The Religious Right, Methodists, Nancy Pelosi, and Glenn Beck: God Bless America!

A stated goal of leaders in the religious right is the destruction of an enemy - secular humanism, and they have determined that secular humanists are in control of the United States and that they are indeed evil. 

I believe they have identified Nancy Pelosi as the high priestess of secular humanism having succeeded Hillary Clinton. And their other enemy is the cult religions. A cult religion is any religion in disagreement to their strict definition of Christianity. They believe that destroying our government through revolution will in fact allow them to gain control of it and restructure it into a theocratic form. And any of the cult religions would not fare well either.

If you read the current writings of this movement, you will find that they are indeed actually "Christianizing" the concept of revolution. They are bringing the founding fathers into the realm of Christian sainthood and laying the groundwork for aggressive political action to redeem our nation. This movement has been building since the 1950's ever creeping into the mindset of fundamentalist Christianity. It has been termed by some as Dominionism and by others as Reconstructionism or Theonomy. At some future time, if things go really awry, it may become deemed as the 21st century Crusades.

Revolution is the ultimate lack of diplomacy. Revolution incited by the right wing would be the antithesis of the Christian principles which they claim to uphold. They are following a new gospel of their own creation which does not preach salvation for all by the blood of Christ but salvation of a few by dominion over the many. They have moved from evangelizing the true gospel to save individual souls (John 3:16 - 17) to a politicized gospel that would bring down a sledge hammer on those who do not fit their mold of belief. One likes to think that our enlightened society is beyond this.

And the overriding question I have is, which of the hundreds of Christian denominations would be in charge? And secondly, how would those not in charge behave? Would there be counter-revolutions or would they some how work this out in Nicene Council fashion? The fact that there are hundreds of Christian sects begs the question of how a Christian theocracy could ever be established in this country.

As for me, I definitely think the Methodists should be in charge. Wait, we must be already because we believe in a SOCIAL gospel that supports the dignity of all individuals, feeding the hungry, visiting the sick and assisting the poor. We must be the root of the evil empire.

Well, at least the religious right has that Mormon Glenn Beck on their side. Oh wait, the religious right considers Mormonism to be a cult. What now? And has anyone told Mitt Romney this?

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