Originally posted by darkelf
reply to post by undo

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I like your analogy. Problem is, this stuff is everywhere and there is nothing we can do about it. Ever try to explain ED commercials to a three-year-old?

I can understand why Christians would like the world to restrain itself a little better, but we are not of this world and this is not our home.

Satan is a lot smarter than you give him credit for. He could care less about the Satanists. The people who he has in his back pocket do not even believe he exists...

Originally posted by idle_rocker
reply to post by Lilitu

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Actually, the system of government we have in place today IS based on Mosaic jurisprudence, along with a few others.

"...the role of the Ten Commandments in the formation of Western law is an historical fact. The Ten Commandments are the "very fountainhead of the common law" (the body of law developed in England and followed in America), according to Herbert W. Titus, founding Dean of the Regent University School of Law and Government. The monument, provocative to some, simply restates that historical fact, he says."
"Law professor John Eidsmoe adds that "Mosaic law has influenced and really been the basis for Western law." Eidsmoe, who teaches law at Faulkner University, cited the 890 a.d. legal code of British monarch Alfred the Great, which opened with a recitation of the Ten Commandments. Charlemagne similarly relied on biblical law, he said."
"But facts of history aside, should the Ten Commandments play a role in contemporary law? Yes, says Titus. The Ten Commandments are the "very foundation of law and liberty in America" and critical to our continued freedom..."
""Our position is that the Ten Commandments are not, strictly speaking, a religious document," said Eidsmoe. "They are a legal code, they are a civil and criminal code, and they are a moral code that applied to Israel and have been foundational for other societies."
"Besides which, America draws people from around the world, including Hindus and Buddhists, who seek the freedom enjoyed in this nation. The source of that freedom, Titus points out, is the Ten Commandments — especially the first commandment. "They may be offended, but the reason why they enjoy the liberties they have is the very thing that gives them offense."

Originally posted by idle_rocker
reply to post by undo

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I don't see dominionism at all. What I see is different people with different ideas. That doesn't constitute dominionism. Please give your definition of dominionism as I'm failing to see the connection.

Edit: This question is posed to Lillitu, not Undo. sorry.

[edit on 3/30/08 by idle_rocker]

Dominionism describes, in several distinct ways, a tendency among some conservative politically-active Christians to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action — aiming either at a nation governed by Christians or a nation governed by a conservative Christian understanding of biblical law. The use and application of this terminology is a matter of controversy.

Dominion Theology

Dominion Theology is a grouping of theological systems[4] with the common belief that society should be governed exclusively by the law of God as codified in the Bible, to the exclusion of secular law, a view also known as theonomy. The most prominent modern formulation of Dominion Theology is Christian Reconstructionism, founded by R. J. Rushdoony in the 1970s. Reconstructionists themselves use the word dominionism to refer to their belief that civil government should be controlled by Christians alone and conducted according to Biblical law.[5][6] Social scientists have used the word "dominionism" to refer to adherence to Dominion Theology[4][7][8] as well as to the influence in the broader Christian Right of ideas inspired by Dominion Theology.[4] Although such influence (particularly of Reconstructionism) has been described by many authors,[9][10] full adherents to Reconstructionism are few and marginalized among conservative Christians.[9][11][12]
Dominionism

Originally posted by AshleyD
1). Yes. I would be thrilled to have Roe vs. Wade overturned. Mainly because the thought of little babies being vacuumed out of their mommy's tummy as a form of birth control makes we want to cry.