The evangelical right of the 90s was correct about pretty much everything, except for violent video games causing violent kids.
And the need to live in a theocracy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm well in favor of many conservative values. But I'm as against living in the Kingdom of God as in the Kingdom of Allah or the Kingdom of Yahweh.
There is much wisdom in religious texts as regards the human condition, but it's mixed very strongly with bronze-age values (don't beat your wife, she's your valuable property), hidden bronze-age "best practices" for hygiene and medicine (i.e. wash your hands before eating because cleanliness is godliness, don't eat unholy shellfish or you might die, etc.), and complete and utter bullshit included because a secular or religious figure needed more authority and/or precedent for something.
I haven't heard that one preached at church. Can't speak to what goes on at mosques.
the Kingdom of God
Describes the afterlife and the state of earth after tribulation and the messiah returns. Not a theocracy led by men. Unless we're talking about Christianity as interpreted by Shin Megami Tensei.
But in any event, I assume the OP was talking about value judgements and predictions, not scriptural beliefs.
The Kingdom of God stuff was what the more off-putting of the old-school televangelists were (at least perceived to be) selling, and the image wasn't helped with the likes of Pat Robertson running around either. The Satanic Panic was the other side of the coin from Telvangelist Panic that actually started under Reagan but intensified under Bush and continued even harder for some reason under Clinton (thanks to the Oklahoma City bombing, and the subsequent panic over "right-wing Christian militias". Too bad the Muslim training schools in the woods of New York and the like after 9/11 didn't get quite as much attention, and I wonder if they were ever actually dealt with.
Christian theocracy is a Leftist boogeyman with no basis in reality. It’s likely just more Leftist projection as they no doubt want a Marxist “theocracy” of sorts.
The Kingdom of Heaven referred to in the Bible isn’t a literal kingdom on earth created by men. There’s nothing in the Bible that talks about Christians establishing a kingdom or government of any kind, although there are some denominations who believe there is. The only time any such thing is supposed to happen in the future is after the second coming of Christ, at which point Christ will subdue the entire world personally, killing anyone who rejects Him (Christ’s second coming is totally different from His first coming — where His first coming was in meekness and humility, His second coming has Him personally slaughtering everyone in the world who rejects Him, bringing the entire world into submission by force… quite the contrast from the first time around).
And the need to live in a theocracy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm well in favor of many conservative values. But I'm as against living in the Kingdom of God as in the Kingdom of Allah or the Kingdom of Yahweh.
There is much wisdom in religious texts as regards the human condition, but it's mixed very strongly with bronze-age values (don't beat your wife, she's your valuable property), hidden bronze-age "best practices" for hygiene and medicine (i.e. wash your hands before eating because cleanliness is godliness, don't eat unholy shellfish or you might die, etc.), and complete and utter bullshit included because a secular or religious figure needed more authority and/or precedent for something.
I haven't heard that one preached at church. Can't speak to what goes on at mosques.
Describes the afterlife and the state of earth after tribulation and the messiah returns. Not a theocracy led by men. Unless we're talking about Christianity as interpreted by Shin Megami Tensei.
But in any event, I assume the OP was talking about value judgements and predictions, not scriptural beliefs.
The Kingdom of God stuff was what the more off-putting of the old-school televangelists were (at least perceived to be) selling, and the image wasn't helped with the likes of Pat Robertson running around either. The Satanic Panic was the other side of the coin from Telvangelist Panic that actually started under Reagan but intensified under Bush and continued even harder for some reason under Clinton (thanks to the Oklahoma City bombing, and the subsequent panic over "right-wing Christian militias". Too bad the Muslim training schools in the woods of New York and the like after 9/11 didn't get quite as much attention, and I wonder if they were ever actually dealt with.
Christian theocracy is a Leftist boogeyman with no basis in reality. It’s likely just more Leftist projection as they no doubt want a Marxist “theocracy” of sorts.
The Kingdom of Heaven referred to in the Bible isn’t a literal kingdom on earth created by men. There’s nothing in the Bible that talks about Christians establishing a kingdom or government of any kind, although there are some denominations who believe there is. The only time any such thing is supposed to happen in the future is after the second coming of Christ, at which point Christ will subdue the entire world personally, killing anyone who rejects Him (Christ’s second coming is totally different from His first coming — where His first coming was in meekness and humility, His second coming has Him personally slaughtering everyone in the world who rejects Him, bringing the entire world into submission by force… quite the contrast from the first time around).