This is part 4(c) in a series of articles showing how the acceptance of anti-biblical beliefs by people calling themselves Christian has led to the current political situation in America - where a large portion of the population is willing to accept fascism to maintain their perceived racial dominance. (See this post for definitions.)
Dominionism is the
thoroughly unbiblical belief that politically conservative Americans (dominionists
and christian nationalists, i.e., D/CNs) have been called by God to take
control of all worldly institutions in order to enforce their version of white
supremacist “christianity” on all Americans and ultimately to create a world
theocracy under their control.
What if… Dominionism is just a strategy for world
control by the evil rich?
America’s “christian” plutocrats have historically told their
followers that because they are God’s elect everyone should accept the methods
they used to gain control. Inspired by Calvinism, they claim that their money and/or
power is proof that they were chosen and that all of their actions represent God’s
sovereign will. But what if dominionism is just a long-term propaganda tactic meant
to convince naive right wing political Christians to support a totalitarian form
of government that will eventually be exported world-wide? What if dominionism is
just a means to popularize the one percent’s quest for world domination?
Creating “Another” Jesus to justify the love of
money
He who says, I know him
(JESUS), but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. 1 Joh 2:4
In the previous post we examined the “Family,” a powerful politico-religious
cult of Calvinist
authoritarians
who have created a false version of christianity to justify their greed and
lust for political power. I promised to show how the oligarchy’s false
dominionist christianity (represented in the Family’s theology) opposes the
true message of the BIBLE. According to their extreme version of Calvinist
double predestination, they believe that they were chosen to rule over the poor and will not be held accountable for any misdeeds because everything they do is ultimately
part of God’s plan.
In the documentary about the Family, there is a scene where one of the cult leaders uses the story
of David and Bathsheba in an attempt to justify this belief. In the Old
Testament, king David stole another man’s wife and caused that man to be killed
in an attempt to cover up the adulterous affair. 2 Sa 11 According to the Family’s false theology,
GOD ignored/excused David’s terrible sins - adultery and murder - because David
was chosen and “elect.” The Calvinist authoritarians claim that GOD ignores
their sins on the same basis.
This false interpretation is so dangerous because:
1) GOD made an eternal covenant with David long before this incident and there is no such covenant with modern D/CNs. The modern Calvinist oligarchs are employing biblical eisegesis – taking phrases and concepts out of their original context to try to prove something that the BIBLE does not actually teach. No credible prophet or righteous person has ever told the 1% that they now represent the elect of God – this is just an idea derived from Calvinism. In fact, the BIBLE says that those who love money and love the world are the enemies of GOD. Jas 4:4-8 1 John 2:15-17
2) GOD
did not ignore David’s sin. 2 Sa 7:8-16 GOD pronounced a curse on David
– his punishment was that he would never have peace in his household and that
someone would humiliate him by publicly taking his wives just like he took the
wife of Uriah. As an immediate judgement, the child that resulted from David’s
adultery did not survive. Later, David’s grown son Amnon was murdered by his half-brother
Absalom, after Amnon raped Absalom’s sister. Absalom eventually rebelled and
started a civil war, naming himself king. Absalom captured the royal palace and
took 10 of David’s wives as his own. Saddened and humiliated, David ultimately regained
the throne but 20 thousand Israelites, including his son Absalom, were killed
in the war.
So, unlike the false teaching of the Fellowship, GOD didn’t
ignore David’s sin just because he was chosen – he paid a heavy price. Like the
Puritans who murdered the native Americans to steal their land, the capitalist oligarchs
who proclaim themselves to be the elect of God are using an Old Testament promise
that was not made to them as a blasphemous anti-christian self-justification.
This false version of Christianity has been called "Jesus plus nothing." Members of the Family are expected to surrender themselves to “Jesus” - in exchange for which, they claim to be saved and to be working for Jesus in everything they do without having to change their worldly behavior or actually becoming Christ-like - IOW without actually obeying the commandments of JESUS. The Calvinist oligarchy’s lawless
nominal christianity is just a version of hyper grace
(antinominionism),
i.e., they believe they are “chosen” so they are not accountable for their sins.
