In winning a nation to the gospel, the sword as well as the pen must be used. Democracy is a heresy against God". - R.J. Rushdooney, Director of the Rutherford Institute and architect of "Christian Reconstructionism".
2007-01-14 14:21:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's true. Democracy is a heresy against God.
The Bible's God, ruler of the universe, runs counter to the American Constitution. He does not support democracy (He rules;Psalms 2,89,110: the King is Yawweh's son), freedom of religion (no other gods allowed) or freedom of speech (no blasphemy). The Bible's god, many believe, will throw the majority into a lake of fire.
As you can see, God would send most people in America to Hell for not following the Bible by not killing all "infidels"(non-Christians (Acts 3:23)), allowing women to have equal rights, and not killing all homosexuals.
2007-01-14 14:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by acgsk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of R.J. Rushdooney. Definitely disagree with the sword part. Read the words of Jesus and you will NEVER see anything like that. As far as democracy being a heresy to God: well, in some ways, the ideals in Democracy can be contradictory to a relationship with God. For people living under democracy (thankfully), we seem to have a feeling of entitlement, of having "rights", etc. With God, you must come to Him in humility and submission. This is really hard for most people. Especially men. But once you realize your dependence on God, that is when you can truly be free. More freedom than democracy can offer us.
2007-01-14 22:30:03 · answer #2 · answered by kyletexas_123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know of not one Christian who holds to that view. I think stuff like this comes from people who completely miss what the kingdom of God is. You cannot truly convert someone by force, for God looks on the heart. In fact, the bible makes it clear that God takes no pleasure in a forced offering. Why in the world someone would take that approach in seeking converts is completely beyond me. Lets also be thankful that this is not a democracy but a republic.
2007-01-14 22:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by james p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a current advisor to Prezident Bush...David Barton has some jewels as well to glean from
your comment clearly shows the dominionists and thier ilk clearly
great work
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/founding.htm
"We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
So said James Madison, architect of the Constitution, defender of religious freedom and fourth president of the United States, according to the Religious Right.
But to church-state separationists and historians of the post-colonial period, something about this Madison quote has never felt quite right. It seemed unlikely that the same Madison who advocated "total separation of the church from the state" and battled to disestablish the Anglican Church in Virginia would say it. The sentiment appeared to clash with his well-known advocacy of a healthy distance between religion and government.
A few years ago, with the quote popping up increasingly in the mass media (including Rush Limbaugh's daily radio show), Robert S. Alley, professor emeritus at the University of Richmond and author of James Madison on Religious Liberty, undertook a dogged effort to track it down. Enlisting the help of the editors of The Papers of James Madison at the University of Virginia, Alley scoured reams of documents, books and writings. After coming up empty-handed, the Madison scholar concluded that the quote was probably fictional.
Now the major purveyor of the quote, Texas-based Religious Right propagandist David Barton, has admitted it's bogus. Last year Barton's group, WallBuilders' issued a one-page document titled "Questionable Quotes," a list of 12 statements allegedly uttered by Founding Fathers and other prominent historical figures, that are now considered to be suspect or outright false. Madison's alleged comment about the Ten Commandments is number four on the list and is flatly declared by Barton to be "false." (See [below] for a full list of the bogus quotes.)
2007-01-14 22:28:36 · answer #4 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how far toward the fringe we drift, there always seems to be someone further afield.
This sounds like a guy who would have approved of Timothy McVeigh blowing up the Morrow Federal Building.
2007-01-14 22:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe the last part of the quote where democracy is heresy against GOd. because when there is Freedom we can use everything that we have
2007-01-14 22:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by nej24 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word is the sword.You find it in the book called the Bible .Words are a sword,the Bible talks about a two edged sword,coming out of the mouth that delivers evil.You can find references of this in old and new testaments.
2007-01-14 22:29:58 · answer #7 · answered by greenstateresearcher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like this guy would be lovely to have for tea. After you get sick of him, you could throw the kettle at him.
But yes, in religious dictatorship/communism (God forbid either) it would be much easier for the church to dominate the country.
2007-01-14 22:26:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like somebody is trying to get the crusades going again.
Master Yoshi - http://www.rareporncollections.com/
2007-01-14 22:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by sebusiness2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another person that needs to be destroyed before he destroys us all and America as we know it, as it was meant to be, Free from Religion.
2007-01-14 22:24:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