coalition on Revival to turn this country into a theocracy. They want to build God's Kingdom on Earth right here, right now (or within two generations) so that Christ can return and bring 1000 years of peace. I know it sounds nuts, but Timothy LeHay is the author of the Left Behind series, which was a New York Times best seller. And James Dobson has lunch with the President every week and was the force behind the recent Judicial nominee fight and Justice Sunday. These aren't just wing nut crackpots. They are well connected powerful people with influence over the minds of a significant percentage of our body politic.

I talked with Lori about this and she responded like anyone would, "When I went to Church the end-times was just something that was there but it wasn't present on your mind. I was concentrating on being a good Christian." I'm sure that's the case for a lot of people. The problem is with the next level up, the leadership, who are steering the flock in a very different path. And the flock follows the preacher. Not all Churches go this way. I've talked with pastors. I know that some don't buy into it. My advice to Christians is to get informed about Dominionism and Reconstructionism and make sure that if you don't buy into it, that your pastor, priest, cleric or whatever doesn't either. And for the rest of us to get on our school boards, local councils and other positions and fight, fight, fight.

I know this probably sounds like crazy nonsense. And you may think I have finally flown over the edge. I actually hope that's the case. I would love to be proven wrong. Really, really. I invite you to do the research and to come back to me and say that this isn't happening. I will gladly (and happily) shut up about this if someone can prove to me that Dominionism is just three angry guys in cardboard box somewhere.