(Whether any right-wing billionaires actually believe the Calvinist inspired
version of dominionism that their minions promote or whether it is just an authoritarian
strategy used to deceive the masses into supporting their regime, is a
discussion beyond the scope of this article.)
What JESUS said about the rich and the poor – Lazarus
and the rich man…
It is instructive that JESUS gives HIS most direct teaching
about the reality of hell in the context of HIS parable about “Lazarus
and the Rich man.” Luk 16:19 JESUS presents HIS attitude
about the damnable greed of the rich so plainly that it is amazing that anyone pretending
to be a Christian would have the audacity to promote an opposing idea.
In the parable, Lazarus, a cripple, begs for food by the
gate of a rich property owner who lives a lavish, royal lifestyle. The rich man,
whether through maliciousness or simple thoughtlessness, ignores the poor beggar
and allows him to starve right outside his house (not even offering
him scraps). When both men are dead, the spirit of the selfish rich man is
shown being tormented in flames (hell) while Lazarus is seen in the eternal
realm of the righteous.
Was Lazarus, crippled and reduced to begging, not among GOD’s
elect because of the unfortunate circumstances of his life? Was the rich man proved
to be elect and unconditionally saved because he was rich? JESUS teaches
the very opposite of what Calvinists and dominionists would have you believe: the
rich man was damned because of his selfish greed and the poor man was saved regardless
of the dire circumstances of his earthly life. GOD stresses HIS concern for the
poor dozens of times throughout the BIBLE.
Conclusions:
1. They aren’t
really Christians
Way
back in the first article of this
blog, I said that the actions of American right-wing political christians (D/CNs)
show that they aren’t really Christians. As provocative as that statement
may sound, it was recently corroborated by Russel Moore, the former leader of
the (very conservative) Southern Baptist Convention – the largest protestant
denomination in America. Moore, now chief editor of Christianity
Today, in a widely quoted interview said that
the evangelical church is in a spiritual crisis because right wing evangelical church
goers are openly and blasphemously rejecting the teachings of JESUS as sounding
like “weak liberal talking points.” IOW, republican parishioners are proving
themselves to be more devoted to their hateful white supremacist politics than
they are to the WORD of GOD.
Dominionism
/ Christian Nationalism is just fascist politics masquerading as Christianity. D/CNs
blatantly ignore the commandment(s) of JESUS (“love your neighbor as yourself”)
and hate any realistic recounting of history that shines the light of truth on
the lies they tell themselves to justify their quest for political dominion. In
fact, falsifying history is a classic tactic of fascism. The BIBLE tells us
that hating the truth is a major indication of end time deception. 2 Thes 2:8-12
2. Bow
down to the rich and they will care for the poor - the farce of “trickle down” economics
One of the biggest political lies in recent decades has
been the “trickle down” economics theory. The idea being that if (through tax
breaks) the rich and powerful could become even more rich and powerful they would,
out of the goodness of their hearts, share their bounty with the poor. This
concept is an outgrowth of the Family’s grossly unbiblical doctrine of helping
the rich instead of helping the poor.
The concept of helping the rich to get richer so they can be
more generous to the poor has proven to be a laughable farce. As we see from
the current distribution of wealth in America, trickle-down economics was/is nothing
more than a transparent scam – a ridiculous falsehood. In 2023, the top 1% of
wealthy Americans hold 36% of the nation’s wealth. The top 10% own almost 70%
of the wealth - while the bottom 50% own a mere 2.6%. There are between 700 and
800 billionaires in America. Those few hundred people own twice as much as the
bottom 50% of the population (167 million people). About 12% of Americans currently
live below the official poverty line, making less than $13K per year - when the average yearly rent for an apartment is $20K. At least
10% (34 million people) in the richest country in the world don’t get enough to
eat, including children, while republican controlled state legislatures vote to
abolish free lunch programs in public schools. World-wide, 80% of humanity
lives on less than $10 a day, with a quarter of the world’s population, over 2
billion people, living in semi or actual starvation conditions. The idea that
the rich will give more if they have more is just a sad joke.
Nevertheless, one might reasonably think that there is some
merit in preaching JESUS to the rich so that they might become better people. Historically
however, the greed of the rich seems to grow as their paranoia overtakes them
and corrupts their souls; the love of money being the root of all evil. Unsurprisingly,
the false christian doctrines that cater to the rich have emboldened them to
become even more greedy. Not content with massive tax breaks (shamelessly rebranded
as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” under Trump), they propose to end as many social
programs as possible so they can take even more.
3. Dominion
and the New World Order – the ultimate deception?
For decades conspiracy minded Americans have been groomed by
right-wing propaganda to fear a United Nations led world government - the
so-called New World Order; a world-wide communistic regime that would enforce a
single currency and usher in the anti-christ. What would you say to the possibility
that the NWO already exists? Could the so-called New World Order that we were
warned to fear in the 80s and 90s already be in place? Could it be that we are blinded by the
fact that those currently implementing a NWO are nominal christian capitalists instead
of godless communists?
The US has over 1000 military bases operating in at least
80 countries world-wide. The US spends more on its military than the next 10
countries combined – imposing the will of its corporate oligarchy throughout the world. Who
indeed, can make war with the beast? Rev 13:4 Is the US the evil
empire, a dominionist NWO, that we don't recognize because we have been convinced
by everything we've learned since childhood that we are the good guys?
In terms of influencing national and international politics, the Family courts “key men” – with the idea that every person in power, no matter how hypocritical or even demonstrably evil, is somehow ultimately doing god’s will. The Family will do business with that person if they are willing to play ball by calling on the name of “their” Jesus (no matter how insincerely). This false image of Jesus has allowed them to partner with some of the most overtly evil dictators and business people in the world to gain political power and access to money. Thus, the corporate oligarchs blasphemously invoke the name of JESUS to justify their support of murderous third world dictators; selling them weapons produced by America’s military industrial complex to create the havoc that allows corporations to gain control of the oil and other natural resources in their impoverished nations. For those who don’t understand, the political and economic instability purposefully created in third-world countries by the west makes it impossible for average people to continue living there – they risk everything to flee to Europe and America where they hope to find some semblance of the rule of law.
By promoting never ending war, the oligarchs are getting paid on both ends. They own the weapons contractors who have direct access to your tax dollars and they use America’s military influence overseas to steal what they want from less powerful countries.
Consider that the D/CN promoted to the masses is just a strategic stepping stone; propaganda sponsored by the plutocracy to get right-wing political “christians,” i.e., Trump voters (including police and military), to support the installation of an authoritarian government – an actual NWO anti-christ government that would no doubt, soon set out to destroy them along with everyone else.
The Wrap up – what are they really after?
“The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." Billy Graham
The typical joe-sixpack D/CN doesn’t seem to realize that
the plutocracy / oligarchy that they idolize are the ones who have always been pushing
for total control – the kind of control that is characterized by the desire for
world dominion. They are the ones sponsoring the propagandization of the masses,
making them believe that democracy needs to be dispensed with in order for
whites to maintain political control in America.
If you have any doubt that the dominionist tune is being
called by the billionaire oligarchy, I refer you to the current right-wing blueprint
for ending democracy in America – the fascist-minded Project 2025 recently released by the billionaire controlled Heritage Foundation. (We
might consider that this plan was probably already available to be implemented had
the tragi-comic 1/6 insurrection been successful.) Here
are two articles that give an overview of the immediate danger presented by that plan.
The fact that the corporate media is not screaming its head off 24/7 about the existential
danger represented by Project 2025 should give you an idea of who is in control.
Nowhere does the BIBLE say that men need to use force to gain political control of the world in the name of Christ – to do so would be the opposite of JESUS commanded. Nevertheless, the rich men of the earth seem hell-bent on imposing an international authoritarian government - as evidenced by the fascist strong men who have come to power in the west during the Trump era. A coalition of non-democratic totalitarian western governments appear to be very much like what might be required to give a world-ruling anti-christ figure immediate control – regardless of whether the oligarchy believes in an anti-christ or not. Dominionism pretends to justify itself as a means of enforcing christian morality, but at its core it is just another “man is god” world domination fantasy, white supremacy gone mad.
